Evolution of Women's Cricket

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Lord’s hosts record England women’s international crowd for England v India ODI

Today’s Royal London One Day International between England and India attracted large crowds breaking the home bilateral attendance record for an England Women fixture. The record, which excludes UK attendances for global events such as the ICC World Cup, comfortably surpasse...

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Practice on the field

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L.D. Chandimal - L.D. Chandimal 105* v England

Dinesh Chandimal’s brilliant unbeaten century helped guide Sri Lanka to an impressive six-wicket ODI victory over England in July 2011. Alastair Cook’s century for England had earlier given the hosts a score of 246/7 after 50 overs and after Tillakaratne Dilshan had been bow...

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R.G.D. Willis - R.G.D. Willis 5-47 v Pakistan

Bob Willis took 5-47 during Pakistan's visit to Lord's in 1978 to claim a second spot on the legendary Honours Boards. In a match many remember for Sir Ian Botham's 8-34 during Pakistan's second innings, if it wasn't for Willis' five-wicket haul in their first knock, the mat...

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Lord's Classic Tour

Lord's Virtual Tour Can't make it to Lord's? Explore Lord's like never before with our brand new virtual tour, accessible from anywhere in the world. Walk in the footsteps of cricket legends as you journey through iconic spaces like the changing rooms, the Long Room and the ...

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Charles Fry (1940 – 2024)

MCC is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of former President and Chair of the Club, Charles Fry. Charles enjoyed a long association with MCC. He was elected as a Member in 1959, and represented the Club as a player, including at Lord’s several times. He first served on...

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MCC Spirit of Cricket Day at Lord's

Nearly 400 schoolchildren visited the Home of Cricket on Monday 4 July as part of the annual Spirit of Cricket Day hosted by MCC, in partnership with Chance to Shine. Pupils from schools across the country took part in a number of activities across the day at Lord’s, which...

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C.W.J. Athey - C.W.J. Athey 123 v Pakistan

Bill Athey’s only Test Match century, in his 23 outings for England, came in the second Test against Pakistan at Lord’s in 1987, a match that was drawn with only two days’ play possible. The teams had also drawn in the opening Test of the series at Old Trafford in another ma...

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1938: Wally Hammond scores 240 for England against Australia

In almost any other age, Walter Hammond would have been acknowledged as the greatest batsman of his generation. Nothing seemed more certain than that he would dominate cricket for a decade after he scored 905 Test runs at an average of 113.12 on England’s 1928-29 tour of Aus...

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