Media day at Lord’s and the nursery pavilion is abuzz as players in a variety of kits are filmed with a variety of props for a variety of broadcasters. After a five-year absence Middlesex are back in the top flight, though as this scene plays out that fact is probably more likely to have affected the number of journalists present than the players themselves.
There is a buzz before the start of any season, and to ask a professional cricketer if they are more motivated by the prospect of a top-flight campaign than they might have been in Division Two is less an inquiry than an insult. That doesn’t stop the Spin from having a go.
