IN Melbourne, perhaps more than in any other global city, coffee brings people together. So it was for Ryan Sidebottom when chatting to Ed Smith ahead of the First Test.
A connoisseur of espresso himself, naturally enough, England’s chief selector realised he was in the presence of a Melburnian at the Edgbaston nets and sourced a couple of café recommendations for Birmingham – where the fast bowler has been at home for Warwickshire over the last two seasons since moving from his native Australia. During the warm-up days ahead of the Test, Sidebottom – the man who sh...