Absent: Lord’s will not be hosting any Middlesex matches at present

AS County Cricket rallies to restart after months of uncertainty due to Covid-19, it looks like Lord’s has absented itself from the action – a move that could see it become a cricket-free zone for only the second season in its 206-year history. Just as cricket needs its prime assets most, it appears that Lord’s and its owners, the Marylebone Cricket Club, have gone missing – hardly a ringing endorsement for a club that has always claimed to have cricket’s best interests ...