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England now travel to Indore to face India and Australia before they conclude the group stage against New Zealand in Visakhapatnam, where flatter pitches are expected at both venues.

There, he met with Dodgers director of pitching Rob Hill for a conversation that changed his season.

Northampton fly-half Fin Smith, a reported R360 target, made a similar call to Ford last week, extending his terms at Franklin's Gardens, rather than pitch in with the proposed new competition.

The Dodgers won the World Series last year with home runs and bullpen games and New York Yankees foibles, but not with starting pitching.

Wind forward to the modern day, however, and shirts are now as much a fashion item as a means of identifying players on a pitch.