By Chris Stocks

ENGLAND didn’t only lose out financially with the cancellation of the final Test of the summer against India at Old Trafford, they missed one last opportunity to fine-tune preparations for this winter’s Ashes series in Australia.Among those who would have loved another chance to show what they could do in Manchester last week were Haseeb Hameed, Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler, Moeen Ali and Mark Wood.Instead, they will now have three months until the next Test – the all-important Ashes series opener at the Gabba in Brisbane that gets ...