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England v Australia: first men’s cricket one-day international – live

Every now and then, sport offers up an individual story that transcends its principal aspect: who wins and who loses. “Not hard,” I hear you snark, given the particularly peculiar nature of this contest, but bear with me.

Though we may be suspicious of what these matches are all about, our excitement – and trepidation – reflects not that, rather the brilliance of Jofra Archer and how much we’ve missed him and it in the time we’ve been bereft of them. But finally, after 18 months away, England’s best bowler is back, likewise the exhilaration of somehow being shocked by pace and lift we know are coming.

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