As football plays have proven on multiple occasions, I don't have to be interested in a sport to enjoy a piece of theatre about it. Still, you've got your work cut out for you if the sport in question is cricket, even if it's not remotely the real subject of the story being told, like in Kate Attwell's
Testmatch, set during a one-day match between England and India at the women's cricket World Cup. India are the bookies' favourites and have briefly managed to make a good start before rain stopped play; three women from each team are waiting together to hear if, or more likely when, the match is going to be called off because of the flooded pitch. England 2 (Mia Turner,) recently dumped by the England men's captain, would like to talk about why rugby boys are much better shags than cricket boys anyway, and India 3 (Tanya Katyal) is just disappointed because she loves the game so much she hates to miss out.
