The Oval Test
Monday, August 27, 2001

Great to see the return of barrier cream this morning, unless Shane Warne was actually wearing three large plasters over his nose and cheeks. But while the zinc stuff has drifted out of fashion, sunglasses are now compulsory wear on the international cricket field. Skin cancer no longer a worry; nasty glare off gasometers far more important. Adam Gilchrist even favours pink sunglasses: a bold statement from an Australian sportsman, you'd have thought. Not that he has to wear them for long when England are batting. (Next week: we report from the Milan catwalks on the latest pads and armguards.)

Marcus Berkmann is a columnist for Wisden Cricket Monthly. He was supposed to be spending the morning working on a film script.

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