United one, India zero

Indian batsmen Saurav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid, meanwhile, who put on a World-record partnership of 318 in Taunton yesterday to condemn defending champions Sri Lanka to an early plane home, had to wait for a mention.

In The Express, their feat was described 13 pages from the back of the newspaper. There was one success, however 8212; they managed seven paragraphs squeezed in at the bottom of the back page of The Guardian.