Coming to the CB40 Final?

Date released: 15 September 2011

Lord's hosts the CB40 Final Are you coming to the Clydesdale Bank 40 Final between Surrey and Somerset at Lord’s on Saturday 17 September?

We've got travel information, advice on what to look out for and tips to make the most of your day at the Home of Cricket.

Tickets | Preview | Travel | Live & Social Media
Food & Drink | Kids | Books | Green

Tickets

Tickets are available for the match, priced from £40 for adults and just £5 for under 16s.
Internet and telephone bookings will cease at 12pm on Friday 16 September.

• Book tickets online now

They will be available on the day of the match from 9.45am on the North Gate sales point in Wellington Place (Cash only). Play starts at 11.30am.

Summer’s finale

Lord’s is celebrating the 2011 CB40 Final with a special family themed English summer fayre. The Nursery Ground will feature fairground stalls, a bouncy castle, face painting and balloon modelling.

As well as the traditional Lord’s picnic area, a cooper will give a display of traditional cask making and there will be specialty ales from English brewer Marston’s.

Preview

Marcus Trescothick is unsure if he will make the final Somerset have been English crickets perennial bridesmaids over the past few seasons, finishing runner-up in the 2010 CB40 Final, the LV County Championship and the last three T20 Cup finals.

Their run suggests a team primed to finally lift their first trophy since 2005 but they face a Surrey outfit who have been the most impressive side in the competition so far.

The south London based county have reached the final with some impressive displays of hard hitting batting, coupled with an attack spearheaded by England seamer Jade Dernbach.

Dernbach is expected to play, despite being on England duty on the previous day, as is Somerset wicket-keeper batsman Craig Kieswetter.

Kieswetter’s regular opening partner Marcus Trescothick is still struggling with injury though and is unsure of his place in the side for the final, after damaging his ankle.

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Travel

Lord's is well served by both Tube and bus routes:

• Plan your route to Lord's.

There are planned closures affecting the Central, District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan, as well as the London Overground service.

There is no Circle Line service through or Metropolitan service to or from the east of Baker Street. There are no planned station or line closures on the Jubliee Line, including St John's Wood station.

For more information and live travel information, please visit the TfL website.

There are a number of alternative ways to get to the Ground - not least some picturesque walks.

Clear signage helps point the way from Baker Street station, a gentle 20-minute walk from Lord's. Or why not enjoy a canal-side stroll from Paddington to Lord's (about 20-25 minutes)?

You can find details of all the walking routes using the Lord's journey planner.

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Live & social media

Can't make it to Lord's? Eager to keep up with the action?

You can follow the ODI live online with our Lords.org live commentary service service.

Lords.org reports directly from the ground and provides the fastest over-by-over report available online.

On top of that, get in touch with us via social media using Twitter and Facebook.

'Check-in' on Facebook and let us know how your day is going, or become one of our #TweepleAtlords to stand a chance of seeing your tweet on the big screen!

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Food & drink

The beautiful Harris Gardens at Lord's Lord's offers a fantastic range of dining options to suit every palette.

The Lord's Food Village, situated next to the Nursery Ground, serves up breakfast, lunch and dinner options from brands including Jamie Oliver's Fantastic Feasts and the Fine Fish Company.

Marston's provide the ale offering while Veuve Clicquot is perfect for anyone searching for an extra special drop to drink.

For those interested in a full dining experience, there are tables available in the Thomas Lord Suite, the Harris Garden Seafood Restaurant and the Lord's Tavern the for the final.

• Lord's Restaurants - Booking information

Lord's has also teamed up with the prestigious Ladurée Restaurant, Knightsbridge and Tamarind Restaurant, Mayfair, to produce two flavoursome hamper selections which can be pre-ordered for the match.

• Pre-order a Lord's picnic hamper

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Free Health Checks at Lord's

Boundaries for Life are offering free health MOT's for fans over the age of 35 during the match.

Spectators can have tests to measure blood pressure, BMI and cholesterol as well as other key indicators relating to chronic diseases.

Health checks will take place in the MCC Cricket Academy from 9:45am until approximately 2:30pm on the day.

Kids at Lord's

One of the wristbands Bringing children to Lord's? MCC want all young cricket fans to enjoy a safe trip to The Home of Cricket. Lord's operates a free wristband scheme.

The wristband is completed with the parent or guardian's contact details and seat number.

Then, should the child get lost around the Ground, a Lord's Steward can help reunite them with their parent/guardian.

• Find out more about the wristband scheme

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Making Lord's greener

MCC are always striving to make Lord's even more environmentally responsible.

We are asking those that come to the matches at Lord's to help us with our recycling efforts.

Every 'litter station' around the Ground now has three, colour-coded bins:

Keep an eye out for the Lord's recycling bins Blue bins: Are exclusively for disposing of glass.
Green bins: Dry recyclables: paper, card, plastic and cans etc.
Red bins: For general waste which cannot be recycled (cartons with food on etc.)

A few years back most of the rubbish from Lord's went to landfill - a far from ideal situation.

MCC have already made moves to turn that around and reduce our impact on the environment.

If you have any questions or would like more information you can e-mail our Sustainability Manager or write to Sustainability, MCC, Lord’s Cricket Ground, St John’s Wood, London, NW8 8QN.

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