England teams are embracing fun – let’s not overburden them with hype | Emma John

The revival of England’s cricket, football and rugby union sides is testament to a new fearlessness – we should not now hinder them with excessive expectationsEngland needed one run to beat New Zealand. Only a single run, from 18 balls. That’s the T20 equivalent of reaching the last 100m a lap ahead of your rival. The kind of lead where you could roly-poly your way down the home straight, stop just before the line for a sip of tea and still win.All the man on strike had to do was nudge the ball along the ground, anywhere in the large, open outfield of the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium, and trot a l…