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MCC announces squad to play Surrey in Champion County Match

MCC announces squad to play Surrey in Champion County Match

MCC has today announced its full squad for the Champion County Match against Surrey, which takes place in Dubai next month. Stuart Broad will captain the side for the first-class four-day match, regarded as the traditional curtain-raiser to the English county season, which b...

Father Time

Father Time

The Father Time weather-vane, which has become such a well-known Lord’s symbol, was a gift to MCC from Sir Herbert Baker, the architect of the second Grand Stand, which was completed in 1926. It was a complete surprise to the MCC Committee , no member of whom had any prior ...

1805: The first Eton v Harrow match takes place at Lord's

1805: The first Eton v Harrow match takes place at Lord's

The annual Eton v Harrow match is the longest-running regular fixture at Lord’s. The first match, in 1805, arose out of a challenge issued by the Harrow boys on 20 June 1805. It was four months and one day before the Battle of Trafalgar: “The gentlemen of Harrow School requ...

World Cup Finals Part 4: The Current Era

World Cup Finals Part 4: The Current Era

With the 2019 Cricket World Cup final at Lord's fast approaching, MCC Archivist Rob Curphey looks back at previous World Cups finals. 2015 The 2011 Cricket World Cup was hosted jointly between three countries; India, Sri Lanka and for the first time, Bangladesh. For th...

V.T. Trumper 135* v England

V.T. Trumper - V.T. Trumper 135* v England

The second Test of the five-match series in 1899 between England and Australia was the only one to yield a result, with Victor Trumper’s unbeaten 135 contributing to a crushing victory by ten wickets, achieved on the third afternoon at the Home of Cricket. England made 206 a...

Waqar Younis 5-91 v England

Waqar Younis - Waqar Younis 5-91 v England

Waqar Younis' only appearance on the Lord's Honours Boards came when he took 5-91 in Pakistan's two-wicket victory over England in 1992. England won the toss and elected to bat first, with the Lord's crowd getting to witness Younis' talents for the very first time with the b...

2009: Netherlands defeat England in the Men's World T20 tournament

2009: Netherlands defeat England in the Men's World T20 tournament

The global spread of cricket is usually associated with British imperial rule, with the modern game thought to be restricted to the nations of the Commonwealth. But there are other countries with long cricket histories which do not correspond to this picture. The Netherlands...

Old Clock Tower Club

Old Clock Tower Club

Your own seat to experience all that a day at the home of cricket has to offer The Old Clock Tower Club offers stunning views in your very own home within the Ground, ensuring that you are able to enjoy every major matchday of the summer, whilst enjoying exclusive access to ...

MCC v Lahore Qalandars | Match Report

MCC v Lahore Qalandars | Match Report

MCC began their four-match tour of Pakistan with a four-wicket victory of Lahore Qalandars in a T20 encounter at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. Captained by President, Kumar Sangakkara , MCC elected to bowl first and were rewarded with a good start when Salman Butt was run-ou...

1827: The first Oxford v Cambridge match takes place at Lord's

1827: The first Oxford v Cambridge match takes place at Lord's

The BBC comedy Blackadder Goes Forth famously referred to the three great English universities: Oxford, Cambridge and Hull. Two of those notable seats of learning compete in one of the oldest regular fixtures at Lord’s. The history of cricket in Cambridge and Oxford dates ...