Bespoke Coaching Programs

Maximise your visit to Lord's by scheduling a Bespoke Coaching Program with our experienced team of MCC Cricket Coaches. These programs are aimed at Intermediate to Advanced Level Cricketers and are available for either groups (Clubs, Academies, Universities, Schools or Tour...

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My Lord's Story | Kapil Dev

How would I describe Lord’s? Lord’s is a place with tradition. The Honours Boards. The five-minute bell. The Long Room. For people like me who played in the street, it meant everything to come and play here. Lord’s is a name that you can’t wipe away from your memory. Wa...

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Men's Highlights

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C.T.B. Turner - C.T.B. Turner 10-63 v England

Australian seamer Charlie Turner took 10 wickets in the match as Australia came out on top in a low scoring thriller at Lord’s in July of 1888. Pitch preparations had been severely hampered by heavy rain, and on the very definition of a sticky wicket Australia’s first inning...

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1868: Aboriginal Cricketers are the first team from Australia to play at Lord's

The All-aboriginal team was the first Australian cricket team to tour the UK and the first visit by Indigenous Australians to gain widespread awareness in this country. The tour began in front of 7,000 people at the Oval and their displays of `traditional skills’, put on bef...

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B. Lee - B. Lee 5-49 v England

Brett Lee secured a five-wicket haul during Australia’s seven-wicket victory over England in an ODI at Lord’s during the summer of 2009. Despite his reputation as one of the best fast bowlers to have ever played the game, Lee never managed a Test five-wicket haul at Lord’s, ...

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1820: William Ward scores the first double-century in first-class cricket

William Ward is not a name familiar to most cricket fans these days, but he is one of those men whom we must thank for the existence of Lord’s today. By 1823, the Ground’s esteemed founder, Thomas Lord, was a 67 year-old man in search of a retirement plan. Cricket and his as...

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1977: First Indoor School at Lord's officially opened

Lord’s has witnessed more than 200 years of cricket. For more than a century, it has also been home to formal coaching programmes, helping develop the stars of tomorrow as well as offering practice facilities to those of today. It all began in 1901, when the Club found itsel...

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1987: The new Mound Stand is completed

After an almost 20 year gap following the construction of the Tavern Stand in the 1960s, MCC looked to celebrate its Bicentenary in 1987 with its most ambitious building project yet. The original Mound Stand had been built on the site of the old tennis court in 1899 and was ...

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1886: The Parsees are the first team from India to play at Lord's

The ground breaking tour by the Parsees was the first by any Indian side to play in England. The team was drawn from the highest echelons of Indian society and its players were considered ‘gentlemen’ according to the social division of English cricket at the time. While the ...

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