The pitch

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Stephen Fry to deliver the 2021 MCC Cowdrey Lecture

Stephen Fry, a lifelong cricket supporter and MCC Foundation Patron, will deliver the 2021 MCC Cowdrey Lecture at Lord’s Cricket Ground on Tuesday 16 November 2021. The prestigious Lecture, which embodies the Spirit of Cricket, will return after a hiatus in 2020 due to the C...

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Intervals

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Latest Exhibitions from Lord's

Exhibitions Evolution of Women’s Cricket This major new exhibition is the first of its kind in the UK, examining the surprising and often overlooked history of women’s cricket. The result of three years’ research following MCC’s acquisition of the Women’s Cricket Association...

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MCC YC Fynn Hudson-Prentice signs three-year contract with Derbyshire

Fynn Hudson-Prentice of the MCC Young Cricketers has signed a three-year contract with Derbyshire. Hudson-Prentice, an all-rounder who bowls fast-medium, in his second year as an MCC Young Cricketer, impressed Derbyshire during a trial period with the county, whom he will jo...

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Spirit of Cricket Award 2022

Have you seen a moment that typifies the Spirit of Cricket in 2022? Why not nominate it for the Christopher Martin-Jenkins Spirit of Cricket Award? Each year, the award is given to a player, or group of players, that have epitomised the principles of playing hard but fair, a...

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Bell Ringers

The ringing of the five-minute bell at Lord’s by an international cricketer, administrator or well-known enthusiast of the sport is a recent tradition introduced in 2007. The bell, which is located outside the Bowlers’ Bar of the Lord’s Pavilion, is rung to signify the immin...

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1999: MCC Women play their first match

When MCC changed its rules in 1998 to permit women to apply for membership, it didn’t mean an immediate change to the demographics of the Club. With a waiting list usually in excess of two decades in length, it would not be until 2018 that the first women were elected as ful...

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MCC begins 2025 overseas touring programme with men's tour of portugal

MCC today began its overseas touring programme for 2025 as a squad of 13 players departed for Portugal, the Club’s opening men’s trip of the year. The squad left Lord’s today for Porto, where they will open the trip with a timed match against Oporto Club, at the Oporto Crick...

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Wisden–MCC Cricket Photograph of the Year Announced

It has been announced today that Phil Hillyard has won the Wisden–MCC Cricket Photograph of the Year 2018 competition, with his image from a Big Bash League match in Sydney. Hillyard, of News Corp Australia, captured Sydney Sixers’ Moises Henriques holding on to an outstandi...

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