Stock Connect to Cricket Connect - impossible leap of faith?

The Shanghai-London Stock Connect launched last week may not be the only glad tidings to come the Brexit-battered Britain's way in recent times. Such is the scope and power of globalization and technology these days that it's going to be just a matter of time - give or take a decade or two - before things long thought of as near impossible will come to pass and spread joy.

England and Wales are currently hosting the 12th edition of the quadrennial cricket World Cup, which features 10 countries (nearly 20 teams were in the qualifying process, while some more are knocking on the game's doors).

This is the fifth time that England has hosted the game's biggest event. Since the inaugural tournament in 1975, England has reached the cricket World Cup Finals three times, but never went on to emerge champions.