MCC disciplinary update

MCC has today written to its Members with an update on the outcome of the Club's disciplinary process convened in response to the incident which took place in the Pavilion at Lord's on Sunday 2 July, the fifth and final day of the England v Australia men's Test match. The Cl...

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London Spirit announces Captains and Women’s Team Head Coach

Today, London Spirit officially announced Trevor Griffin as the Head Coach of the women’s team. His first act in the new role has been to name Heather Knight as the captain of his women’s squad. Eoin Morgan has also been confirmed as captain of the men’s team by Head Coach S...

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Q&A with Tarah Cunynghame

We recently chatted with MCC's Head of Retail and Tours Tarah Cunynghame about her role and how the Club will adapt to the "new normal". As Head of Retail and Tours for MCC, what’s a usual day like at work? One of the great things about my job is that each day is different ...

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1950: West Indies win a Lord's Test for the first time

Cricket, lovely cricket! At Lord’s where I saw it. Not many cricket matches in history have inspired music, but the 1950 Lord’s Test between England and West Indies was one of them. The famous calypso by Lord Beginner (Egbert Moore) was written in its aftermath, as jubi...

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MCC welcomes inclusion of Women’s Cricket at Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

MCC welcomes the decision by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) to include women’s T20 cricket at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in 2022. In March, MCC World Cricket committee expressed unanimous backing for the inclusion of women’s cricket in the 2022 Commonwealt...

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D.I. Gower - D.I. Gower 108 v New Zealand

David Gower saw his name inscribed on the Lord’s Honours Board for the first time in 1983, as he struck a graceful century against New Zealand at the Home of Cricket. The Kiwis had won the toss in the expectation of early wickets but despite Richard Hadlee dismissing opener ...

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MCC celebrates The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with special ‘70’ tribute on the Lord’s pitch

Over 150 local school children joined MCC staff, Members and representatives from the local community in Westminster to pay a special tribute to The Queen on the pitch at Lord’s and help celebrate Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee. The children from Gateway Academy who take par...

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Schoolchildren takeover the Home of Cricket for the Chance to Shine Schools’ Open Day

600 children from schools around the country visited Lord’s Cricket Ground on Monday 10th June as part of the annual Chance to Shine Schools’ Open Day supported by Yorkshire Tea.  Pupils were joined by England cricket legend Matt Prior as they took part in a range of differe...

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1965: Geoffrey Boycott's 146 helps Yorkshire win the Gillette Cup

Geoff Boycott began the 1965 Gillette Cup Final batting carefully on a tricky pitch with an outfield slowed up by heavy overnight rain. It was slow going, and Boycott was not in the best of form. After two strong seasons and a brilliant first overseas tour with England the p...

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