Cricket England v India: fifth men’s T20 international start delayed – live 🏏 Updates from the series finale (2.30pm BST start) 🏏 Sign up to The Spin | Email Geoff LIVE Updated 12m ago Geoff Lemon Sat 11 Jul 2026 14.18 BSTFirst published on Sat 11 Jul 2026 13.45 BST Share Key events 27m ago Start delayed 44m ago Preamble It’s a scorching hot day in Southampton.
Footage on the telly of India’s players arriving at the ground.
We’re waiting on revised start times.
Also remarkable, considering the adventure that is travelling by road in Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi, Bengaluru, that Indian teams still consistently reach the ground on time in all of those places, but had to come to England to get a bad enough traffic jam to keep them from playing.
This is a comical one.
The start of this match will be delayed.
Not because of rain, not because of lightning.
Not because of bees.
Not because of stray crossbow bolts.
No, the start of this match will be delayed because of… traffic.
The Indian bus is stuck in traffic, and the players couldn’t get to the ground in time.
Who would have predicted that the cricket ground nestled between two motorways, miles outside of the nearest town, with no reasonable means of getting there by public transport, would have problems with traffic?
Ah well, good thing there’s an Ashes Test scheduled there next year, no doubt that will go swimmingly.
Geoff will be here shortly.
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