Poetry Vs Prose

[abu nuwas]

Wrong game. Novel is fast moving, action-packed Twenty 20, and five day Test the poetry of what might happen, what is not happening, and opportunity to meander off and get a warm beer (admittedly, with a high chance of the only wicket of the day falling the second your back is turned). Will the batsman break the bowling, and cut loose? Will the weather hold? How about the new ball? Will the ball begin to reverse spin? How 'green' is the pitch? Are cracks starting to appear? Would it be worth declaring? When?

Cricket, btw -- and England still rather miraculously top of the tree!