England’s Sam Billings steps in from the fringe with eye on World Cup stage

• Kent man opted for Lions as means to revive ODI hopes
• T20 series with West Indies a late opportunity to impressHaving made his international debut against New Zealand at Edgbaston in June 2015 in the match that launched England’s white-ball renaissance, it is fair to say the career trajectory of Sam Billings has not exactly soared.England scored in excess of 400 for the first time in that landmark ODI in Birmingham that saw them ditch the tired methods that months earlier had