The cricket match in Danny Boyle’s opening ceremony for the 2012 London Olympics
ECB have grand plans for the 2019 World Cup, with 007 director Sam Mendes on board. Simon Hughes reports
If 2017 was about laying the foundations for the ECB’s brand-new T20 edifice – principally winning over the counties – then 2018 will be focused on building the profile of the game so that the 2019 World Cup raises the roof.