Here in Britain, television audiences were absorbing another win for Leicester at the top of the Premier League (the miracle is still rolling) when they turned their gaze to England’s clash against the West Indies. After Leicester, who could be shocked by anything?

Well, Brathwaite gave us something to remember for all our days. Bang, bang, bang and bang again. The life drained from Stokes as sweat drenched his already perspiring body, and he squeezed his eyes open and shut, his mind in a churn: how did that just happen, how could that be possible?

It was horrible for England, in sporting terms, after their “all guns blazing cricket” had lifted them from the nadir of 12 months ago, when they lost to Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in the group stage of the Cricket World Cup. Moeen Ali, Alex Hales, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan, Jos Buttler and Chris Jordan all played in that Bangladesh fixture.