1878: The Australians bowl out MCC twice in one day

Ten years after the Aboriginal tour of 1868, a full representative side at last set out from Australia to tour Britain. The Aboriginals had been viewed as a curiosity, their appearances entertainments rather than serious sporting contests. Few expected the 1878 side to be mu...

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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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Shane Warne Joins MCC World Cricket Committee

MCC has announced that Shane Warne has been appointed to its World Cricket committee.  Former Australia leg-spinner Warne, regarded as one of the greatest bowlers of all time, accepted the invitation to join the committee, which meets twice a year to discuss the most importa...

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1868: Aboriginal Cricketers are the first team from Australia to play at Lord's

The All-aboriginal team was the first Australian cricket team to tour the UK and the first visit by Indigenous Australians to gain widespread awareness in this country. The tour began in front of 7,000 people at the Oval and their displays of `traditional skills’, put on bef...

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MCC and Middlesex appoint Kari Carswell as Head of Women's Cricket

MCC and Middlesex Cricket can today confirm the appointment of Kari Carswell to the role of Head of Women’s Cricket across both organisations. Carswell steps into the role with a wealth of experience, having spent the last five years in New Zealand, working in coaching and d...

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Cricket Society & MCC Book of the Year Award 2023

An Island’s Eleven, the Story of Sri Lankan Cricket by Nicholas Brookes has won the Cricket Society and MCC Book of the Year Award for 2023. Books by former and current cricketers Wasim Akram, Moeen Ali and Geoffrey Boycott were among those shortlisted, with all six book...

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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...

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Ultimate Suite

Get in touch New for the 2020 season, your private suite, with exceptional views of the hallowed turf, is the ultimate setting to experience a day at Lord's. From the moment you step through the famous gates, we'll have every detail covered ensuring you and your guests em...

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S.K. Warne (1969 - 2022)

MCC is deeply saddened and shocked to hear of the passing of Shane Warne. Warne was an Honorary Life Member of MCC, a member of the Club’s World Cricket committee, and Head Coach of London Spirit Men, the Lord’s-based team in The Hundred. The former Australian leg-spinner w...

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The scorers

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