M.C. Cowdrey - M.C. Cowdrey 152 v West Indies

Colin Cowdrey was one of cricket’s great stylists and most revered gentlemen. Recognised as a prodigious talent while still at Tonbridge School, he made his Test debut at Brisbane aged just 21 and his final Test appearance came at the age of 42. He was the first cricketer to...

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Nursery Pavilion

AN EXPANSIVE EVENT SPACE, THE NURSERY PAVILION OVERLOOKS THE LORD’S NURSERY GROUND, WHERE INTERNATIONAL CRICKETERS WARM UP BEFORE A MATCH. The space is flooded with natural light from full height windows and offers a massive 1,000 square metres of event space, which can be p...

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Appendices

Appendix D - Law 8 (The Wickets) Definitions and explanations of words or phrases not defined in the text of the Laws of Cricket.   A.1 The match A.1.1 The game is used in these Laws as a general term meaning the Game of Cricket. A.1.2 A match is a single encounte...

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D.C.S. Compton - D.C.S. Compton 116 v New Zealand

Denis Compton will always be remembered for the golden summer of 1947, when he plundered 3,816 first-class runs (including 753 in five Tests against South Africa) alongside the similarly prolific Bill Edrich and helped dispel the lasting gloom of Britain’s war years. Few cri...

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Lord’s names Freemans Event Partners as Food & Beverage partner

Freemans Event Partners has agreed a long-term partnership with MCC to deliver a range of event solutions at Lord’s. The new multi-year agreement follows a successful trial period in 2021 and will see Freemans Event Partners managing a major part of the public catering offer...

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Overseas Tours

Live Streams MCC v Pakistan Shaheens (50 overs) Sunday 16th February, 9:30am PKT MCC v Lahore Qalandars T20 Friday 14th February, 5pm PKT   As part of its active playing programme, which involves its teams playing around 500 matches a year, MCC undertakes numer...

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From the Archives: Ireland at Lord’s

With the England v Ireland Test match almost upon us we look back at previous performances by Ireland teams at the Home of Cricket.  A representative team known as ‘All Ireland’ appeared for the first time at Lord’s on 17th May 1858, with the trip to Lord’s proving the highl...

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MCC completes its first “Legacy Tour” of Nepal

MCC recently completed its first “Legacy Tour” of Nepal, which included taking a strong squad to compete in both red and white-ball cricket in the country. As well as the matches played on the tour, the Club’s charitable arm – the MCC Foundation – launched an eight-month p...

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1827: The first Oxford v Cambridge match takes place at Lord's

The BBC comedy Blackadder Goes Forth famously referred to the three great English universities: Oxford, Cambridge and Hull. Two of those notable seats of learning compete in one of the oldest regular fixtures at Lord’s. The history of cricket in Cambridge and Oxford dates ...

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