Can England be too good at cricket? | Tim Dowling

Taking the kids straight from school to an England test match a Monday afternoon – what could possibly go wrong?
• Tim Dowling is a Guardian columnistThe first time I did it I felt like a hero: I picked my sons up from primary school and took them to Lord’s for the final afternoon of a test match. The sun was out, the tickets were, I think, a fiver, and England won.It’s become a longstanding tradition, rarely observed. Too many factors have to be in alignment: there has to