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The Long Room is a notable, historic room at Lord's cricket ground, in St John's Wood, London. "The most evocative four walls in world cricket",〔Arm-Ball to Zooter, Lawrence Booth, Penguin 2006, ISBN 0-14-051581-X, p.150-1〕 the Long Room is situated in the Pavilion. ==Function== Players walk through the Long Room on their way from the dressing rooms to the middle. The walk from dressing room to cricket field at Lord's is notoriously long and complex. On his Test debut in 1975, David Steele got lost "and ended up in the pavilion's basement toilets".〔 Members of the MCC and their guests have free access to the room (there are windows with views of the ground) and will often greet Australian batsmen with "witticisms ... like 'See you soon'".〔 On this point, Australian Justin Langer,〔Langer also played at Lord's on many occasions as a (home) Middlesex player〕 described walking through the Long Room like "being bearhugged by an invisible spirit".〔 As a result of the Pakistan cricket spot-fixing scandal, news of which broke on the last morning of the 2010 Lord's Test match, the presentation ceremony at the end of the match (and series) was held in the Long Room, rather than on the pitch. The Long Room has recently been made available on a private hire basis for events like weddings and conferences. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Long Room」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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