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2003: Graeme Smith scores 259 for South Africa against England

2003: Graeme Smith scores 259 for South Africa against England

South Africa’s Graeme Smith arrived for his first Test at Lord’s having been recently appointed Test captain at the age of 22. He could not have got off to a better start at the Home of Cricket, his innings of 259 surpassing Don Bradman’s record score by a visiting Test bats...

1899: Albert Trott hits a cricket ball over the Lord's Pavilion

1899: Albert Trott hits a cricket ball over the Lord's Pavilion

Since the Pavilion at Lord’s opened in 1890, many of cricket’s biggest hitters have tried to hit the ball over its roof. Only one man has succeeded. Albert Edward Trott struck a ball from Monty Noble clear over the Pavilion roof while batting for MCC against the Australians ...

2014: Sachin Tendulkar captains MCC to victory in the bicentenary of Lord's match

2014: Sachin Tendulkar captains MCC to victory in the bicentenary of Lord's match

Once more, a great anniversary at Lord’s was celebrated with a festival match between MCC and Rest of the World, featuring the very best players of the current era. It was in fact the third of three special matches scheduled to celebrate two centuries of cricket at the third...

2016: Pakistan's Misbal-ul-Haq scores a maiden Lord's century aged 42

2016: Pakistan's Misbal-ul-Haq scores a maiden Lord's century aged 42

The reaction of most batsmen to reaching a Test Match century is usually quite predictable. A handshake with their batting partner, a raising of the bat to acknowledge the applause of the crowd and his teammates. When Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq reached his tenth Test hun...

2001: Richie Benaud delivers the first MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture

2001: Richie Benaud delivers the first MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture

Cricket’s rise as a popular sport in the 18 th century left little room for the spirit of the game. It was a vehicle for serious gambling and match-fixing, with intimidation and outright cheating far from unknown. But by the beginning of the 19 th century this was beginnin...

1947: Denis Compton and Bill Edrich put on 370 for England against South Africa

1947: Denis Compton and Bill Edrich put on 370 for England against South Africa

The first full post-war summer of cricket in 1946 was spoiled by wet weather. There followed one of the most bitterly cold winters in living memory and great misery as the realities of post-war austerity and continued rationing hit home. Meanwhile in Australia, Wally Hammond...

1877: Middlesex County Cricket Club make Lord's their home ground

1877: Middlesex County Cricket Club make Lord's their home ground

Ever since its formation in 1864, Middlesex County Cricket Club had struggled to find a permanent home. Occasional matches had been played at Lord’s in the early years but the club seemed to prefer using the rather more rustically-named Cattle Market Ground in Islington. Fro...

1998: Sachin Tendulkar scores 125 in W.G. Grace 150th Anniversary match

1998: Sachin Tendulkar scores 125 in W.G. Grace 150th Anniversary match

One of the greatest anomalies about the Lord’s Honours Boards is the absence from them of one of cricket’s greatest ever batsmen. In five Test appearances at Lord’s, Sachin Tendulkar never got past 37 and his average of 21.66 does scant justice to his huge talent and vast re...

2018: Alastair Cook plays his 26th Lord's Test

2018: Alastair Cook plays his 26th Lord's Test

Sir Alastair Cook’s 26 Test Matches at Lord’s are a record at the Home of Cricket and the second highest total for a player’s appearances on a single ground in all Test cricket. Only Mahela Jayawardene’s 27 outings at the Sinhalese Sports Club ground in Colombo, Sri Lanka ra...

1968: The new Tavern Stand is completed

1968: The new Tavern Stand is completed

Thomas Lord knew when he opened his first cricket ground in 1787 that there were two main facilities – apart from the cricket - he needed to offer: a pavilion and a pub. They were the first two buildings on the Ground and the absence of a public house was one of the main rea...