
My goodness, the sky this morning! Looks like we’re in for another stormy day and in fact there is a gale warning out for the south west. Time to batten down the hatches.
Although I get up very early, it’s usually lunchtime in Sri Lanka by the time I start following the cricket. Earlier, James Anderson’s figures were 3…
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