A Daily Mail-linked admission

Earlier this week, I received in the post a copy of The Wisden Guide to International Cricket. It was a prize I won by answering the following question:

How many countries currently have official Test status?

I’m already starting to wonder how I lived without it. Imagine the Cricinfo ‘Players’ section, but in print.

I hate to admit it, but the competition was in Lawrence Booth’s Top Spin email. Not because it’s not excellent (it is), but because of the Daily Mail connection. However, the email is free so who cares? The way I see it is that they have now actually given ME money.

By the way, the answer is nine.