DEREK PRINGLE

Full capacity: Lord’s invariably sells out for Test matches
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Test cricket still seems to fill grounds in England. Yet there is the uneasy feeling that the people who run it are taking that format’s core support for granted – a dangerous thing when you look at the acres of empty seats in South Africa as they play a top-of-the-bill series against Australia.
The topic of Test cricket, and its much predicted demise, came up over dinner the other night with some old school friends, Kevin and Chris, both cricket fans of long standing. The...