The workmen were at Lord’s on Tuesday, putting a fresh coat of glossy black paint on the North Gate and fixing up the whitewash around the back of the Allen stand, a last lot of spit and polish to get the old place ready for the start of the World Cup. England’s selectors have been busy putting the finishing touches to their squad, too. They made three late changes, more than they might have expected given they have spent four years preparing for the tournament but it feels, all the same, like they got it about right in the end. There were no shock twists this time, no sudden changes. It was all reassuringly predictable. “The sun’s out,” said the national selector, Ed Smith, as he stood outside the pavilion with a satisfied smile on his face. “It feels like a good omen for an exciting summer.” Picking James Vince was the simplest decision of the three. The absence of Alex Hales, Smith said, “wasn’t even mentioned” during his selection meeting with Trevor Bayliss and Eoin Morgan. Vince has been a shoo-in ever since he was called up to replace Hales at the end of April. But the switch still…