It's pretty well known that we get a raw deal out of being tenants at HQ, but the powers that be issued a statement on Sunday effectively poo-pooing the article in the Times and saying that for the foreseeable at least we won't be going anywhere. There had been thoughts around developing the site at Barnet Copthall (also where Saracens chase eggs) but that never came to any sort of fruition.Oh hello! Jason?!?
Middlesex consider leaving Lord's after 160 years
Middlesex are considering moving from Lord's to a newly developed venue in London as part of talks with potential new investors.www.bbc.co.uk
Anyway I wished I'd paid attention to the fact we'd reverted to the Dukes ball this time around - in the Middlesex prediction competition I'd assumed we were still using the Kookaburra so predicted a high scoring draw. Instead we discovered again that we could bowl and rolled out a high quality Yorkshire batting line up cheaply twice.