Channel 4 return would be a significant, poignant development for Test cricket

The India v England series could be free-to-air – and help make up for lost time and a failure to capitalise on the gospel of 2005Fifteen seconds to live. Paging Richie Benaud and Tony Greig. Paging Michael Atherton and Ian Smith and Dermot Reeve. Ten seconds. Dusting off the Analyst’s truck and firing up the Snickometer. Applying a final coat of varnish to Mark Nicholas. Five seconds. Everyone to positions. Queuing up the Lou Bega in three … two … one.Alas, tantalising