Ed Joyce to ring the five-minute bell on Day 1

Ed Joyce will ring the bell to signal five minutes before the start of play on Day One of the historic England v Ireland Specsavers Test match at Lord’s on Wednesday. Born in Dublin to a cricketing family (two brothers and two sisters also played at the highest level), the...

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S.P.D. Smith - S.P.D. Smith 215 v England

Steve Smith hit his first Test Match double-century, and Australia’s third at Lord’s, as his innings of 215 helped the visitors to a crushing Ashes series victory over England in 2015. Smith, who had made his Test debut at Lord’s against Pakistan in 2010, was now a batting p...

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Kumar Sangakkara’s term as President of MCC to be extended

The Committee of MCC has today announced its intention to offer the Club’s President, Kumar Sangakkara, a further year in the role. The disruption to the global cricketing landscape caused by the outbreak of Covid-19 Coronavirus has led the Committee to recommend that Sangak...

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MCC announces latest cohort of Honorary Life Members

MCC is delighted to announce the latest cohort of new Honorary Life Members. MCC awards Honorary Life Membership of the Club to some of the world’s finest cricketers and can today reveal the names of the latest men and women to have been bestowed with this privilege: Meri...

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2018: Alastair Cook plays his 26th Lord's Test

Sir Alastair Cook’s 26 Test Matches at Lord’s are a record at the Home of Cricket and the second highest total for a player’s appearances on a single ground in all Test cricket. Only Mahela Jayawardene’s 27 outings at the Sinhalese Sports Club ground in Colombo, Sri Lanka ra...

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Kumar Sangakkara to become next MCC President

Kumar Sangakkara will be the next President of Marylebone Cricket Club. The former Sri Lankan international will take up the post on 1st October 2019 and will serve for a period of one year. He will become the first non-British President. His nomination was announced by the ...

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I. Sharma - I. Sharma 7-74 v England

Ishant Sharma took a seven-wicket haul during the summer of 2014 to guide India to a historic Test victory over England at Lord's. With England needing 319 in their final innings to claim victory, Sharma was in superb form, bowling short but effective balls to suit the field...

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Lord's Legends XI

The greatest players on the Biggest stage Since hosting its first international match in 1884, Lord’s has seen cricket’s greatest players make the famous walk through the Long Room out to the middle. From epic Ashes encounters to high pressure World Cup drama, the legends of...

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Keith Bradshaw - UPDATE: livestream link to service

It is with great sadness that we learned overnight of the death of Keith Bradshaw, Secretary & Chief Executive of MCC from 2006 to 2011.  Keith was a popular and personable figure and he leaves a significant legacy at MCC. His time at the Club was characterised by a spirit o...

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