Colombo, July 23: But for some hundreds of ground staff that had been involved in the mopping-up operations and took a well deserved rest in the stands once the game eventually stared, there weren’t many who turned up to watch the classic Test encounter between the game’s greats. A working day and the delayed start could be one of several reasons for the sparse attendance on the opening day of the India-Sri Lanka Test series but those in the International Cricket Council believe that the lack of marketing of the longer version could be blamed for the reduced interest in watching the men in...
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