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

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 ...

Holiday Courses

Holiday Courses

May Half-Term Courses Dates: 26th - 31st May 2025 For ages 6 to 13 Keep your young cricketers active and inspired during the May half-term with our exciting cricket courses, tailored for ages 6 to 13. These sessions are designed to enhance core skills like batting, bowling,...

E. Peate 6-85 v Australia

E. Peate - E. Peate 6-85 v Australia

Ted Peate became the first cricketer to make the Honours Boards when his figures of 6-85 in the first innings helped England to win the first ever Test match against Australia at Lord’s in July 1884. His victims included the Australian captain Billy Murdoch, whom he got out ...

1986: Richard Hadlee takes a third five-wicket haul in consecutive Lord's Tests

1986: Richard Hadlee takes a third five-wicket haul in consecutive Lord's Tests

Perhaps New Zealand’s greatest ever cricketer, Sir Richard Hadlee was one of the great all-rounders in an age of great all-rounders and arguably the greatest bowler among them, renowned for nagging accuracy on the off stump at a sometimes genuinely fast pace. No one who saw ...

2017: England's James Anderson takes his 500th Test wicket

2017: England's James Anderson takes his 500th Test wicket

Few bowlers have had as much success at Lord’s as James Anderson. In 23 Test Matches at the Ground, he has bowled 5,439 balls and taken 103 wickets at an average of 23.89, making him the leading Test wicket-taker at the Home of Cricket. One of those cricketers who just seems...

1805: The first Eton v Harrow match takes place at Lord's

1805: The first Eton v Harrow match takes place at Lord's

The annual Eton v Harrow match is the longest-running regular fixture at Lord’s. The first match, in 1805, arose out of a challenge issued by the Harrow boys on 20 June 1805. It was four months and one day before the Battle of Trafalgar: “The gentlemen of Harrow School requ...

Wisden – MCC Cricket Photo of the Year

Wisden – MCC Cricket Photo of the Year

The Wisden – MCC Cricket Photograph of the Year 2019 is now CLOSED. Launched in 2010, the contest is open to all photographers, amateur or professional, from across the world. It remains free to enter, with the only stipulation that entries must have a cricketing theme and ...

1928: Learie Constantine scores 103 and takes 7-57 for West Indies against Middlesex

1928: Learie Constantine scores 103 and takes 7-57 for West Indies against Middlesex

Cricket has boasted few more remarkable life stories than that of Learie Constantine. Born into a cricketing family in Trinidad, he quickly made a name on the island as a genuinely fast bowler, hard-hitting batsman and outstanding cover fielder. After two successful tours of...

V.T. Trumper 135* v England

V.T. Trumper - V.T. Trumper 135* v England

The second Test of the five-match series in 1899 between England and Australia was the only one to yield a result, with Victor Trumper’s unbeaten 135 contributing to a crushing victory by ten wickets, achieved on the third afternoon at the Home of Cricket. England made 206 a...

MCC Foundation announces Stephen Fry as Patron

MCC Foundation announces Stephen Fry as Patron

The MCC Foundation is delighted to announce on World Mental Health Day the appointment of Stephen Fry as a Patron. Fry joins an illustrious line up of cricketing greats who already support the foundation, including Claire Taylor, Mike Brearley, Mike Atherton and Mike Gatting...