M.W. Gatting - M.W. Gatting 179 v Rest of the World

Mike Gatting’s fine 179 was one of the star turns of the one-off Test match between MCC and a Rest of the World XI in 1987, played to commemorate the MCC’s bicentenary. After MCC won the toss and chose to bat first, Graham Gooch struck an excellent century before Gatting rea...

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MCC travel to Costa Rica & Mexico

MCC began their touring programme for 2019 this week as a thirteen-man squad departed for Costa Rica and Mexico. The fourteen-day tour, which will concentrate solely on T20 cricket, will see MCC compete in the Central American Cricket Championship. It is the first of three o...

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Shane Warne to ring the five-minute bell on Day 3

Shane Warne will have the honour of ringing the five-minute bell on Day Three of the Specsavers Test Match between England and Australia at Lord’s. Warne, who was announced as Head Coach of the Lord’s-based team in the Hundred competition next year, is one of the all-time ...

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The umpires

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MCC and Majestic Wine celebrate renewed partnership at Lord’s Cricket Ground

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is delighted to announce a new partnership with Majestic Wine, which has become the official wine and spirits supplier at Lord’s Cricket Ground. MCC is resuming its relationship with Majestic following a successful seven-year partnership from ...

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Looking Back: Cricket at Christmas

As Christmas is just around the corner MCC Archivist Rob Curphey looks back at some interesting cricketing Christmas connections. Cricket at Christmas England did win a Test match once on Christmas Day, in 1972 against India, where on the fifth day of the match in Delhi, ca...

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MCC Pilot Event Statement

MCC is aware that Warwickshire CCC will host the second LV= Insurance Test Match between England and New Zealand as a Government-led pilot event at Edgbaston, increasing capacity from the original 25% limit. We are fully supportive of the Government’s measures to get stadium...

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MCC World Cricket Committee launches survey on the future of cricket

In January 2018, the MCC World Cricket committee met in Sydney to discuss a number of topics including the future of Test cricket. The committee believes the upcoming World Test Championship is the key event in helping safeguard the future of Test cricket, with other measure...

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MCC v Surrey: Day Four Report

The traditional curtain raiser of the domestic first-class season, played between MCC and 2018 Specsavers County Champions Surrey, has ended in a rain-affected draw. Although only 19 overs were bowled on the final day, Surrey had managed to claim three wickets before weather...

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1945: Keith Miller scores two centuries in the 'Victory Tests'

The “Golden Nugget”, as Keith Miller was known, was one of the leading all-rounders of the 1940s and 1950s. 170 wickets at 22.97 in 55 Tests for Australia combined with 2,958 runs at 36.97 give a clear indication of Miller’s capacity with bat and ball. He formed a lethal new...

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