In the Community

About Us Schools TEST Forward Trust (RAPt) Programme In partnership with Forward Trust, MCC Community runs workshops for people who have been involved with crime and/ or have suffered from drug and alcohol dependence, and who are looking to enhance their recovery and to gai...

Trevor Bayliss joins London Spirit as Interim Men’s Head Coach for The Hundred

Ahead of today’s Hundred Men’s Draft, London Spirit have announced the appointment of Trevor Bayliss as Interim Men’s Head Coach following the tragic passing of Shane Warne. Further planned tributes to Shane will be announced shortly as the game looks at ways to remember ...

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2006: Claire Taylor scores 156 not out for England against India

Claire Taylor’s first One-Day International appearance at Lord’s in 2001 saw her top score with 50 not out against Australia. The 156 not out she made against India in her next innings at the Ground remains the highest ODI score ever made at the Home of Cricket by a batsman ...

J. Garner - J. Garner 5-38 v England

The 1979 Cricket World Cup Final is quite possibly remembered best for Sir Viv Richards' unbeaten score of 139, but for Joel Garner it is a day he will never forget for many reasons. After Richards' score helped West Indies post a total of 286/9 off 60 overs, England knew th...

Tom Aikens and Chantelle Nicholson announced as host chefs for 2020 Lord’s Dining Club

Renowned chefs Tom Aikens and Chantelle Nicholson have today been announced as hosts for the third year of the award-winning Lord’s Dining Club Lord's Dining Club is a fine dining event where guests enjoy an exclusively designed four-course menu, with paired wines, created b...

1930: Donald Bradman scores 254 for Australia against England

When Don Bradman arrived on English shores for the first time in 1930 many pundits thought his technique would not cope with English wickets. By the end of that summer, how to get Bradman out was the most pressing problem in English cricket. The 254 he made on his first Test...

1974: England beat India by the largest margin in a Lord's Test

India arrived in England for their 1974 tour as a team that was coming of age in international cricket. The ebullient captaincy of ‘Tiger’ Pataudi in the late 1960s together with the emergence of their four-pronged spin attack made them formidable opponents on home soil. Und...

World Cup Finals Part 2: The World Cup goes global

With the 2019 Cricket World Cup final at Lord's fast approaching, MCC Archivist Rob Curphey looks back at previous World Cups finals. At a meeting of ICC in 1984 it would be decided that the tournament would be hosted away from England for the first time, with India and Paki...

Lord’s Community Group

We invite neighbours to Lord’s, in the NW8 post code, to come to the minor matches taking place this season. There are a maximum of five complimentary match-day tickets available per household, for the following 2021 matches: We will also be allocating 100 full-priced tick...