An evening at Lord’s

Well my love for cricket compelled me to write a post on a cricket stadium, but wait this is not an ordinary stadium ! It is one of the most prestigious and beautiful stadium in the world.

Yes I am talking about the ” Home of Cricket”, ” Mecca of Cricket”- Lord’s.

Welcome to LORDS’S

Entrance Gate

 

As we entered, a very warm and veteran stadium guide welcomed us. He was more than happy to take us around the stadium. But, for me there was one more surprise waiting inside. What happens when you meet one of your favorite cricketers at your favorite stadium ?

Happiness level= infinity = speechless for a while

Alastair Cook, England Test Captain and a recent new member of the elite 10,000 runs club happened to be there at that time. And the best part was he happily agreed to click pictures with us and I had a quick chat with him as well . It was so surprising to see cricketers there moving around so freely without any fuss or security unlike in our country.

It took me a while  to come back from the surprise and happy state to normalcy, and now it was the time to enter the staircase area from where cricketers enter the stadium.   Photography is prohibited in the staircase area.

Dressing Room of the cricketers.

When I see Rahul Dravid’s name anywhere, picture is mandatory!!

It is a dream of every young aspiring cricketer to score a century at Lord’s. But it is not so easy to make it to the above list ! You wont believe this but Sachin Tendulkar has never scored a century at Lord’s ! Surprising, isn’t it ?

For us Indians, the first two events that come across our minds when we hear or read about the Lord’s is one- India lifting the their very first World Cup way back in 1983 and the second one, Saurav Ganguly waiving his Tshirt from the Lord’s balcony . Well, the second one did create a lot of buzz during that time.

The view of the stadium from the balcony

Famous Balcony from where important people enjoy the game

Media center

After giving us a lot of interesting facts and figures, the guide took us to the Lord’s museum where they have kept the  1983 World Cup Trophy , Ashes Trophy and many other paintings and portraits.

World Cup Trophy

Ashes Trophy

Do I need a caption ?

Now it was the time to actually sit in the stands and feel the view. And trust me the view from the stands was breathtaking. It even made me imagine a match going on between India and England with Sachin and Dravid on crease. 😉

View from Stands

It was time to bid adieu however the experience was overwhelming. To end this I would say, for all the cricket lovers this place is something really awe-inspiring, but for the rest it is just another stadium !