It should only take four or five hours of long hops and full tosses to exhaust the Indian tail after which the English team will discover something wrong with their visas forcing them to head to the High Commission for the rest of the day taking us into Day Four.

They can leave Hartley to hold the fort. Ticking over at 9 or 10 an over he should buy them enough time to sort out any paperwork at the Consulate.