Fancying the idea of fancy dress

While some have disapproved of the idea of allowing fans to turn up in costumes for matches at the World Twenty20, the Times' Patrick Kidd welcomes the move. He has a couple of riders, though: dresses shouldn't block the view of other spectators, and they should be creative.

Anyone who shows up in a Jimmy Savile wig or a 118 running vest should be evicted. Certain standards must be upheld: this is the Home of Cricket after all. Those who arrive looking like W.G.Grace should be rewarded with extra cake at tea, especially if it is a real beard. Instead of dressing as the Pink Panther, why not come as Peter, the Lord's cat, who was so famous that when he died that Wisden gave him an obituary?