People's Monday is triumph for common sense

There was a record last-day crowd, with people queuing up from 2am - fantastic. I'm sure there was a Lord's element to that and a lot of Indian supporters there as well, but it was a brilliant showcase and an indication of how much people do care for Test cricket, and I want to see it happen everywhere.

There is no reason why Trent Bridge, Edgbaston and The Oval cannot do the same in this series. It should become a routine.

Let's face it, it's the last day of a Test match but it isn't being screened on terrestrial television, so many people are unable to see it. But they can come and watch for that sort of money.

Yesterday, it was £20 for adults, £10 for over-65s and under-16s were allowed in free. I hope the England and Wales Cricket Board acknowledge what the MCC did and learn a lesson. That's how the last day of a Test match should be.

I sometimes hate it when the fourth afternoon comes and I read out the prices for day five on the radio. It might be about £30 for adults and £20 for kids, and you think it's ridiculous and missing such an opportunity. The last day of a Test is not often as exciting as yesterday was and you might get only 25 or 30 overs, which makes it even more important that you get people in.

I went around the Mound Stand at the start of our programme and was interviewing people, lots of kids, lots of Indian supporters. There were British Indians who had come to support Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar and it was fantastic.

I've never seen a Mexican wave in a Test match at Lord's, so it also gave people an insight into what it's like to watch cricket in India. You could tell by the noise and enthusiasm that it was a first-time crowd. It sounded different.

It was a real celebration of Test cricket, Indian and English cricket, and the really good thing was that the cricket matched the atmosphere. It wasn't a horrible, dull, ground-out last day, which might have made people think twice about going again.

England will go into the Second Test on Friday full of confidence after a superb performance but I really do think India have problems.

The whole situation with Zaheer Khan's hamstring injury might determine how the series goes from here. He is such an important member of their team, so to be 1-0 down without their strike bowler at Trent Bridge would be desperate.

I'm not even sure he looked terribly fit when he was bowling on day one. He looked short of practice and as though he was carrying a pound or two, nothing like the terrier-like bowler he is when at his best. So even if he does play, I'm not sure he'll be as forceful as he can be.

Praveen Kumar should bowl well at Trent Bridge because the ball usually swings around there, and Ishant Sharma proved with his spell on the fourth morning that he has got something: he is tall, he can extract bounce and generate something special. But India's fielding was really sluggish at Lord's and they just looked slow.

It's so important to set the tone when you're in the field and send a message to the opposition that you're up for it, and India just didn't do that.

Kevin Pietersen was man of the match for his double-hundred in the first innings but he was run close by Matt Prior and Stuart Broad.

KP's was such a remarkable innings. You rarely see him have to graft for that long, and certainly not with the outcome of a double-hundred. It was a fantastic effort and shows what he can do when he really knuckles down.

He has all the ingredients to become a really great player, and it's as frustrating for him as much as anyone, I imagine, that it doesn't always happen in the way he would want. His challenge now is to have a really special series.

Broad showed a great deal of character to bowl as well as he did when so many thought he should not have been in the side, and the answer is that he went away to county cricket and took some wickets. That has to happen to players who are struggling at Test level.

As for Prior, I have such admiration for the way he plays and he is such a selfless cricketer. One of the reasons England are successful at the moment is that they have players like him, who are ready to put the team first.