On today's episode of The Casual Mankadder, we sweep back to the World Cup in India, and discuss just how many losses a team can suffer before they find themselves eliminated from the semi-final race, and why that means England cannot afford any more slip ups if they want to retain their title.

Then we head back to Australia, and your host comes up with a radical plan to implement in the back half of the summer once David Warner has finally left the building, and we try to build the perfect opening combination in preparation for the arrival of India the following Summer.

That's the agenda on today's episode of The Casual Mankadder, on the podcast that lives for English defeat, Thoughts from the Metal Cavern.