Australia make it back-to-back wins at Lord's

Australia, on course for the semi-finals of the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup, recorded a comfortable 86-run victory over New Zealand at Lord’s, surviving the loss of early wickets and a Trent Boult hat-trick. After winning the toss and electing to bat first, Australia will hav...

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Fielders' absence; Substitutes

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1986: Richard Hadlee takes a third five-wicket haul in consecutive Lord's Tests

Perhaps New Zealand’s greatest ever cricketer, Sir Richard Hadlee was one of the great all-rounders in an age of great all-rounders and arguably the greatest bowler among them, renowned for nagging accuracy on the off stump at a sometimes genuinely fast pace. No one who saw ...

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1820: William Ward scores the first double-century in first-class cricket

William Ward is not a name familiar to most cricket fans these days, but he is one of those men whom we must thank for the existence of Lord’s today. By 1823, the Ground’s esteemed founder, Thomas Lord, was a 67 year-old man in search of a retirement plan. Cricket and his as...

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The Hundred finals to be played at Lord’s for the second time

MCC can today announce it will again be hosting The Hundred men’s and women’s finals at Lord’s, as well as four of London Spirit’s group matches in 2022. The inaugural season of The Hundred last year was filled with drama, thrills and spills played out in front of record att...

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Ray Illingworth to ring the five-minute bell on Day 1

Ray Illingworth will ring the bell to signal five minutes before the start of play on Day One of the England v Australia Specsavers Test Match at Lord’s. Illingworth, who won the Ashes as England captain in the epic seven-match series of 1970-71 and retained them at home in ...

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MCC World Cricket committee unanimously backs inclusion of women’s cricket at Birmingham 2022

Marylebone Cricket Club’s World Cricket committee today announced it is unanimously backing the inclusion of a women’s T20 competition in the next Commonwealth Games, to be held in Birmingham, England, in 2022. The announcement came at the conclusion of the committee’s first...

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Mel Jones to ring the five-minute bell on Day 4

Mel Jones will ring the bell to signal five minutes until the start of play on day four of the Specsavers Test Match between England and Australia at Lord’s. The former Australian international, who played for her country between 1997 and 2005, has in recent years become a f...

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2015: England beat New Zealand in a Test that included 1,610 runs

New Zealand arrived in England in the spring of 2015 with a reputation as a difficult side to beat. In the previous 12 months. They had earned creditable draws in Test series away to West Indies and Pakistan and had rolled over Sri Lanka comfortably at home. Key batsman Kane...

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Harris Garden

2025 Fixtures TBC   Please click here to read the Terms & Conditions. Experience the atmosphere of the Nursery Pavilion and quality food and drink whilst enjoying an unforgettable Q&A session with former international cricketers. Enjoy breakfast, a three-course lunch ...

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