A rookie’s day out at Lord’s: is cricket best appreciated slowly?Sign up for The Spin, our weekly email, (or again: GDPR)And feel free to email Simon or tweet him @Simon Burnton 2.59pm BST 69th over: Pakistan 198-3 (Shafiq 55, Babar 43) Now that is a fine shot. Babar pulls a chest-high delivery from Wood powerfully, accurately and completely safely between two fielders and away for four. 2.55pm BST 68th over: Pakistan 192-3 (Shafiq 54, Babar 38) Tom Bowtell emails from Lord’s. “I just switched on TMS radio commentary and noted it was out of synch with the action,” he writes. “Genuinely turned to my mate Ben and said ‘let’s see if the radio commentary is a behind or ahead of the live action’ and we then watched keenly to see which one it was.” This is plainly idiotic, but I must admit to having had the same thought process on more than one occasion when covering football matches in grounds where journalists also get TV screens. Continue reading…
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