Tea break cricket

Recently the tea interval during a day’s play, in a Test, was in the news and it was more than a ‘cup of tea’. Reason was a change in the interval timing during the Barsapara Stadium Test in Guwahati. Due to the geographical location of Guwahati city and India following a single time zone, the lunch and tea intervals were interchanged as well as timing was changed.

For the first time during a day’s play in a Test (except day-night Tests) tea was taken before lunch. Why is tea taken during a day’s play, in first-class matches? Who started this tradition and when? Did you ever realize that cricket is the only sport that incorporates meal breaks? These meal breaks in cricket are now considered not only a necessity but have become a tradition. Quite often, the concentration broken because of the lunch and tea, have changed the complexion of the day’s play.