Hit the ball twice

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Obstructing the field

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Lowry Exhibition

MCC exhibits rare cricket scenes by renowned British artist, L.S. Lowry – it will be the first time these artworks will be displayed together. Take your first glimpse of the artworks as they are installed at The Home of Cricket in this behind-the-scenes video. Lowry ...

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S.C. Taylor - S.C. Taylor 156* v India

In 2006, Claire Taylor blasted an unbeaten 156 against India at Lord’s to become the first England women’s player to appear on the Honours Boards. Her innings remains the highest individual score in any International Limited Overs match at Lord’s, beating the great Viv Richa...

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S.T. Finn - S.T. Finn 5-87 v Bangladesh

All of Steven Finn’s first four Test Matches as an England player came against Bangladesh, and it was in the third of those matches that he claimed his first five-wicket haul, at Lord’s in 2010. Finn’s 5 for 87 came in Bangladesh’s second innings but he also starred in the f...

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A.D. Mathews - A.D. Mathews 102 v England

Angelo Mathews made the Lord’s Honours Boards for the first time when he hit 102 versus England in the summer of 2014. During Sri Lanka’s first innings of the match, Mathews had already seen team-mate Kumar Sangakarra make his first appearance on the Honours Boards and was d...

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2020 England Fixtures at Lord's Confirmed

Next summer’s international fixtures at Lord’s have been announced this morning, with two Test Matches and a One-Day International taking place in 2020. England will welcome West Indies in late June to the Home of Cricket, and Australia are the visitors for a One-Day Interna...

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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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2017: England beat India to win the Women's World Cup

The 2017 ICC Women’s World Cup was the eleventh time a women’s championship had been held, but the 2017 tournament was a very different affair from the earliest ones. At the time of the first tournament, in 1973, women’s cricket had been entirely amateur, with most of the pl...

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MCC announces changes to the new Code of Laws from April 1st 2019

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has today announced several minor corrections and clarifications from the 2017 new Code of Laws, which will come into force on April 1 st 2019. The alterations to the Laws of Cricket in October 2017 was the most significant that have been made ...

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