The question I get asked most: are the men’s Ashes going ahead? It’s been difficult to answer for all the obvious reasons, but maybe we’ll have a bit more of an idea by the end of this weekend?

A meeting has been scheduled for Friday at which England’s Test players will finally be briefed about detailed plans for this winter’s Ashes tour, giving them the weekend to mull over their participation before the selectors convene next week to decide on the travelling party.

Multiple claps of lightning audible from the press box, we’re told. No official word on the formal social channels but reports from those covering the game would suggest we’re nearing a decision.

The latest the umpires can make a decision is 10pm local time. So, that’s about an hour from now. The latest they can go back on is 90 minutes from now, which would be, I suspect, for 30 minutes. If the weather is as we’re hearing, I doubt they’ll leave it that long.

It’s raining consistently and heavily at Carrara. At this time of night, with so little chance of getting back on, I reckon they might call it.

More news - this is a top signing. Marcus Harris, who stitched together a fine season for Leicestershire in 2020, is off to Bristol.