J.E. Root - J.E. Root 115* v New Zealand

Joe Root scored his SIXTh century at Lord’s to help steer England to a brilliant five wicket victory against World Test Champions New Zealand in the opening Test Match of the 2022 international season. In a match which swung one way and then another, it was a nerveless centu...

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1993: The first of Andrew Festing's Conversation Piece paintings is unveiled

In 1991, MCC’s Curator of Collections Stephen Green presented a paper to the Club’s Arts & Library sub-committee outlining the growth of MCC’s collection of cricket portraits since 1890. The results, he said, had been piecemeal and a number of significant cricketers from rec...

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Bespoke Tours

Treat yourself and up to four guests to an exclusive private tour of this historic cricket ground. Begin with a handling session hosted by our Heritage and Collections team, where you can hear and handle unique items like WG Grace's bat, Virat Kohli's shoes, Steve Smith's ba...

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MCC Statement

“Further to the earlier statement, MCC can confirm it has suspended three Members identified from earlier today. They will not be permitted back to Lord’s whilst the investigation takes place and were informed of this by MCC Chief Executive, Guy Lavender, this evening. “W...

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MCC hands Covid-19 Vaccination Centre to St John’s Wood United Synagogue

The Covid-19 Vaccination Centre at Lord’s Cricket Ground will be operating for the final time today with the centre moving to St John’s Wood United Synagogue, as the Ground prepares for the return of spectators to attend cricket matches this summer. MCC collaborated with loc...

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Summary of the 2019 MCC AGM

M.C.C. held its 232nd Annual General Meeting at Lord’s on Wednesday 1st May. Sangakkara set to become President The meeting opened with the announcement of former Sri Lanka international Kumar Sangakkara as the next President of M.C.C. A current member of M.C.C.’s World ...

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Portrait unveiling at Lord’s celebrates life and work of Guy Bailey

A portrait painted by artist Helen Wilson Roe of Dr Guy Bailey OBE, the civil rights activist, was unveiled in the MCC Museum at Lord’s this week, to coincide with Black History Month. The ceremony was attended by Bailey himself and former England bowler Devon Malcolm, as we...

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A.M. Fernando - A.M. Fernando 5-102 v England

Asistha Fernando became the first Sri Lankan player to write his name on the Honours Board since 2014 - and first bowler in a Test since 1991 - thanks to a five wicket-haul against England in the summer of 2024. Having put England into bat on Day One, Fernando picked up his ...

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2014: Sachin Tendulkar captains MCC to victory in the bicentenary of Lord's match

Once more, a great anniversary at Lord’s was celebrated with a festival match between MCC and Rest of the World, featuring the very best players of the current era. It was in fact the third of three special matches scheduled to celebrate two centuries of cricket at the third...

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