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From the Archives: The World Cup at Lord's

From the Archives: The World Cup at Lord's

As the fifth men’s World Cup is now upon us, MCC Archivist Rob Curphey looks back at previous World Cups in England, and the ten World Cup matches that were held at Lord’s. 1999 Visit the MCC Museum Visitors to the MCC Museum over the summer will be able to see a number o...

D.G. Bradman 254 v England

D.G. Bradman - D.G. Bradman 254 v England

Sir Donald Bradman scored his first century in his maiden test match at Lord's during the summer of 1930, when he hit 254 for Australia versus England. England had scored 425 all out in the first innings, but the magic of Bradman was yet to come and for the first time, Lord'...

2019: England beat New Zealand to win the Men's World Cup

2019: England beat New Zealand to win the Men's World Cup

England really should have had a head start when it came to World Cup cricket. The first ever limited overs tournament was the Gillette Cup, played in England in 1963, and it was the end of the decade before the rest of the world began to follow its example. Only 18 One-Day ...

A.A. Donald 5-74 v England

A.A. Donald - A.A. Donald 5-74 v England

Allan Donald first reached Lord’s Honours Boards when he took five wickets for 74 runs during the 1994 Test between England and South Africa. In the match which saw South Africa's return to English soil after the apartheid-inspired international sporting ban was rescinded, D...

J.M. Bairstow 167* v Sri Lanka

J.M. Bairstow - J.M. Bairstow 167* v Sri Lanka

Jonny Bairstow made the Lord’s Honours Boards for the very first time in 2016, with a superb unbeaten score of 167. After electing to bat, England started the opening the innings, they lost four early wickets and were on 84/4 and looking for Bairstow to rebuild the innings a...

G.A. Gooch 333 v India

G.A. Gooch - G.A. Gooch 333 v India

Graham Gooch’s iconic 333, which contributed to his record-breaking aggregate score of 456 in the match against India at Lord’s in 1990, was voted as the greatest ever individual performance at the Home of Cricket in 2014. The poll was organised by MCC as part of the Lord’s ...

MCC launch 2025 Community Cricket Heroes campaign

MCC launch 2025 Community Cricket Heroes campaign

MCC and The Cricketer partner again for Community Cricket Heroes campaign to find and reward 11 unsung grassroots ‘heroes’ of the game Nominations are now open and close at 23.59 BST on 4 June 2025 Winners invited as guests of MCC President Mervyn King at Lord’s in the Pre...

N. Hussain 105 v South Africa

N. Hussain - N. Hussain 105 v South Africa

South Africa took a 1-0 lead in the five-match series in this second Test at Lord’s in 1998, but it was Nasser Hussain’s second innings century that kept England’s hopes up of salvaging something from the match after a poor first innings display. A fine century from Jonty Rh...

J. Briggs 11-74 v Australia

J. Briggs - J. Briggs 11-74 v Australia

John Briggs’ best bowling performance in England came against Australia at Lord’s in 1886 when he took an eleven-wicket haul to secure three spots on the Honours Boards. Defending a total of 353, England’s captain, A G Steel, put Briggs on as first change of bowler and he to...

I.T. Botham 6-90 v Sri Lanka

I.T. Botham - I.T. Botham 6-90 v Sri Lanka

Sir Ian Botham made the Honours Boards for the seventh time in the summer of 1984, when he took 6-90 during the drawn Test versus Sri Lanka at Lord’s. The all-rounder had only taken one wicket in the visitor’s first innings as they posted a hefty total of 491/7d before he co...