GOWER PLAYS THE JOKER ON CRICKET’S DARK DAY
HATS off to David Gower who, despite the ludicrous cancellation, fulfilled his role at Old Trafford on Friday morning, entertaining many of the corporate customers for whom the announcement that the match was off had come far too late. Gower mixed with guests and joked to one table of punters, who had taken to playing cards, that they reminded him of Sir Ian Botham. Meanwhile, many of the food and drink vendors, let down by India’s actions, set up outside the cricket ground on Saturday in a desperate bid to attract custom from those heading to the other Old Trafford for Cristiano Ronaldo’s debut. Lancashire themselves donated food meant for media, players and hospitality guests to a number of local homeless charities.