22 YEARS AGO WE DID WIN IN THE DARK!
ENGLAND famously clinched a 1-0 Test series win
over Pakistan in 2000 after a stand from Nasser Hussain and Graeme Thorpe that ended in the dark thanks largely to umpire Steve Bucknor. Pakistan did their best to waste time but Bucknor refused to take the teams off and insisted the match should be played to a finish.
Hussain recalled: ‘By the end of our run-chase it was pitch black in the middle. It was all quite laughable really — I remember Inzamam-ul-Haq running one way in the outfield while the ball went in the opposite direction! It was that tough.’