Sports Letter: Clouded coverage

Sir: Sky TV announce that they will not show the forthcoming series for the world championship of Test cricket between the West Indies and Pakistan but that they will show the preceding pointless one-day series.

Does this suggest that they have misplaced priorities or are they simply unaware of the significance of the Test series? We might be insular in this country but we recognise quality when we see it - witness the success of Italian football coverage.

Yours faithfully,

DAVID FURROWS

London WC1