PETER HAYTER

There is no getting away from the fact that England’s failure to live up to other people’s idea of favouritism for the ICC Champions Trophy has hit them and their supporters hard.
The bloke sitting on the seat behind me on the train back from Cardiff after their semi-final defeat by Pakistan, for example, was quite inconsolable.
“It was awful,” he mobiled whichever loved-one would be waiting for him when he got home, “very disappointing.
“The worst I’ve ever seen in my whole life,” the poor chap continued, warming to his theme,...