Ben Stokes is nothing if not a showman. He also has a wonderful sense of occasion, as he proved for a second successive World Cup final.

The left-hander chose the most opportune time to come up with his first T20I half-century, an unbeaten 52 that reprised his heroics of the 50-over World Cup final in 2019. Riding on their talisman’s heroics, England became the first team to hold both white-ball World Cup crowns simultaneously, getting the better of Pakistan by five wickets in an excellent, low-scoring final of the T20 World Cup on Sunday night.