ANNIE CHAVE

Not camera shy: the livestreaming of games has been a boon for county fans
PICTURE: Alamy

From a home on an urban street in the busy metropolis of Hyderabad, the gentle sound of a village cricket game in rural Devon can be heard – a little piece of the English summer, stretching across the globe in real time action – linking a mother to her absent child.
This is the reality of the new era of livestream cricket. It means that Anuj Tiwari’s parents can, for the first time ever, watch their son playing cricket. The fact that this first time is happe...