MCC backs ECB response to racism & discrimination within cricket

MCC welcomes today’s announcement by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) of game-wide plans to respond to the problems of racism and other forms of discrimination within cricket. ECB convened a meeting last Friday, comprising representatives from the 41 ECB members (MC...

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Cricket West Indies win Christopher Martin-Jenkins Spirit of Cricket Award

MCC, in conjunction with the BBC, is delighted to announce that Cricket West Indies has been awarded the 2020 Christopher Martin-Jenkins Spirit of Cricket Award. Cricket West Indies were selected for their courage in sending both their Men’s and Women’s teams to tour England...

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Dead ball

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A.N. Cook - A.N. Cook 162 v New Zealand

SIR Alastair Cook’s final Lord’s century set-up a fine victory over New Zealand during a hard-fought five days in 2015. New Zealand were leading by 134 runs in the run-up to Cook’s innings and with England losing early wickets in their second innings, the onus was on the hos...

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The wickets

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MCC Foundation welcomes the return of recreational cricket

A Celebration of Cricket for All at Arundel The MCC Foundation celebrated the return of recreational cricket last week, hosting a triangular tournament between their Brighton, Eastbourne, and Waverley Cricket Hubs. The competition was held at the beautiful Arundel Castle Cr...

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R.J. Hadlee - R.J. Hadlee 6-80 v England

Sir Richard Hadlee took his best figures at Lord’s during the 1986 drawn Test between England and New Zealand. England batted first but Hadlee, just like in 1978 and in 1983, was on excellent form, removing Graham Gooch, Martyn Moxon and Bill Athey as the hosts found themsel...

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From the Archives | England v New Zealand

Ahead of the beginning of the LV=Insurance Men's Test between England and New Zealand at Lord's, we take a look back at some classic test match encounters between the two sides at the Home of Cricket.  The Beginning  The first Test between England and New Zealand at Lord's ...

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1999: The first women are awarded Honorary Life Membership of MCC

The change of MCC’s rules to permit women to apply for Membership offered two clear routes for female applicants - either to play a number of qualifying matches for the Club over a two-year period, or to endure approximately 20 years on the waiting list. But there were a num...

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Coming to England v India?

We look forward to welcoming you to Lord’s for the third Rothesay Test match in the series between England and India, where both sides battle it out for the newly renamed Tendulkar-Anderson trophy. This match will be the first time the two teams have contested a Test match...

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