Picking the Line
30.04.26, 09:00 Updated 30.04.26, 10:36 4 Minute Read
Layth Yousif
If, like this correspondent, you enjoy a perambulation during a rain break, or at lunch during a county game – less so at a Lord’s Test due to the crowds, and, as the day progresses, the increasingly rambunctious imbibing – then a stroll around the fringes of this great ground is a must.
Whether it be attempting, and always failing, to identify the exotic-looking plants massed at the back of the Grandstand, or simply savouring Gerald Laing’s ever-intriguing sculptures on white stone plinths underneath the splendidly rejuvenated Compton and Edrich Stands, the fact is Lord’s is an awe-inspiring arcadia.
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Layth Yousif Freelance sports journalist and Middlesex fan