Innings

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MCCF Jobs

  JOB TITLE: Regional Head Coach CONTRACT: Casual (Flexible approach required. Approximately time commitment 20 hours, per Regional Springboard programme, and 3-6 match days primarily between May-September) HONORARIUM: £27.50 an hour plus £120 for match days plus...

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C.M.G. Atkins - C.M.G. Atkins 145 v South Africa

In a brutal display of batting, Atkins, and opening partner Sarah Taylor, both scored magnificent centuries against South Africa in 2008 as they piled up an opening stand of 268, guiding England to 310 for 3. At the time, it was the record stand for any wicket in women's One...

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2012: Lord's hosts the Olympic Archery tournament

Cricket has only featured once in the Olympics - at Paris in 1900 when the amateur team Dorset Wanderers defeated a Parisian XI in a one-off match. But cricket grounds themselves do have a closer involvement with Olympic history. Most notably, the Melbourne Cricket Ground se...

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Blast Group Offers

The Vitality Blast returns to Lord's from 29 May when Middlesex welcomes Sussex Sharks in a double header opener. Arrive early to watch the women battle it out, prior to the men's match, ensuring a full day's action in the one ticket. This double header falls in the half-ter...

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London Spirit retain international stars for The Hundred at Lord's

London Spirit have today confirmed the men’s and women’s stars that will return to Lord’s this summer for the third year of The Hundred. Supporters at the Home of Cricket will be thrilled to see the return of England women’s captain Heather Knight for season three of The H...

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Final overseas tour of 2022 as MCC Women head to Nepal

MCC embarked on its final overseas tour of the year today as a squad of women’s players departed London for Nepal. It has been a busy year for the MCC Overseas Touring programme, with men’s squads heading to Serbia, Romania, Italy and Uganda. The fifth and final tour of 202...

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M.C. Cowdrey - M.C. Cowdrey 152 v West Indies

Colin Cowdrey was one of cricket’s great stylists and most revered gentlemen. Recognised as a prodigious talent while still at Tonbridge School, he made his Test debut at Brisbane aged just 21 and his final Test appearance came at the age of 42. He was the first cricketer to...

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The fielder

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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...

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