Australia’s bid received a shot in the arm after India’s shock defeat by New Zealand last week although Sciver-Brunt is adamant England are not paying too much notice of matters outside their bounds.

The North African country’s Independent High Authority for Elections said on Monday evening that Mr Saied had won 90.7 of the vote.

Ezri Konsa, Kobbie Mainoo and Morgan Gibbs-White have withdrawn from the group after sustaining injuries in club action over the weekend.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has suggested that migrants who are in the US and have committed murder did so because “it’s in their genes”. There are, he added, “a lot of bad genes in ...