L. Hutton - L. Hutton 145 v Australia

Len Hutton was not quite 18 when he made his debut for Yorkshire and quickly established himself at the top of the batting order. He made his Test debut for England just three days after his 21 st birthday (when he had shared an opening stand of 315 with Herbert Sutcliffe a...

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Stephen Fry to deliver the 2021 MCC Cowdrey Lecture

Stephen Fry, a lifelong cricket supporter and MCC Foundation Patron, will deliver the 2021 MCC Cowdrey Lecture at Lord’s Cricket Ground on Tuesday 16 November 2021. The prestigious Lecture, which embodies the Spirit of Cricket, will return after a hiatus in 2020 due to the C...

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Early Bird Ticket Prices Revealed For The Hundred

The countdown to The Hundred begins in earnest today with the unveiling of the competition’s range of early bird ticket prices.   County members and MCC Members have been given first access to tickets with a dedicated pre-sale window until 31 January.   Sign-ups for thehun...

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Cricket returns to Lord's

Cricket returns to Lord's Following the announcement from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) this morning, MCC is thrilled to be welcoming cricket to Lord’s this summer, initially with the Vitality Blast tournament before hosting the final of the Bob Willis Trophy. T...

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J.E. Root - J.E. Root 190 v South Africa

During his debut as England Test captain, Joe Root scored a record-breaking 190 versus South Africa in front of a sell-out crowd at the Home of Cricket. In the first of a four Test matches against South Africa, the Yorkshire batsman had won his first toss and elected to bat,...

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J.T. Hearne - J.T. Hearne 5-76 v Australia

In 1896, j.T Hearne took 56 Australian wickets against the tourists, and five of these came against Australia at Lord’s in June of the same year, which surprisingly was Hearne’s only Test match at Lord’s. Despite  not bowling during the first innings thanks to the superb per...

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Preamble to the Laws: Spirit of Cricket

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Latest Exhibitions from Lord's

Exhibitions Evolution of Women’s Cricket This major new exhibition is the first of its kind in the UK, examining the surprising and often overlooked history of women’s cricket. The result of three years’ research following MCC’s acquisition of the Women’s Cricket Association...

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D.L. Vettori - D.L. Vettori 5-69 v England

Daniel Vettori made the Test Honours Boards when he took 5/69 during the drawn match between New Zealand and England at Lord's in 2008. In a rain-interrupted match, New Zealand had posted a total of 277 in the first innings. England came to the crease looking to build a qui...

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1938: Wally Hammond scores 240 for England against Australia

In almost any other age, Walter Hammond would have been acknowledged as the greatest batsman of his generation. Nothing seemed more certain than that he would dominate cricket for a decade after he scored 905 Test runs at an average of 113.12 on England’s 1928-29 tour of Aus...

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