Cricket chiefs will dish out new extreme heat contingency plans to all first-class venues with fears that Tuesday’s temperatures at Durham will soon be repeated.
The ECB could consider themselves fortunate that the game was being played so far north rather than in London where temperatures topped 40 degrees.
With England bowler Matthew Potts leaving the field with heat exhaustion after bowling four overs, there is every chance a game further south may well have had to be called off due to a danger to life for both players and spectators.
