Just like watching Harmison

The umpires at Scarbrough, Tobago, must have had sore arms at the end of a women's match between Trinidad & Tobago and Canada this week. In the 40-over game, 129 wides were sent down by the bowlers on both sides, 81 of them by Trinidad's ladies. Yet the home side still won.

I don't know how many of those 81 wides went for more than one run, but let's assume that at least 60 were single wides - that's an extra ten overs that Trinidad had to bowl, yet Canada still only reached 167 for eight. There were 11 other extras too. So the entire Canada batting side made 75 runs in 50 overs and were still not bowled out. Way to go. In reply, Canada handed back only 48 wides and Trinidad won with two overs to spare.

According to Charlie Randall, one of the reasons for the difficulty in batting may have been the fact they were using a white ball, white clothing and white sightscreens.