A devoted England cricket fan who has waited 10 months in Sri Lanka for a postponed tour to restart could miss out again as the series goes ahead behind closed doors.
England will play Sri Lanka in a Test match from Thursday in an empty stadium in Galle, 72 miles from the capital Colombo, and Rob Lewis’ only hope is that he can watch from atop a local landmark.
The 37-year-old member of the Barmy Army fan group was on a plane to Sri Lanka last March when Joe Root’s team abruptly ended a practice match ahead of the two Tests against Sri Lanka and left the country as the coronavirus was declared a global pandemic.
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