1993: The first of Andrew Festing's Conversation Piece paintings is unveiled

In 1991, MCC’s Curator of Collections Stephen Green presented a paper to the Club’s Arts & Library sub-committee outlining the growth of MCC’s collection of cricket portraits since 1890. The results, he said, had been piecemeal and a number of significant cricketers from rec...

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G.S. Ballance - G.S. Ballance 110 v India

Gary Ballance scored his second century at Lord’s in a single calendar year, when he hit 110 vs India in 2014. Ballance, batting at three, came into the match in fine form having already scored a hundred at Lord's earlier in the summer versus Sri Lanka. However, after losin...

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S.C. Ganguly - S.C. Ganguly 131 v England

On Thursday 20 June 1996 Sourav Ganguly strolled out onto the Lord’s outfield for his Test debut, by the Saturday of the match he had written his name into cricketing history. All batsmen dream of scoring a Test century growing up, but few manage to do it on their debut and ...

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Lord's Youth Boys

WE ARE THRILLED TO CONTINUE THE LEGACY OF CRICKETING EXCELLENCE AT LORD'S YOUTH CRICKET TEAMS. Building on the success and achievements of the past three years, we are delighted to announce the continuation of the Lord’s Youth programme for the 2024/25 season. This program...

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England and local cricket stars align for Lord's based team in The Hundred

England World Cup winning captains Eoin Morgan and Heather Knight have officially been selected for the London Spirit men’s and women’s teams respectively.  Joining Morgan on the men’s team will be talented Essex batsman Dan Lawrence and England Test opener Rory Burns. The p...

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Karl McDermott begins role as Head Groundsman

Karl McDermott has this month begun the role of Head Groundsman at the prestigious Lord’s Cricket Ground. McDermott, who has joined Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) from Hampshire County Cricket Club, replaces Mick Hunt, who is retiring from the role at Lord’s after 49 seasons....

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How Philip Ring and his family have made Lord’s their second home

Becoming a Member of MCC is a special moment for lots of reasons, but when Philip Ring became a full Member of Marylebone Cricket Club in 2010, he said it was “the most special moment in my life.” A short time spent with Philip and you can see he is a super sports fan, with ...

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