As much as the sandpaper soap opera continued to deal in alternative facts on Sunday, recollections of this second one-day international are unlikely to differ. For Tom Banton and Gus Atkinson, architects of an emphatic 135-run victory for England that levelled the series, it was unquestionably a match to remember.Banton was sublime after England were asked to bat first, unfurling a crisp 121 from just 99 balls to underpin an imposing total of 355 for six. No touring side had ever gone bigger on Australian soil – the ideal platform for Harry Brook’s pace attack to release the handbrake and level this three-match series. Continue reading...