BrewDog and Lord's Cricket Ground celebrate first-of-its-kind partnership

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is thrilled to announce a new partnership with BrewDog, the iconic British craft beer brand, who will serve as the official beer partner at Lord's Cricket Ground starting January 2025.  This exciting four-year agreement represents a significan...

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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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1877: Middlesex County Cricket Club make Lord's their home ground

Ever since its formation in 1864, Middlesex County Cricket Club had struggled to find a permanent home. Occasional matches had been played at Lord’s in the early years but the club seemed to prefer using the rather more rustically-named Cattle Market Ground in Islington. Fro...

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G.A. Gooch - G.A. Gooch 174 v Sri Lanka

Twelve months on from Graham Gooch’s ‘Indian Summer’, his 174 against Sri Lanka at Lord’s in 1991 set up victory over the tourists in the one-match series, which followed a 2-2 draw in the five-match Test series with the West Indies. Gooch was captain of the side at the time...

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1864: W.G. Grace plays at Lord's for the first time

It would be easy to see the year 1864 as the starting point for modern cricket. MCC legalised over-arm bowling, the first edition of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack appeared and a young William Gilbert Grace, just three days beyond his 16 th birthday, made his first appearanc...

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MCC Museum

The world’s oldest sporting museum, housing an unrivalled collection of cricketing art and memorabilia, is a distinctly unique venue for a drinks reception. It is often used in conjunction with the Long Room as a location for pre-dinner drinks, and can also form an added att...

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Ashley Noffke appointed London Spirit Women's Head Coach

London Spirit is delighted to announce Ashley Noffke as its Women’s Head Coach for the next two seasons of The Hundred. Noffke will bring with him a wealth of experience and a long record of success, having led Brisbane Heat to the knockout stages of four consecutive edition...

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1928: The Ashes Urn is presented to MCC

The Ashes Urn is 10.5 centimetres tall and weighs 124.8 grams. Nobody can be sure where it originally came from, or what is really inside it. But we can be certain what it represents. The idea of the Ashes originated with England’s first defeat by Australia on English soil,...

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BBC Music Introducing partner with The Hundred on live music

The Hundred, the new 100-ball cricket competition which will arrive at Lord’s later this summer, today announced a new collaboration with BBC Music Introducing to bring live music back to grounds across the country   The partnership will see sport and entertainment collide a...

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