Following a one-hour morning rain delay, the visitors had been reduced to 80-5 in their second innings, still needing a further 145 runs to make England's openers strap on their pads one more time.

BBC: England seal emphatic Lord's win

Why delay near-term capital consumption if dollars invested and saved will, if lucky, come back reduced in value?

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