1998: Sachin Tendulkar scores 125 in W.G. Grace 150th Anniversary match

One of the greatest anomalies about the Lord’s Honours Boards is the absence from them of one of cricket’s greatest ever batsmen. In five Test appearances at Lord’s, Sachin Tendulkar never got past 37 and his average of 21.66 does scant justice to his huge talent and vast re...

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Street Child Cricket World Cup Final to take place at Lord’s

The Street Child Cricket World Cup Final will be held at Lord’s Cricket Ground on Tuesday, 7 th May 2019. Taking place ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup which is being held in England and Wales this summer, Street Child United’s inaugural Street Child Cricket World Cup wil...

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The result

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Writing Room

THE ELEGANTLY FURNISHED WRITING ROOM IS A BEAUTIFULLY PROPORTIONED AND INTIMATE SETTING FOR SMALLER LUNCHES, DINNERS, OR RECEPTIONS. Hung with famous paintings of cricketing scenes, the Writing Room is located in the Grade II*-listed Pavilion, with a large bay window that pr...

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How Philip Ring and his family have made Lord’s their second home

Becoming a Member of MCC is a special moment for lots of reasons, but when Philip Ring became a full Member of Marylebone Cricket Club in 2010, he said it was “the most special moment in my life.” A short time spent with Philip and you can see he is a super sports fan, with ...

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1968: The new Tavern Stand is completed

Thomas Lord knew when he opened his first cricket ground in 1787 that there were two main facilities – apart from the cricket - he needed to offer: a pavilion and a pub. They were the first two buildings on the Ground and the absence of a public house was one of the main rea...

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A.W. Greig - A.W. Greig 106 v India

Tony Greig was the third centurion in England’s huge total against India at Lord’s 1974, which propelled them a huge victory by an innings and 285 runs. The innings had already almost reached damage limitation proportions for India when Greig reached the crease. Centuries fr...

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2017: England beat India to win the Women's World Cup

The 2017 ICC Women’s World Cup was the eleventh time a women’s championship had been held, but the 2017 tournament was a very different affair from the earliest ones. At the time of the first tournament, in 1973, women’s cricket had been entirely amateur, with most of the pl...

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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 ...

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1999: Neil Johnson scores 132 not out for Zimbabwe against Australia

Lord’s has not always been the happiest of grounds for Zimbabwe. Two Test visits to the Home of Cricket brought two heavy defeats by an innings, and two One-Day Internationals also saw them fall short. But their performance in the first of these, on what was Zimbabwe’s first...

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