Joe Denly and Rory Burns. (Reuters Photo)
SOUTHAMPTON: After a 117- day absence, worldwide
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returned in familiar style on Wednesday as rain and bad light restricted the very first Test in between England and West Indies to 17.4 overs and the hosts closed a discouraging day on 35 -1. The anticipation, day one of the first of 3 Tests turned out to be a wet squib. If any fans had actually been allowed they would have been jeering and complaining as the players remained in the pavilion for more than 90 minutes because of bad light, despite Southampton’s Ageas Bowl having floodlights.
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If that disappointment, an issue administrators appear helpless or unwilling to deal with, was all-too fa