The nextday in the five-million acre Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve, the sun burned bright, giving an electric glow to the throbbing canopy where parakeets swooped, sloths napped and tamarind and red howler monkeys played.
The next five-day game scheduled for Manchester is not until 2014, but the county are hopeful of landing one of three 2013 Ashes Tests that have yet to be allocated.