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The sight of Nelson’s column taking the place of a middle stump to launch the 100-day countdown to the ICC World Cup may not have been to everyone’s taste.
In the accompanying publicity material, it was announced that “an array of high-profile figures from the world of sport, governance, culture and entertainment – including Minister for Sport Mims Davies (really?), Sir Alastair Cook, James Anderson OBE, Graeme Swann, Nasser Hussain OBE, Isa Guha, Rebecca Adlington OBE and two-time ICC Cricket World Cup winner Clive Lloyd CBE” were in attend...