1886: The Parsees are the first team from India to play at Lord's

The ground breaking tour by the Parsees was the first by any Indian side to play in England. The team was drawn from the highest echelons of Indian society and its players were considered ‘gentlemen’ according to the social division of English cricket at the time. While the ...

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Pakistan Flood Relief Tournament

The Indoor Cricket Centre at Lord’s hosted an 8-a-side cricket tournament on Sunday 25 September, to raise money for the Pakistan Flood Appeal. Six teams of eight players took part, with each team donating £1,000 to play in the tournament.  A number of sponsors also donated ...

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Coming to the ICC World Test Championship Final?

THE ULTIMATE TEST AT THE HOME OF CRICKET We look forward to welcoming you to Lord’s for the ICC World Test Championship Final. First-time finalists South Africa will battle it out against defending champions Australia in what promises to be a thrilling contest.   TIC...

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Portrait unveiling at Lord’s celebrates life and work of Guy Bailey

A portrait painted by artist Helen Wilson Roe of Dr Guy Bailey OBE, the civil rights activist, was unveiled in the MCC Museum at Lord’s this week, to coincide with Black History Month. The ceremony was attended by Bailey himself and former England bowler Devon Malcolm, as we...

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Moeen Ali and Meg Lanning awarded Honorary Life Membership of MCC

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is today delighted to announce that it has elected two cricketers to Honorary Life Membership, each of whom announced their retirement from the international game within the last two years. Moeen Ali, one of England’s finest all-round cricketers...

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Paul Collingwood to ring five-minute bell on Day 3

Paul Collingwood will ring the five-minute beLl  on day three of the Specsavers Test Match between England and Ireland at Lord’s on Friday. Collingwood, who made his international debut in 2001, went on to play 197 One-Day Internationals for his country, scoring over 5,000 ...

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Cricket Society & MCC Book of the Year Award 2021

Ashley Gray’s The Unforgiven, Mercenaries or Missionaries? The untold stories of the rebel West Indian cricketers who toured apartheid South Africa is the winner of the 2021 Cricket Society and MCC Book of the Year Award.  Chair of judges Robert Winder commended the book f...

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MCC Foundation hosts National Hub Competition Finals at Lord's

Marylebone Cricket Club Foundation (MCCF) hosted the boys’ and girls’ finals of its annual National Hub Competition at Lord’s Cricket Ground on Saturday 29 July.  The event marked the conclusion of a 20-week long competition that has seen state-educated boys and girls aged 1...

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MCC and ECB funding helps record numbers take part in MCC Foundation Hubs Programme

MCC's charitable arm, MCC Foundation has announced that record numbers of secondary state school children are taking part in the MCC Foundation National Hubs Programme thanks to a boost in funding.    The news that 4,700 young people are engaged in this year’s programme, up ...

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