After Andy Murray, it is the turn of England’s cricketers to try to provide the British public with a reason to feel good about themselves.

The Scot’s valiant exploits at Wimbledon will be forgotten once England take the field next week for the first Ashes test against Australia in Cardiff. Are they the ones to finish the job which the defeated Murray started and provide the public with a feelgood factor? And could that benefit the beleaguered economy?