Lord's Cricket ground is the most famous cricket ground in the world. It is the home of Marylebone Cricket Club and is variousley described as the 'cathedral of cricket' and the ground at which all Test cricketers aspire to play and to play well. England's first Test match at Lord's was played in 1884 and their opponents were naturally Australia but series between the two countries had not then become known as 'Ashes series'. England won that first Test match at Lord's by an innings. The 'Ashes' Test match scheduled for July 2013 will be England's 125th Lord's Test and this book records that match and all the previous ones in a descriptive history of Test cricket played at this iconic ground.