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Thrills and chivalry at Lord’s

History was made at the most civilised place on earth

30 May 2015

9:00 AM

30 May 2015

9:00 AM

If heaven is a place on earth, as Belinda Carlisle so wisely observed, then surely that place has to be Lord’s on a Test match Saturday. Celestial indeed, and a privilege to have been there for just a part of what was one of the most thrilling Test matches in history.

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Roger Alton is an executive editor at the Times.

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