floodlight

Rewind three weeks and Duran was the goal hero against Bayern Munich, coming off the bench to score the only goal of the game on a special night under the Villa Park floodlights.

Scotland winning 2–0 when the floodlights fail or the heavens open or a plague of angry birds descend forcing the players to flee.

The grey sky refused to brighten, the floodlights were on all day and there was a lengthy delay for bad light and rain, yet Sri Lanka were incapable of taking advantage.

The sky was dark, the floodlights on and England’s lead 99 when Brook joined his Yorkshire team-mate Root.

There was a separate area where older people slept on thin mattresses under floodlights, and a putrid smell hung in the air, he said.