Sri Lanka's Galle fortress in danger of crumbling after an insipid first day | Rex Clementine
While the locals lament the Barmy Army’s absence – aside from the odd hardy specimen – the tourists are getting on exceptionally well Galle has been a real fortress of Sri Lankan cricket. The heat, rank turners and some fine spin bowlers have ensured visiting teams last barely three days in a Test match here. England fans, though, have been attending in numbers for nearly two decades since the ground became an international venue. More in hope than conviction that their team will do well, the Barmy Army turns up just to have a good time. You would rather spend the winter in Galle, where the temperature is 35C, than ,at Nomansland in Devon or Bishop’s Itchington in Warwickshire where...