Time for tea?

Standing on a pitch all day and concentrating over every ball is hard and tiring work. You’d think, though, that someone would give umpires a break. Well, now they may get one, or at least, an extended one, if they have their way. The Times newspaper reports that the first-class umpires have asked the ECB for extended lunch and tea breaks to squeeze in a well-deserved second cuppa.

Time for extra cream cakes? Even David Shepherd could be changing his mind about retirement at this rate.