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1773 Results for Afghanistan First Cricket Match

Women's Cricket Evolution

Women's Cricket Evolution

women have played the game for just as long as men... Cricket has traditionally been seen as a “male” sport, despite the fact that women have played the game for just as long as men. In 1963, England captain Len Hutton famously said during a charity match against a women’s ...

1974: Derek Underwood takes match figures of 13-71 for England

1974: Derek Underwood takes match figures of 13-71 for England

A ‘slow’ left-arm spinner of more like medium pace, Derek Underwood’s international career lasted from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s. He was the leading spin bowler in England for two decades, forming a deadly combination with wicket-keeper Alan Knott both at Test and cou...

1884: England beat Australia in the first Lord's Test

1884: England beat Australia in the first Lord's Test

The first Test Match to be held at Lord’s was the fourth to take place in England. The Oval got there first, hosting one-off matches in 1880 and 1882. In 1884, for the first time in England, a three-match series was scheduled between the teams and after the opening match at ...

Isa Guha joins cricket stars and entertainers for MCC Cowdrey Lecture 2024, live from Lord’s

Isa Guha joins cricket stars and entertainers for MCC Cowdrey Lecture 2024, live from Lord’s

Over 600 guests will fill the Nursery Pavilion at Lord’s on Thursday 21 March to watch the first MCC Cowdrey Lecture in its history to have more than one keynote speaker. This year’s event will feature stars from BBC’s hugely popular cricket podcast, Tailenders , to bring a...

Amir and Nabi return to Lord's in 2021

Amir and Nabi return to Lord's in 2021

London Spirit have confirmed the signing of a trio of overseas players ahead of the launch of The Hundred at this summer. Pakistan seamer Mohammad Amir will line up for the Lord’s-based side as well as Afghanistan’s Mohammad Nabi and South Africa’s Chloe Tryon, both all-ro...

Looking Back: Cricket at Christmas

Looking Back: Cricket at Christmas

As Christmas is just around the corner MCC Archivist Rob Curphey looks back at some interesting cricketing Christmas connections. Cricket at Christmas England did win a Test match once on Christmas Day, in 1972 against India, where on the fifth day of the match in Delhi, ca...

M.C. Cowdrey 119 v New Zealand

M.C. Cowdrey - M.C. Cowdrey 119 v New Zealand

Colin Cowdrey was one of cricket’s great stylists and most revered gentlemen. Recognised as a prodigious talent while still at Tonbridge School, he made his Test debut at Brisbane aged just 21 and his final Test appearance came at the age of 42. He was the first cricketer to...

London Spirit team selected to play at Lord's next summer

London Spirit team selected to play at Lord's next summer

At The Hundred's inaugral draft, London Spirit welcomed 14 new players to the men’s team. Shane Warne went head-to-head with seven competing Head Coaches to select the very best players to represent the Lord’s based team in The Hundred next summer. Chosen from a 570-stron...

England v Australia | Day 4

England v Australia | Day 4

An enthralling day of Test cricket at Lord’s ended with England leading Australia by 104 runs with six second innings wickets intact, as we move into the fifth and final day of this Specsavers Test Match. After two sessions of play were lost on Friday due to heavy rain, Aust...

1787: Thomas Lord founds a cricket ground at Dorset Fields

1787: Thomas Lord founds a cricket ground at Dorset Fields

By 1787 the gentlemen of the White Conduit Club were in search of a new home. The club had been a social and sporting success, but their cricket ground, White Conduit Fields in Islington, was near one of the busy turnpikes leading north out of London - easy to get to but a l...