Shouldn’t you be asleep? I’m glad you’re not; it’s nice to have the company. Now, pay attention. All being well, England will play 17 Tests this year. That’s not great news for Jimmy Anderson’s rectus femoris, or any of his other muscles, or any of the other fast bowlers’ muscles, but it is good news for locked-down sports fans. Even at 3.29am, Test cricket is a vaccine for the soul.
Yep, England are about to start their two-Test series in Sri Lanka, the one originally scheduled for last March, a more innocent time when we thought awkward elbow bumps might keep Covid at bay. Both games will be played at Galle, so for the next 10 days you should have only one Byrds song in your subconscious. Galle is the most spin-friendly…
