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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ICC World Test Championship Final 2025 comes to Lord’s

MCC is delighted to confirm the ICC World Test Championship Final will come to the Home of Cricket for the first time in the summer of 2025.  It will be the first of two international Test matches at Lord's next year and will be a showcase event to kick off the international...

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D.G. Bradman - D.G. Bradman 254 v England

Sir Donald Bradman scored his first century in his maiden test match at Lord's during the summer of 1930, when he hit 254 for Australia versus England. England had scored 425 all out in the first innings, but the magic of Bradman was yet to come and for the first time, Lord'...

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A.A. Donald - A.A. Donald 5-74 v England

Allan Donald first reached Lord’s Honours Boards when he took five wickets for 74 runs during the 1994 Test between England and South Africa. In the match which saw South Africa's return to English soil after the apartheid-inspired international sporting ban was rescinded, D...

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A.M. Rahane - A.M. Rahane 103 v England

Ajinkya Rahane stroked his way onto the Lord's Honours Board with a stylish hundred on his Lord's debut in the 2nd Test of the England v India 2014 series. After India were put into bat by England, all eyes were on the talented Virat Kohli to see if he could write his name i...

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Players' Dining Room (Hosted)

Hosted Experiences Following the success of the Players' Dining Room experience, we are pleased to launch an exciting new option, whereby a former cricketer will host the event, and share their memories of playing at Lord’s.  Find out more by clicking here . ENJOY A GUIDE...

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A.R.C. Fraser - A.R.C. Fraser 5-104 v India

Angus Fraser's first appearance on Lord's Honours Boards came when in England's 247-run victory over India in 1990. Having watched team-mate Graham Gooch score a record-breaking individual innings total of 333, Fraser and his fellow bowlers, entered the field hoping to withs...

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1787: Thomas Lord founds a cricket ground at Dorset Fields

By 1787 the gentlemen of the White Conduit Club were in search of a new home. The club had been a social and sporting success, but their cricket ground, White Conduit Fields in Islington, was near one of the busy turnpikes leading north out of London - easy to get to but a l...

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MCC BEGINS 2024 OVERSEAS TOURING PROGRAMME WITH MEN’S TOUR OF RWANDA

MCC embarked on its first overseas tour of 2024 today, as a men’s squad departed for Rwanda. A 13-man squad left Lord’s on Tuesday morning to travel to Kigali, the capital of the country, where all of the Club’s matches will take place on the tour. The trip has been organis...

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