II. The Lord's slope
But oddly enough there is a peculiar, and very famous, quirk to the Lord's pitch. It slopes precipitously in one direction, from the Warner Stand in the north-west to the Mound Stand in the south-east. The slope is so sharp that is substantially deviates the path of the ball when it is bowled by non-Indian bowlers.
But why does the most important cricket ground in the world tolerate this? When millions of pounds have been spent to refurbish every other conceivable aspect of the ground, why does this slope remain?
Authorities at Lord's say that this is a traditional aspect of the ground and must never be changed.
They lie. In fact, there have been rumours for decades that the slope at Lord's is part of an ancient global network of signs and symbols.
Is it just coincidence that if you take a map and draw a straight line from the Giant's Causeway in Ireland, a place of great ancient mystery and paranormal experience, through to Loch Ness in Scotland, yet another place of great ancient mystery and paranormal experience, down to Lord's Cricket Ground, and then back to the Giant's Causeway - mysterious, as mentioned above - you form a triangle that points, in the exact same direction as the slope, to a village near Rome. And Rome is home to… exactly! The Vatican!
And that is not all. One of the most famous architectural elements at Lord's is the weather vane called Old Father Time. And what is the Italian translation of Old Father Time?
Exactly! Tempo Antico Papa!
Pope. Stonehenge. Antiquity. Lord.
Oh my god.
What lies beneath that slope? Will we ever know? Or is that a question mere mortals will never figure out?
The Lord's Cricket Ground is widely known as the home of cricket. There is no greater honour for an international cricketer than to score a century or take five wickets on the hallowed turf.
But why does the most important cricket ground in the world tolerate this? When millions of pounds have been spent to refurbish every other conceivable aspect of the ground, why does this slope remain?
Authorities at Lord's say that this is a traditional aspect of the ground and must never be changed.
They lie. In fact, there have been rumours for decades that the slope at Lord's is part of an ancient global network of signs and symbols.
Is it just coincidence that if you take a map and draw a straight line from the Giant's Causeway in Ireland, a place of great ancient mystery and paranormal experience, through to Loch Ness in Scotland, yet another place of great ancient mystery and paranormal experience, down to Lord's Cricket Ground, and then back to the Giant's Causeway - mysterious, as mentioned above - you form a triangle that points, in the exact same direction as the slope, to a village near Rome. And Rome is home to… exactly! The Vatican!
And that is not all. One of the most famous architectural elements at Lord's is the weather vane called Old Father Time. And what is the Italian translation of Old Father Time?
Exactly! Tempo Antico Papa!
Pope. Stonehenge. Antiquity. Lord.
Oh my god.
What lies beneath that slope? Will we ever know? Or is that a question mere mortals will never figure out?
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