A scoreboard and the 200 that wasn't

Sri Lanka 5-136 (Chandimal 63no, K Mendis 22no; Starc 2-13, Kuhnemann 2-48)

What to do in a rain delay? Cricketers play cards, do crossword puzzles, sleep on physio benches or don headphones to avoid being nailed in conversation with the team pest.

Rumour has it, that someone read a book once.

A trio of teenage Australian boys waved the flag for fun during the rain-interrupted third day of the first Test by continuing to play a game of tennis ball cricket on a stretch of muddy ground in front of the wonderful old scoreboard.

Cricket Et Al navigated the mud to catch up with them when the inundation had eased a little, paused to take a photo and then popped upstairs to talk to Luke Sparrow.