Delhi: If you are following the Lord’s Test of India-England, Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, then it cannot be that before the test or even after the commencement of the test, every mention of the game is not heard about the slope in this stadium. There is no ‘deficiency’ there, he would have cured it by now. This is such a mystery of this stadium which affects the feat of taking the wicket of the bowler directly and the batsman’s ball playing in the same way.

Is this slope in Lord’s?

Where is the slope at Lord’s Stadium?

For this, first of all understand the geography of Lord’s Stadium. In the stadium, the two ends from which the bowlers throw the ball are the names of Pavilion & and Nursery End. For ease, the pavilion and where the pavilion is seen behind and the balcony in which the players appear to sit. In front of it, nursery and and attractive media center building in other words.

Usually, outfield is straight in every stadium, but in Lord’s it is bent on one side. Which side? The answer is that when the bowler throws the ball from the nursery end, he gets the left from the ground right. In this way, the bowler does not get this slope in front or behind, it gets across. The easiest way to detect this inclination is to see the pavilion building from bottom or in front of it. Look at them, this slope and which side is going, will be clearly visible.

How much is the slope?

There are some other cricket stadiums in the world where there is a slope in the ground, but there is no less feeling. The slope in Lord’s is 2.6 meters i.e. eight and a half feet and that is why this slope is clearly visible. If you understand from the nursery end, then the land on the right is high from the left side and the total difference of 2.6 meters.

How did this slope become?

There was a pond on the land on which the stadium was built. There was a slope in it and then Thomas Lord decided that he would not change the natural mood of this land. The slope remained and built the stadium and its building on it.

Does this slope affect the game?

It comes at all and the captain decides to see the bowler’s quality of swinging the ball (with the batsman Khabbu or right hand), whether he gets left from the slope right or left from the left? Accordingly, he gives responsibility for which side to throw the ball. From nursery end, out swing bowler can wreak havoc.

English bowler James Anderson used to choose bowling from Pavilion &. Foreign bowlers are the most disturbed by this slope, Pavilion and Glenn McGrain loved. Jasprit Bumrah also likes this end. The slope in words directly affects both the boom and line of the ball, due to which both batsmen and bowlers have to change their technology.

Why not fix it?

The easiest was that they would finish the slope by building the stadium. Then he did not do this and after that whenever he thought of fixing it, a huge expenses and sabotage were seen. Today, experts say that the attempt to fix this slope means breaking most of the buildings of the stadium because the impact of the slope is mostly in. Therefore, considering this slope as a mystery and tradition of Lords, they have been playing with the slope.