Get the biggest daily news stories by email Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid EmailEngland will go bounding into the World Cup on the back of a 4-0 whitewash and a five-star performance from Chris Woakes. They are taking on a home World Cup as unquestionably the team to beat and the red hot favourites with players like Woakes, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow and skipper Eoin Morgan in red hot form. Chasing it the preferred way for teams to go, but Morgan even chose to bat first to replicate what will happen if they lose the toss in the World Cup. And unless the selectors are watching a completely different game to your correspondent, it should be Willey who misses out. Until you hear you're in the squad from the selectors' mouths you're still on edge.

Source: Daily Mirror May 19, 2019 19:04 UTC