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Sir Andrew Strauss OBE to deliver the MCC Cowdrey Lecture

Sir Andrew Strauss OBE to deliver the MCC Cowdrey Lecture

Former England and Middlesex captain Sir Andrew Strauss OBE, who founded the Ruth Strauss Foundation in memory of his late wife, will deliver the MCC Cowdrey Lecture at Lord’s Cricket Ground on Wednesday 1 February 2023. The MCC Cowdrey Lecture, in memory of Lord Cowdrey o...

The Greatest Game One Year On: An Anniversary Dinner

The Greatest Game One Year On: An Anniversary Dinner

Covid-19 Update Due to COVID-19, this event is no longer taking place. We hope to be able to hold a similar event in 2021. All those affected by this cancellation will be given a full refund and have priority booking for the new date in 2021 when it is confirmed.   When Lo...

Members approve new Compton and Edrich Stands at Lord’s

Members approve new Compton and Edrich Stands at Lord’s

At the Club’s AGM on Wednesday evening, MCC Members voted 96.5% in favour for the £52 million project to redevelop the Compton and Edrich stands. Westminster City Council granted conditional planning permission to replace the existing stands early this year.  The terms of th...

England v Ireland | Day 2

England v Ireland | Day 2

It was Ireland’s day once again at Lord’s despite a resolute effort from England nightwatchman Jack Leach on the second day of the one-off Specsavers Test Match. Leach fell agonisingly short of a place on the Home of Cricket's famous  Honours Board , but his battling 92 help...

MCC to resume overseas touring with Spirit of Cricket Tournament in Spain this month

MCC to resume overseas touring with Spirit of Cricket Tournament in Spain this month

MCC has today announced that it will be resuming its overseas touring programme later this month, by hosting a Spirit of Cricket Tournament at the Desert Springs Cricket Ground in Almería, Spain. The men’s T20 tournament will bring together four European countries to partici...

1787: Thomas Lord founds a cricket ground at Dorset Fields

1787: Thomas Lord founds a cricket ground at Dorset Fields

By 1787 the gentlemen of the White Conduit Club were in search of a new home. The club had been a social and sporting success, but their cricket ground, White Conduit Fields in Islington, was near one of the busy turnpikes leading north out of London - easy to get to but a l...

Centurions Roof Terrace

Centurions Roof Terrace

With its ‘tented’ roof, the Mound Stand Terrace has a nostalgic feel, recalling the marquees of village cricket, yet with all the glamour of Lord’s. The most famous cricket ground in the world, Lord’s is a magical place for summer events. Since its foundation in 1787, its gl...

MCC back in the community

MCC back in the community

Some of MCC’s community projects were put on hiatus last year, but now MCC’s Community Development team are back delivering a busy winter programme running a variety of initiatives for the local area, for schoolchildren from primary and secondary schools to  older people look...

1977: First Indoor School at Lord's officially opened

1977: First Indoor School at Lord's officially opened

Lord’s has witnessed more than 200 years of cricket. For more than a century, it has also been home to formal coaching programmes, helping develop the stars of tomorrow as well as offering practice facilities to those of today. It all began in 1901, when the Club found itsel...

2009: England win their first Lord's Test against Australia in 75 years

2009: England win their first Lord's Test against Australia in 75 years

England’s 2005 Ashes triumph had given English cricket a long-awaited boost, but a 5-0 reverse down under in 2006-07 demonstrated that Australia remained powerful opponents. When Ricky Ponting’s men arrived in England again in 2009 they had every hope of relegating 2005 to d...