The steam-treated Lord’s pitch has become a genuine embarrasment | Andy Bull

Move to replant the playing surface by 2028 is latest effort to repair the embarrassment caused by its variable bounceIt was turn-around weather in London, the sort where your first fresh breath makes you think twice about stepping out for air and your second sends you back inside for another cuppa.A great bank of wet grey cloud stretched overhead to the horizon and the idea that New Zealand’s remaining batters might take a run at scoring the 218 they still needed to win this first Test la