England won a thriller to clinch the World Cup a little over a week back, but as ecstatic an experience as that was, the transition back down hasn’t been smooth for Plunkett. “I went from winning the World Cup, and all of a sudden I’m sat on my sofa watching Netflix a day and a half later,” said Plunkett on Monday. “It was quite hard and honestly I felt quite down a little bit.

“Everything was building up to that World Cup and it was the highest point of my career. I’m not sure anything’s going to happen like that again in cricket for me.”

“We were obviously up on the mountains at the end of it, and then a few days celebrating as you’d expect. And then, everyone goes their own separate ways and it becomes a bit of … I suppose you drop off a little bit, you’re in a bit of a low.

“At the same time, I’m hoping to be part of an Ashes series, and obviously, [there’s] an Ireland Test match this week. So I’m fine. I’ve to switch my attentions to that.”

England host Ireland in a four-day Test at Lord’s on Wednesday, starting July 24, before the Ashes gets underway on August 1 in Edgbaston.