CRICKET SOCIETY & MCC BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024

The Tour , written by Simon Wilde, has won the Cricket Society and MCC Book of the Year Award 2024. Simon’s thematic history of England’s cricket tours since 1877 triumphed at the annual awards ceremony in the Long Room at Lord’s. Books about Bazball and England’s white ba...

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Match Day Tours

Dates and Availability Availability for 2025 will be confirmed at a later date.         Lord’s hosts many exciting cricket matches, including Test matches and One-Day Internationals and it is not possible to host guided Tours of the ground on those days. However, we can ...

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MCC tour to Argentina begins busy year of tours

MCC recently returned from their opening overseas tour of 2020 as a thirteen-man squad arrived back from Argentina – the first MCC tour to the South American country since 2013. The Club played two 50-over matches, a 35-over match and five T20 fixtures, with the Argentina na...

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1998: The new Grand Stand is completed

Like the Pavilion, the current Grand Stand at Lord’s is the third to stand on the site. The first was opened in 1867, its construction funded by a private syndicate of MCC Members from whom the Club bought the stand two years later. The stand was 175ft long by 30ft high, con...

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The creases

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The follow-on

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Run out

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History made as Lord's turns Red for Ruth

Lord’s turned red for day two of the second Specsavers Ashes Test in aid of the Ruth Strauss Foundation, raising £382,462 for the charity. The Ruth Strauss Foundation was set up by former England cricket captain, Andrew Strauss in honour of his wife Ruth, who died of a rare ...

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2019 England Fixtures at Lord's Confirmed

ECB has announced its Men’s Major Match schedule for 2019, which includes a historic first Test Match at Lord's for Ireland and an Ashes clash between England and Australia. England will welcome the Irish, who made their debut against Pakistan earlier this season, in a four-...

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Record number of women Members elected by Marylebone Cricket Club

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has today announced that 134 women have been elected this year as Full Members of the Club. This is the biggest number of female Members the Club has elected in its history, and since the vote was passed to admit women to membership of MCC in 19...

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