Ed Joyce to ring the five-minute bell on Day 1

Ed Joyce will ring the bell to signal five minutes before the start of play on Day One of the historic England v Ireland Specsavers Test match at Lord’s on Wednesday. Born in Dublin to a cricketing family (two brothers and two sisters also played at the highest level), the...

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Mel Jones to ring the five-minute bell on Day 4

Mel Jones will ring the bell to signal five minutes until the start of play on day four of the Specsavers Test Match between England and Australia at Lord’s. The former Australian international, who played for her country between 1997 and 2005, has in recent years become a f...

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MCC Foundation introduces Young Ambassadors

The MCC Foundation is delighted to announce the appointment of five Young Ambassadors who will support the charity’s drive to make cricket a game for all. Each of the newly appointed Young Ambassadors share the Foundation’s commitment to transform lives through cricket and i...

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Preamble to the Laws: Spirit of Cricket

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Stephen Fry launches MCC campaign to reward Community Cricket Heroes

MCC President Stephen Fry, today officially launched a new campaign to celebrate grassroots cricket and find the country’s 11 greatest unsung cricketing heroes. MCC’s Community Cricket Heroes campaign will invite the public and the cricket community from across the UK to p...

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Caroline Carter named 2021 winner of the Cricket Community Champion Award

Caroline Carter, of Hatherley and Reddings CC in Gloucestershire, has been named the winner of the 2021 Cricket Community Champion Award for her services to youth cricket. The award, presented by MCC and The Cricketer magazine, shines a spotlight on cricket's true, unsung ...

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Lord's Turns Red raising £1,204,447 for Ruth Strauss Foundation

On Friday 13 August, Lord’s, the Home of Cricket, once again turned red for the Ruth Strauss Foundation’s annual #RedforRuth day at Day Two of the LV= Insurance Test Match between England and India. The Ruth Strauss Foundation has raised £1,204,447 in fundraising during the ...

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Lord's Legends XI

The greatest players on the Biggest stage Since hosting its first international match in 1884, Lord’s has seen cricket’s greatest players make the famous walk through the Long Room out to the middle. From epic Ashes encounters to high pressure World Cup drama, the legends of...

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The wicket is broken

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