It was not quite a case of planes, trains and automobiles but bikes, buses and by foot after the players and staff of England and West Indies got stuck in traffic on the way to the third one-day international at the Oval, forcing some to take extreme measures to find a way to the ground.
The England and Wales Cricket Board blamed “heavy traffic north of the river” – there was talk of broken down buses, a traffic light failure and extensive roadworks – for the delayed arrivals of both squads for a game that England eventually won at a canter.
