It sounds ridiculous, and probably is, that Paul Collingwood set them a target of 402, but it will only become an issue if Sussex get through to the close and the weather closes in tomorrow.
Even as the usual fighting season in Afghanistan is drawing to a close as the weather grows colder, violence has continued to plague large stretches of the country.
So for political junkies already stressed out by often contradictory polls collectively forecasting a close finish, the weather has added one more source of uncertainty.
As summer draws to a close and the weather starts to cool, one of the questions I get a lot is, "What happens to bees in the winter?" People often guess that honeybees hibernate; others presume that colonies die as cold weather approaches.
They closed with the Weather song and everyone applauded before walking off.
Schools, offices, the stock exchange, courts and embassies in Manila are closed as the weather bureau placed metropolitan Manila under red alert.
These little umbrellas, it seems, will be strapped to the underside of the tents to act as a responsive shading device, opening and closing with the weather like a sky-sized field of sunflowers.
That said, I have eased down slightly over the past fortnight, although that was a planned – and slightly enforced – rest as the swimming pools were often closed and the weather was pretty grim.
Sliding screens and glass panels are opened and closed as the weather (and, sometimes, the insect life) dictates.
On Aug. 25, immediately after the closing ceremony, the weather turned from clear and sunny to cloudy and soupy, and stayed that way for nearly five days (what incredible precision from the Chinese meteorological staff).
