Paul Rouse: Beating England at their own game a very long time in making
JUMPING FOR JOY: Ireland's Joshua Little reacts after dismissing England batsman Jos Buttler during the T20 World Cup Super 12 match at Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia. Pic: Scott Barbour/PA Wire
There are sports that are immediately associated with national identity. In terms of English identity, cricket is the game.
The imagery of warm beer, balmy summer days, lush pasturage, and notions of imperturbable Englishness — the stiff upper lip — is given its greatest sporting airing through cricket.
