CRICKET NEWS - Indian and Sri Lankan cricketers battled through hazardous smog levels in a test match on Monday as New Delhi authorities faced scathing criticism over their lack of action to combat pollution.
A day after protests by Sri Lankan players temporarily halted the third test at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium, the third day's play went ahead in even worse smog.
The concentration of the smallest and most harmful airborne pollutants hit 448, about 18 times the World Health Organisation's safe level, just before the players took lunch.
Lower but still hazardous smog levels levels the day before prompted Sri Lanka's fielders to wear face masks, and their coach Nic Pothas said some vomited in the dressing room on Sunday.
Sri Lanka's substitutes wore facial coverings on Monday when running drinks to their batsmen on the pitch.
Visiting skipper Dinesh Chandimal appeared uneasy in the morning and called for his trainer, while fellow batsman Angelo Mathews took regular water breaks, but the pair went on to hit a century each.
Indian players did not wear masks while fielding on Monday, but paceman Mohammed Shami acknowledged it was "a matter of concern".
