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The stand-in England captain scored a record-breaking century in her 100th ODI.

Kevin Pietersen’s maiden Test hundred helped England clinch a 2-1 series win over Australia.

There were elements of Ben Stokes’s press conference here in Cardiff on Thursday that could have been plucked from any of the many he gave during the summer’s rollercoaster Ashes.

Stokes’ return to the ODI set-up ahead of the World Cup has removed what was a six-month gap in his calendar

Crowds and viewing figures increased markedly for an enthralling summer.

The England and Wales Cricket Board has said it will pay men and women internationals the same match fees and its chief executive, Richard Gould, said: ‘Growing the women’s and girls’ game is a key priority’

Stokes’ unbeaten 135 – and 76-run partnership with Jack Leach (1no) – earned an unforgettable victory over Australia at Headingley.

The England pace bowler helped his country win the Ashes Down Under in 2011.

A look back at some of England’s other memorable triumphs in Australia

The Ashes may not yet have been reduced to speck-in-rear-view-mirror status, but England’s focus has already shifted towards white-ball endeavours, with squads for the late-summer’s series against New Zealand and Ireland set to be announced on Wednesday.

A friend likes to remind me about the one time I attended an Ashes test in Melbourne, Boxing Day, 1974. The crowd was waiting, excited, to watch the English team, and Dennis Amiss particularly, front up to the wicket. On he came, bravely facing just eight balls. Then he was…