John Reeve named winner of the 2019 Community Champion Award

John Reeve, chairman of Acton CC, has been named winner of the 2019 Community Champion Award for his services to the club as well as Feltham Young Offenders' Institute The award, presented by MCC and The Cricketer magazine, shines a spotlight on the vital work volunteers car...

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Australia make it back-to-back wins at Lord's

Australia, on course for the semi-finals of the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup, recorded a comfortable 86-run victory over New Zealand at Lord’s, surviving the loss of early wickets and a Trent Boult hat-trick. After winning the toss and electing to bat first, Australia will hav...

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M.A. Starc - M.A. Starc 5-26 v New Zealand

Mitchell Starc grabbed his first spot on the Lord’s Limited-Overs Honours Boards, when he took five wickets for just 26 runs during Australia’s 86-run victory against New Zealand in the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup. Following Trent Boult’s hat-trick earlier in the day, the fir...

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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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J.N. Gillespie - J.N. Gillespie 5-53 v England

Jason Gillespie made the honours board in 2001 when he took figures of 5-53 against england at lord's. With the hosts being restricted to 187 in the first innings and Australia going on to get 401, England’s batsmen had to step up to win the Lord’s test against Australia. G...

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N.D. McKenzie - N.D. McKenzie 138 v England

Neil McKenzie hit his first hundred at Lord’s when he scored 138 during South Africa’s drawn Test with England in the summer of 2008. After England had posted a huge total of 593/8d during their first innings, South Africa could only manage 247 all out in response and as a c...

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G. Boycott - G. Boycott 106 v West Indies

Geoff Boycott’s 18-year Test career provided as many talking points as successes. In 1967 he was dropped for batting too slowly after making 246* against India at Headingley, in a match England won by 6 wickets. Ten years later he returned to the England side after a three-y...

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Timed Out

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