Father Time

The Father Time weather-vane, which has become such a well-known Lord’s symbol, was a gift to MCC from Sir Herbert Baker, the architect of the second Grand Stand, which was completed in 1926. It was a complete surprise to the MCC Committee , no member of whom had any prior ...

Full fixture list for 2024 at Lord’s announced including Finals Day in The Hundred

MCC has today confirmed a thrilling schedule of matches for 2024 at Lord’s Cricket Ground, with dates now being confirmed for all games this summer. For the fourth year running, Lord’s is the venue of choice for The Hundred Finals Day, as announced today by the England and W...

MCC announces squad to play Surrey in Champion County Match

MCC has today announced its full squad for the Champion County Match against Surrey, which takes place in Dubai next month. Stuart Broad will captain the side for the first-class four-day match, regarded as the traditional curtain-raiser to the English county season, which b...

Hassan Ali - Hassan Ali 5-51 v England

Hassan Ali wrote himself onto the Limited-overs Honours Board at Lord’s with a five-wicket haul against England, in the second One-Day International of the 2021 white-ball series.  In a match which Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl, Ali took full advantage of the sea...

Mike Brearley to deliver the 2019 MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture

Former England captain Mike Brearley will deliver the 2019 MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture at Lord’s on Tuesday, 28 th May 2019. In a cricket season, which includes both the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup and an Ashes series, Brearley will deliver the Lecture having capt...

W. Watson - W. Watson 109 v Australia

An obdurate and versatile left-handed batsman and superb fielder, Willie Watson is best remembered  for the almost six-hour stand with Trevor Bailey at Lord’s in 1953 which saved the match for England and enabled them to seal a long-awaited Ashes victory with a single win at ...

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2005: Australia's Glenn McGrath takes his 500th Test wicket

Glenn McGrath followed Sir Richard Hadlee in becoming the second visiting bowler to take a ‘five-for’ on three consecutive Test appearances at Lord’s. When you consider that he only played three Test Matches at the Home of Cricket, the achievement becomes even more impressiv...

100 Greatest Milestones at Lord’s to be revealed

Following the launch of the Lord’s Father Time Wall, MCC WIll reveal the 100 Greatest Milestones in the history of Lord’s. The countdown begins with the first batch of milestones which can be viewed below . This will build up to the announcement of the first XI, starting on...

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