England's cricketers are ready to put the finishing touches to their World Cup final preparations at Lord's, with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity at hand and the biggest audience in a generation waiting.
One last training session awaits on Saturday morning and 24 hours later Eoin Morgan and his side will battle New Zealand for the right to call themselves world champions.
Neither nation has ever won the men's World Cup before, guaranteeing a slice of history at HQ, and the hosts have the added incentive of playing in front of a bumper, free-to-air audience for the first time in 14 years.
"Many people will stay up late and I know a lot of them will be spending some late hours watching," he said.
"I think Monday might be a public holiday back home because most of New Zealand will be staying up watching the game.
"We've had a lot of supportive messages from home and we're really excited about what's ahead."
