I had the privilege of attending Lord’s on the day that South Africa beat England in the third test to win the series 2-0 and of course then become the number one test team in the world. A picture snapped with my cell phone appears alongside this article, although it has been doctored up a little bit in an iPhone application called Snapseed. Lord’s is known as the home of cricket, it has been hosting cricket games since 1787 and it is right in the centre of London, very close to the St John’s Wood tube and well served by buses.

London of course is adept at handling large crowds and the public transport system is superb in allowing large numbers of people to flow into the venue and out of the venue fairly quickly. One of the interesting regulations, when it comes to Lord’s, is that it is the only international cricket venue in the world where the spectators can bring their own alcohol into the grounds, although you cannot take more than two bottles of beer, for example. Apparently, in the olden days, the field was prepared for a cricket game by allowing sheep to come in and graze on the grass, but eventually they obtained grass mowing machines and moved them to a modern era. When it is not hosting international games, it is the home ground of the Middlesex County Club.