What the cricket calendar does to fans
A packed schedule takes its toll on not just the players, but viewers too, Alan Tyers writes in the Daily Telegraph
Dustin Silgardo
25-Feb-2013
A packed schedule takes its toll on not just the players, but viewers too, Alan Tyers writes in the Daily Telegraph. With England playing Pakistan in the UAE, and now Sri Lanka, fans have had to deal with time difference.
What about the poor lonely fan, slumped on the sofa, head lolling as he drifts in and out of sleep, snapping his neck back as he jolts awake to see Ian Bell castled yet again by the magical mystery carromsra, the one that pitches middle and goes straight on? The strain on the upper vertebrae, not to say the blood pressure, must be a serious health worry long term.
Dustin Silgardo is a former sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo