MCC Foundation Big Give Christmas Challenge

MCC Foundation (MCCF) is today beginning its Big Give Christmas Challenge, in which all donations to the Foundation are doubled between now and 12pm on Tuesday 5 December. After reaching its target of £80,000 last year, MCCF has set the aim of raising £100,000 which it will ...

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Fielders' absence; Substitutes

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A.G. Steel - A.G. Steel 148 v Australia

Allan Gibson Steel became the first player to score a Test century at Lord's and consequently the first batsman on the iconic Honours Boards when he hit 148 for England versus Australia in 1884. In the first ever Test match at the Home of Cricket, it was Australia who won th...

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D.L. Amiss - D.L. Amiss 188 v India

As England piled up their highest total at Lord’s, Dennis Amiss scored 188 of their 629 runs against India in 1974 as the hosts romped to victory in this one-sided affair at the Home of Cricket. Amiss put on a mammoth 221 with John Edrich, which was the highest partnership f...

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A.J. Lamb - A.J. Lamb 139 v India

Allan Lamb’s 139 against India at Lord’s in 1990 might have been overshadowed as it occurred in the same innings as Graham Gooch’s unbeaten 333, but the batsman’s twelfth Test century was still a sight to behold at the Home of Cricket. Lamb and his captain Gooch put on 308 f...

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MCC Law Change benefits Ben Stokes

England all-rounder Ben Stokes was the beneficiary of a Law change that MCC introduced in 2017 during the third Test Match between England and the West Indies in St Lucia. Batting fluently on 52, Stokes pulled a delivery from Alzarri Joseph back to the fast bowler, who held ...

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The Hundred finals to be played at Lord’s for the second time

MCC can today announce it will again be hosting The Hundred men’s and women’s finals at Lord’s, as well as four of London Spirit’s group matches in 2022. The inaugural season of The Hundred last year was filled with drama, thrills and spills played out in front of record att...

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1952: Vinoo Mankad scores 184 and takes 5-196 for India against England

India arrived at Lord’s for the second Test of their 1952 series in something approaching a state of shock. England had inflicted a crushing defeat on them at Headingley, reducing them to 0 for 4 at the start of their second innings, but at Lord’s India were boosted by the r...

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A. Shrewsbury - A. Shrewsbury 106 v Australia

Arthur Shrewbsury's second appearance on the Honours Boards came in 1893, when he hit 106 for England in their draw versus Australia. Opening the batting for the hosts, Shrewsbury's second century at Lord's, which was only the third Test century hit at the Home of Cricket, s...

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A.N. Cook - A.N. Cook 105 v West Indies

SIR Alastair Cook’s second century at the Home of Cricket came during the first Test of West Indies tour of England in summer 2007. Beginning to cement his position at the top of the order, Cook showed calmness and superb determination to add his name to the Honours Boards f...

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