Lord’s fourth day crowd concerns England Captain Pope as low attendance raises worries for Test cricket's future.
England stand-in captain Ollie Pope said he had been surprised by the meagre attendance at Lord's on Sunday as his side wrapped up a convincing series victory over Sri Lanka.
Large crowds for Tests have long been taken for granted at Lord's, which styles itself as the 'Home of Cricket'. England's encounter with the West Indies at Lord's in July, part of a 3-0 whitewash of the Caribbean side, was all over inside three days and that may have had an impact on advance fourth-day sales as well."It was kind of weird," he said."I think a few of us have been strolling in each day and it was just like 'jeez, it seems quiet today'. I'm not sure if people expected the game to be done by day four or not.
"I'm not going to put down my average shots to the fact that I was captain this week," said Pope ahead of a third Test at his Oval home ground starting Friday.
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