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J. Garner 5-38 v England

J. Garner - J. Garner 5-38 v England

The 1979 Cricket World Cup Final is quite possibly remembered best for Sir Viv Richards' unbeaten score of 139, but for Joel Garner it is a day he will never forget for many reasons. After Richards' score helped West Indies post a total of 286/9 off 60 overs, England knew th...

1930: Donald Bradman scores 254 for Australia against England

1930: Donald Bradman scores 254 for Australia against England

When Don Bradman arrived on English shores for the first time in 1930 many pundits thought his technique would not cope with English wickets. By the end of that summer, how to get Bradman out was the most pressing problem in English cricket. The 254 he made on his first Test...

World Cup Finals Part 2: The World Cup goes global

World Cup Finals Part 2: The World Cup goes global

With the 2019 Cricket World Cup final at Lord's fast approaching, MCC Archivist Rob Curphey looks back at previous World Cups finals. At a meeting of ICC in 1984 it would be decided that the tournament would be hosted away from England for the first time, with India and Paki...

1974: England beat India by the largest margin in a Lord's Test

1974: England beat India by the largest margin in a Lord's Test

India arrived in England for their 1974 tour as a team that was coming of age in international cricket. The ebullient captaincy of ‘Tiger’ Pataudi in the late 1960s together with the emergence of their four-pronged spin attack made them formidable opponents on home soil. Und...

1939: George Headley scores a century in both innings for West Indies

1939: George Headley scores a century in both innings for West Indies

There was always a strong possibility that West Indies 1939 tour of England would be disrupted. But the events most likely to cause this disruption were not the territorial ambitions of Nazi Germany but the machinations of the West Indies Cricket Board. The success of their ...

A.J. Lamb 107 v Sri Lanka

A.J. Lamb - A.J. Lamb 107 v Sri Lanka

Allan Lamb added his name to the list of players who had twice seen their name inscribed on the Lord’s Honours Board in the same summer, as he struck a century in the one-off Test match against Sri Lanka in 1984. It was his fourth Test century of the summer, and one that was...

R.S. Bopara 143 v West Indies

R.S. Bopara - R.S. Bopara 143 v West Indies

Ravi Bopara added his name to the Honours Boards in 2009 when he hit 143 versus West Indies at the Home of Cricket. Batting at three, the Essex all-rounder batting in his first Test match in home soil, took to the field with England 92/2 before displaying some superb shots t...

A.N. Cook 162 v New Zealand

A.N. Cook - A.N. Cook 162 v New Zealand

SIR Alastair Cook’s final Lord’s century set-up a fine victory over New Zealand during a hard-fought five days in 2015. New Zealand were leading by 134 runs in the run-up to Cook’s innings and with England losing early wickets in their second innings, the onus was on the hos...

K. Higgs 6-91 v West Indies

K. Higgs - K. Higgs 6-91 v West Indies

Kenneth Higgs was selected for the England team to play against the formidable West Indies team captained by Garfield Sobers in 1966, and in the first innings, he achieved his best Test bowling figures, taking 6 for 91 in 33 overs. This included removing both openers Conrad ...

K.C. Wessels 105 v England

K.C. Wessels - K.C. Wessels 105 v England

Kepler Wessels claimed a spot on the Lord's Honours Boards during South Africa's first match at the Home of Cricket since 1964. The captain, who played 24 Tests for Australia prior to his return to his home nation, had won the toss and elected to bat in South Africa's return...