1939: George Headley scores a century in both innings for West Indies

There was always a strong possibility that West Indies 1939 tour of England would be disrupted. But the events most likely to cause this disruption were not the territorial ambitions of Nazi Germany but the machinations of the West Indies Cricket Board. The success of their ...

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...

Batter's innings; Runners

1972: Troon win the first Village Cup Final

Surely every active cricketer dreams of playing at least once in their lives at Lord’s. It is a dream that few can realise, but since 1972 thousands of cricketers across the country begin their season with a genuine hope that this might be their year. The Village Cup was the...

MCC statement on England v Pakistan Pilot announcement

Following the recent announcement by the ECB, MCC is delighted that the Royal London Series ODIs and Vitality IT20s against Pakistan and Sri Lanka in June and July will be part of the Government’s Events Research Programme. This allows capacities to increase from the current...

The Home of Food Packages

We are very excited to be opening our gates to a brand new food experience on  9 and 10 September , The Home of Food. Lord’s is once again teaming up with multi-award-winning chef and three-time winner of the Great British Menu,  Tommy Banks , to host this new event showcasi...

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...