The Lord's Ashes experience
Former England captain Michael Vaughan, in the Telegraph, paints a picture of the experience that awaits the English and Australian players on Thursday at Lord's
The Long Room is crammed like a busy bar. You walk through the narrow tunnel created by the stewards, go through the double doors and down the steps at the front of the pavilion. This is when the hairs on the back of the neck stand up. If you can, take in this moment. Whichever team goes out first should be thinking: "How lucky are we to be playing cricket right here, right now." It does not get any better.