Finally, umpires Steve Bucknor and David Orchard called an early tea, whereupon Dalmiya prevailed on Tendulkar to come out and pacify the crowd, and a message blazed across the big screen: ‘Calcutta loves cricket. Please respect Eden’s traditions.’ Eden’s traditions, though, were part of the problem. There was obviously concern at the prospect of a sequel to the riot that had concluded India’s 1996 World Cup.
