The abandonment last night was a great shame for everyone and really frustrating for us. With Sanga batting sublimely after the early loss of Upul and Dilshan, he was controlling the innings brilliantly with help from Tilan and steering us towards what would have been a competitive total on a turning pitch.
Cricket went on with its traditional ways for the first century or so, yet in the post-1987 World Cup era with the game becoming more commercialized and Pakistan’s then World-Cup winning captain Imran Khan being very serious about neutral umpires standing at all international matches, things began to change.