PETER HAYTER

Back at HQ, again: Mohammad Amir at Lord’s yesterday
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Lord’s being Lord’s and the start of another intriguing Test series against Pakistan being what it is too, the idea of pushing thoughts of the darker elements of the summer game to somewhere else is easy and attractive.
Yet, along with the now grindingly familiar warnings over the future viability of its most challenging, stimulating and satisfying form, Lord’s being Lord’s and the start of another intriguing Test series against Pakistan being what it is too, reminders of...