MCC v ESCA

MCC Schools take on ESCA in a 50 over match on Friday 8 September The MCC Schools players are primarily being selected from schools who played in MCC Out-Matches this summer. In the past the ESCA side comprised of players from the previous year’s Bunbury Festival. This will...

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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 ...

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G. Boycott - G. Boycott 106 v West Indies

Geoff Boycott’s 18-year Test career provided as many talking points as successes. In 1967 he was dropped for batting too slowly after making 246* against India at Headingley, in a match England won by 6 wickets. Ten years later he returned to the England side after a three-y...

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Q&A with Fraser Stewart

We recently chatted with Lord's Indoor Cricket Centre Manager (and MCC Laws Manager) Fraser Stewart on the impact the Coronavirus pandemic may have on the game, and how the Lord's will adapt to the “new normal”. Your job title is Lord’s Indoor Cricket Centre Manager, though ...

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HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 1921-2021

Marylebone Cricket Club is greatly saddened by the death of His Royal highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. I have written today to Buckingham Palace to ask that our deepest sympathy and condolences be conveyed to our Patron Her Majesty The Queen and other members o...

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Sustainability

100% wind-generated electricity Reusable Cup Scheme Lord’s has reduced the amount of single-use plastic given tospectators by: Switching to a washable, reusable cup Removing plastic straws, instead providing a paper straw if requested. Selling water in aluminium can...

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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 ...

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MCC announces next Ground improvements for Lord's

MCC is pleased to announce that London-based practice WilkinsonEyre has been appointed as architect for the redevelopment of the Tavern and Allen stands at Lord’s. The project is the latest in the programme of facilities upgrades at the Home of Cricket, as MCC continues to i...

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Lord's Youth Girls

Lord's Youth Girls Programme is a dynamic and holistic cricket experience designed to nurture and empower young female cricketers. The programme will begin with a well-designed winter training programme, followed by a summer of fixtures against county teams and representativ...

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