Just over a year to go for the 2019 50-over World Cup, and the excitement has started to build with the announcement of the fixtures for the tournament. It’s going to be played in England and Wales, and that will put the spotlight on Eoin Morgan’s England, who have totally changed their approach to limited-overs cricket and will start the competition as one of the favourites.

“I think we’ve got a really good chance, played good cricket, managed to beat a lot of good teams, win series in the last two years – we just haven’t quite won a trophy,” said Plunkett. “We back ourselves, we’ve gotten better, so yeah, we feel we can go all the way in the World Cup.”

“It means everything. At the ICC trophy last year, we got beat in the semi-finals, but to play that competition against amazing teams, against good competition in England, get the England fans to see it … The way that we are going as a nation, England cricket team with the white ball, it’s been really good, so we’ve got good hopes. Leading into that competition, hopefully we continue that form and take it into the World Cup and put on a show for the fans,” said Plunkett.

“You play different teams throughout the year, different series, but it all comes down to the World Cup. Obviously if you are in good form leading up to the World Cup it’s great, if you’re in good rhythm as a team it comes down to the knockout stage. You can win all games and it comes down to that semi-final and final and you get beat – so it’s the best team in the tournament. So it’s the best thing to play in.”