J.A. Snow - J.A. Snow 5-114 v West Indies

John Snow obtained his first of two five-wicket hauls at Lord’s in an impressive display against West Indies in 1969. He took the wickets of Steve Camacho, John Shepherd, Mike Findlay, Vanburn Holder and Grayson Shillingford to help bowl the tourists out for 380, to earn a p...

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New outfield experience launches at Lord’s: Sight Screen Cinema

MCC has announced its new in-Ground experience Sight Screen Cinema – a unique outdoor cinema screening taking place at one of the world’s most historic sports grounds. Lord’s has been playing host to cricket for over 200 years but this new venture will see MCC open up the ...

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M.D. Marshall - M.D. Marshall 10-92 v England

In his second Test match at Lord’s, Malcolm Marshall made the Honours Boards again with a superb 10-wicket haul during West Indies’ 134-run victory against England in 1988. After West Indies had only made 209 in the first innings, the focus was on Marshall and the rest of th...

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MCC World Cricket committee renews calls to speed up play after launching research project

The MCC World Cricket committee (WCC) has today renewed its calls for measures aimed at speeding up the pace of play, particularly in Test matches. After the topic was a key discussion point on the agenda at the WCC meeting earlier this year, held via conference call in Janu...

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A.J. Strauss - A.J. Strauss 112 v New Zealand

Andrew Strauss became of the very few batsman to score a Test hundred at Lord’s on debut when he hit 112 versus New Zealand in 2004. The opener was not part of the original 13-man squad in the lead up to the match but after Michael Vaughan sustained an injury in the warm-up,...

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Khan Mohammad - Khan Mohammad 5-61 v England

Khan Mohammad made the Honours Boards when he took 5-61 in just his second Test, during the drawn match between England and Pakistan at Lord’s. In what was their first Test match at the Home of Cricket, Pakistan could only manage 87 in their first innings after being put int...

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M.H. Mankad - M.H. Mankad 184 v England

Vinoo Mankad became the first India player to score a Test century at Lord's, when he hit 184 in the eight-wicket defeat to England in 1952. Perhaps remembered more for his spinning abilities, Mankad actually posted a decent total with the bat too, and during this Test opene...

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Cricket Unites Behind Charity Auction

Together through this Test MCC has joined the 18 first-class counties, ECB and PCA in donating a lot in a co-ordinated online charity cricket auction as part of ECB’s Together Through This Test campaign, which launched this week.  All donors have nominated a charitable ca...

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D.L. Amiss - D.L. Amiss 137 v India

Dennis Amiss hit the first ODI century at Lord’s during the 1975 Prudential World Cup match against India. In the very first match of the inaugural Cricket World Cup, opener Amiss’ historic innings contained 18 fours, facing only 147 balls to help England to a total of 333/4...

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