The umpires

Planning permission granted for Compton and Edrich Stands

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has been granted full planning permission by Westminster City Council to construct two new three-tier stands to replace the existing Compton and Edrich Stands. The redevelopment of the stands at Lord’s Cricket Ground forms the second phase of th...

Lord's hosts London Spirit open day

Lord’s was draped in London Spirit blue on Sunday 24 July, as the team hosted an open day for 250 children ahead of the 2022 edition of The Hundred that starts in August. Children from local community groups, schools and clubs took part in the day which gave them an opportun...

Intervals

1982: Pakistan beat England to claim their first Lord's Test victory

Most new Test playing nations have to wait some time before they can claim a win away from home against more experienced opposition. This wasn’t true of Pakistan. On their very first tour of England in 1954 they forced a dramatic win in a low-scoring match at the Oval to dra...

MCC on Tour in Greece

A squad of MCC men’s players toured Greece last month, in another of the Club’s successful overseas tours that have taken place in 2023. It was the first time the Club had toured Greece since 2011 and a squad of 13 players, plus a Tour Manager and Umpire, travelled to Corfu ...

Lord's Legends XI: England v West Indies

Cricket has returned to our screens in recent weeks but at MCC, the Heritage & Collections team has once again delved deep into their archives to simulate a Test match between some of the greatest players to ever grace Lord’s. Based on each player’s profile and career statis...

1963: The first Gillette Cup Final is held at Lord's

By the start of the 1960s the post-war boom in county cricket was long over. Although the 1950s had seen an England team dominant in Test Matches, at domestic level the game was increasingly seen as stagnant, over cautious and lacking in entertainment value. The competing le...

1972: Australia beat England in the first Men's ODI held at Lord's

The first ever One-Day International took place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1971, a last-minute replacement for a washed out Ashes Test. It would be more than 18 months before any further ODI cricket took place, but this time the matches were part of the official sche...

B. Lee - B. Lee 5-49 v England

Brett Lee secured a five-wicket haul during Australia’s seven-wicket victory over England in an ODI at Lord’s during the summer of 2009. Despite his reputation as one of the best fast bowlers to have ever played the game, Lee never managed a Test five-wicket haul at Lord’s, ...