Ridicule at the Rose Bowl
Moving to Test cricket, the spectators at the Rose Bowl had spent a fair amount to watch the ongoing contest between England and Sri Lanka but the rain and some rigid rules combined to give them a raw deal, writes Patrick Collins in the Mail on
Siddhartha Talya
25-Feb-2013
Moving to Test cricket, the spectators at the Rose Bowl had spent a fair amount to watch the ongoing contest between England and Sri Lanka but the rain and some rigid rules combined to give them a raw deal, writes Patrick Collins in the Mail on Sunday.
Scyld Berry, in the Daily Telegraph, slams the decision to take the tea interval just as bright sunshine broke out on a rain-hit day at the Rose Bowl.
The England-Sri Lanka Test could produce the slowest over-rate in the 134-year history of Test cricket - another worrying sign for the five-day game. Berry has more in the Daily Telegraph.
Siddhartha Talya is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo