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"Behind every statistic is a child missing school trips, missing playtime with friends, or living in pain," she says.

It is easy to glance at the back of Kershaw’s baseball card, or at his Baseball Reference page, and pick whatever statistic you like to illustrate his greatness.

The parents of a 15-year-old boy who was stabbed to death have said they will "not allow his name to be known as yet another statistic in the rise of knife crime".

Defeat by New Zealand in that match is England's only loss in their past 62 matches - a statistic that stretches back to 2019.

Tuchel will rightly point to the statistic that England have yet to concede a goal in World Cup qualifiers - but they have barely been tested.