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MCC statement on Run-out at Non-Striker's End at Lord's

MCC statement on Run-out at Non-Striker's End at Lord's

MCC this year announced amendments to the Laws of Cricket to move being run out at the non-striker's end, from Law 41 Unfair Play, to Law 38 Run Out. This change will formally come into effect from 1 October 2022.  This was done to clarify this matter and to place an onus...

Transforming lives overseas

Transforming lives overseas

Lebanon Nepal There is huge passion for cricket in Nepal, but a lack of investment and infrastructure. Working with key partners including Kidasha, Connecting Clubs, Cricket Without Boundaries, and MCC, we are providing life-enhancing opportunities.through cricket for young p...

1929: Middlesex's Gubby Allen takes all ten wickets in an innings

1929: Middlesex's Gubby Allen takes all ten wickets in an innings

On the morning of 15 June 1929, fast bowling all-rounder George Oswald “Gubby” Allen was due to play at Lord’s for Middlesex against reigning champions Lancashire. He was late. After leaving university, Allen had taken a job in the City of London and played cricket on a stri...

MCC statement on upcoming Champion County Match and World Cricket committee meeting in Sri Lanka

MCC statement on upcoming Champion County Match and World Cricket committee meeting in Sri Lanka

In light of the global outbreak of COVID-19 Coronavirus, MCC has taken the decision to cancel the Club’s upcoming visit to Sri Lanka later this month. The annual Champion County Match – MCC v Essex - at the Galle International Stadium was due to take place between 24 and 2...

Spirit of Cricket

Spirit of Cricket

The Cowdrey Lecture MCC’s Spirit of Cricket Day is an annual event which sees around 600 schoolchildren experience what it is like to star at the Home of Cricket.  The event is run in collaboration with Chance to Shine, the national cricketing charity which aims to spread th...

 World Cricket Connects at Lord’s brings the global game together

World Cricket Connects at Lord’s brings the global game together

The inaugural World Cricket Connects event, held at Lord’s on Friday, brought together some of the most prominent and influential figures in the game to discuss, provide opinion and debate some of the major opportunities and challenges facing modern cricket. The debate gener...

L. Tuckett  5-115 v England

L. Tuckett - L. Tuckett 5-115 v England

Lindsay Tuckett earned a place on the Lord’s Honours Boards when he took a five-wicket haul during South Africa’s defeat to England in the summer of 1947. England had put themselves into bat after the toss and were 96-2 with Denis Compton and Bill Edrich at the crease. The ...

MCC complete 2022 touring programme with trip to Nepal

MCC complete 2022 touring programme with trip to Nepal

MCC has completed its overseas touring programme for 2022 as a squad of women’s players returned from Nepal this week. Comprising of 15 players, the squad played six matches in Nepal against a variety of opposition and led on several coaching sessions both for local children...

MCC complete overseas tour in Sierra Leone

MCC complete overseas tour in Sierra Leone

MCC completed their final overseas tour of 2019 this week, as a thirteen-man squad returned to the UK having played eight matches in Sierra Leone. It was the first time that MCC had toured Sierra Leone since 2003 and the tour was an extremely challenging one for the Club’s s...

1805: The first Eton v Harrow match takes place at Lord's

1805: The first Eton v Harrow match takes place at Lord's

The annual Eton v Harrow match is the longest-running regular fixture at Lord’s. The first match, in 1805, arose out of a challenge issued by the Harrow boys on 20 June 1805. It was four months and one day before the Battle of Trafalgar: “The gentlemen of Harrow School requ...