Transforming lives overseas

Lebanon Nepal There is huge passion for cricket in Nepal, but a lack of investment and infrastructure. Working with key partners including Kidasha, Connecting Clubs, Cricket Without Boundaries, and MCC, we are providing life-enhancing opportunities.through cricket for young p...

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MCC appoints Robert Lawson as Chief Executive & Secretary

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Robert Lawson as THE CLUB'S new Chief Executive & Secretary, effective from mid-February 2025. Lawson brings a wealth of leadership and commercial expertise, honed over a distinguished career at BP and Mercuria Energy Group. Hi...

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MCC update in relation to Covid-19

Safety is our priority Lord's is currently closed due to the National Lockdown restrictions imposed on England in early January 2021. Our teams will continue to work hard to be able to reopen various parts of the Club and Lord's Cricket Ground as the government regulations ...

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Morgan and Knight to captain London Spirit at Lord's

It has been announced today that England’s World Cup winning captains Heather Knight and Eoin Morgan will be leading London Spirit women’s and men’s teams respectively in The Hundred next year. Knight and Morgan will join the team based at Lord’s, where they both lifted the ...

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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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Lord's 2021 County Championship Fixtures Announced

Fixtures for the opening stage of the 2021 County Championship have been announced with four Middlesex home matches set for Lord’s. In a change to previous County Championships, the 2021 competition will see the 18 first-class counties split into three groups, with Middlesex...

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Spirit of Cricket Award 2022

Have you seen a moment that typifies the Spirit of Cricket in 2022? Why not nominate it for the Christopher Martin-Jenkins Spirit of Cricket Award? Each year, the award is given to a player, or group of players, that have epitomised the principles of playing hard but fair, a...

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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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Book of the Year shortlist announced

The shortlist for the Cricket Society and MCC Book of the Year Award 2023 has been announced today. The competition, run by the Cricket Society since 1970 and in partnership with MCC since 2009, is for books nominated by MCC and Cricket Society Members, and is highly regarde...

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