A century old cricket tradition is broken !
A 148-year tradition just got broken in Guwahati. And honestly … it was about time. For the first time since Test cricket began in 1877, Tea was taken before lunch in the India–South Africa Test. Tea → Lunch. Not Lunch → Tea. If you said it out loud last week, It would have sounded like a joke your cricket-crazy friend cracked over drinks. But it happened. Officially. And it happened because reality finally beat ritual. Test cricket inherited England’s old rhythm Start at 11 am, break for lunch, play a bit, then tea. → The world changed. → Time zones changed. → Geography changed. → But the schedule stayed stuck in Victorian England. Until Guwahati said: “Nice tradition but we actually want to finish 90 overs before it gets dark.” Simple logic : The North-East sees earlier sunsets. So instead of stopping play due to bad light, They flipped the sessions. → Tea earlier. → Lunch later. → More usable daylight. →Problem solved in one elegant, almost un-cricket-like move. Corporate l...
