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Wisden and MCC announce major new award

Wisden and MCC announce major new award

Wisden and MCC have commissioned a new trophy, awarded to the calendar year’s outstanding individual Test performance, by a man or a woman. The elegant silver trophy, bearing the familiar engraving by Eric Ravilious, follows on from the original Wisden Trophy, which was awar...

MCC statement on Timed Out in Men's ICC Cricket World Cup

MCC statement on Timed Out in Men's ICC Cricket World Cup

During the match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup on Monday, there was the first recorded instance of a player being dismissed Timed out in One-Day International cricket. Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews was given out, on appeal, when he was not ...

Women and Girls

Women and Girls

Opening the pathway in both professional and grassroots women’s cricket has been an important target area for MCC. The Club believes that combining an increase in the amount of women’s cricket played at Lord’s with efforts to increase girls participation in youth cricket sho...

B. Mitchell 164* v England

B. Mitchell - B. Mitchell 164* v England

An absolute stalwart of the South African team of the 1930s and 40s – he played every Test his country took part in between 1929 and 1949 – opener Bruce Mitchell was the key man in the Springboks’ first win in England. Having won the toss and batted first at Lord’s, the visi...

B.S. Bedi 6-226 v England

B.S. Bedi - B.S. Bedi 6-226 v England

Bishan Bedi's only appearance on the Lord's Honours Boards came during India's 1974 defeat to England. On a tough pitch for bowlers, England opened the batting and quickly made a mark on the match with Dennis Amiss' century helping to post a score of 337-2 before Bedi even c...

G.A. Gooch 174 v Sri Lanka

G.A. Gooch - G.A. Gooch 174 v Sri Lanka

Twelve months on from Graham Gooch’s ‘Indian Summer’, his 174 against Sri Lanka at Lord’s in 1991 set up victory over the tourists in the one-match series, which followed a 2-2 draw in the five-match Test series with the West Indies. Gooch was captain of the side at the time...

Mike Brearley to deliver the 2019 MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture

Mike Brearley to deliver the 2019 MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture

Former England captain Mike Brearley will deliver the 2019 MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture at Lord’s on Tuesday, 28 th May 2019. In a cricket season, which includes both the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup and an Ashes series, Brearley will deliver the Lecture having capt...

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...

National Village Cup Final

National Village Cup Final

THE VONEUS VILLAGE CUP FINAL TAKES PLACE AT LORD’S ON SUNDAY 3 SEPTEMBER, AS LEEDS AND BROOMFIELD CC OF KENT TAKE ON MILFORD HALL CC AT THE HOME OF CRICKET. The competition, which has been running since 1972, gives village cricketers the chance to play at Lord’s. It will b...

Bell Ringers

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...