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2000: England beat West Indies in the 100th Lord's Test

By the time the 100 th Test Match at Lord’s took place, West Indies were no longer the formidable team of the 1980s. But they still had Courtney Walsh and Curtly Ambrose to share the new ball and a batting line-up boasting Brian Lara, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Jimmy Adams....

1827: The first Oxford v Cambridge match takes place at Lord's

The BBC comedy Blackadder Goes Forth famously referred to the three great English universities: Oxford, Cambridge and Hull. Two of those notable seats of learning compete in one of the oldest regular fixtures at Lord’s. The history of cricket in Cambridge and Oxford dates ...

2009: Pakistan wins the Men’s and England wins the Women's World T20 Finals on the same day

T20 cricket went from unfamiliar new format to World Cup Final in just four years. The longer limited overs game had taken 12 years to reach the same stage of development. By the time the second men’s tournament was held in England in 2009, T20 matches had become an establis...

1947: Denis Compton and Bill Edrich put on 370 for England against South Africa

The first full post-war summer of cricket in 1946 was spoiled by wet weather. There followed one of the most bitterly cold winters in living memory and great misery as the realities of post-war austerity and continued rationing hit home. Meanwhile in Australia, Wally Hammond...

1963: Colin Cowdrey bats with a broken arm for England against West Indies

1963 was an exciting year for cricket. The Gillette Cup brought new vitality to the county game and the West Indies were on tour, led for the first time in England by a black captain - Frank Worrell. Worrell’s first tour in the job, to Australia in 1960-61, had produced cric...

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World Cup Finals Part 3: Australian Dominance

With the 2019 Cricket World Cup final at Lord's fast approaching, MCC Archivist Rob Curphey looks back at previous World Cups finals. World Cup Specialists The 1999 World Cup, now known as the ICC Cricket World Cup was primarily held in England but also visited Scotland...

Your Playing Membership

RIGHTS & PRIVILEGES There are numerous benefits to being a Full Member of MCC, with access to all the rights and privileges of MCC membership. This includes, but is not limited to, the below: Admission to the Ground, Pavilion and Members’ Friends’ Enclosures. The right...

Lord’s at full capacity for England v Pakistan Royal London ODI

MCC has today confirmed that the Royal London One-Day International between England and Pakistan at Lord’s on 10 July, will be part of the Government’s Events Research Programme (ERP) and has been granted permission to operate at full capacity for this match. The fixture fal...