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2016: Pakistan's Misbal-ul-Haq scores a maiden Lord's century aged 42

2016: Pakistan's Misbal-ul-Haq scores a maiden Lord's century aged 42

The reaction of most batsmen to reaching a Test Match century is usually quite predictable. A handshake with their batting partner, a raising of the bat to acknowledge the applause of the crowd and his teammates. When Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq reached his tenth Test hun...

2001: Richie Benaud delivers the first MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture

2001: Richie Benaud delivers the first MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture

Cricket’s rise as a popular sport in the 18 th century left little room for the spirit of the game. It was a vehicle for serious gambling and match-fixing, with intimidation and outright cheating far from unknown. But by the beginning of the 19 th century this was beginnin...

1998: The Women's Ashes are created in a ceremony in the Harris Garden

1998: The Women's Ashes are created in a ceremony in the Harris Garden

The women’s Ashes, created in 1998, is a hollow wooden ball, containing the ashes of a miniature bat signed by both the Australian and England teams and those of a copy of the Women's Cricket Association rules and constitution, burnt in a ceremony at Lord's. The ceremony was...

1914: Lord's is used by the War Office for the accommodation of troops

1914: Lord's is used by the War Office for the accommodation of troops

The outbreak of the Great War in 1914 brought to an end cricket’s ‘golden age’, a period lasting a quarter of a century during which the game established itself beyond question as England’s pre-eminent sport. The spread of county cricket had made the game truly national, and...

2019: England beat New Zealand to win the Men's World Cup

2019: England beat New Zealand to win the Men's World Cup

England really should have had a head start when it came to World Cup cricket. The first ever limited overs tournament was the Gillette Cup, played in England in 1963, and it was the end of the decade before the rest of the world began to follow its example. Only 18 One-Day ...

1964: Fred Trueman takes his fifth five-wicket haul at Lord's

1964: Fred Trueman takes his fifth five-wicket haul at Lord's

The perfect fast-bowler’s combination of aggression and skill characterised Fred Trueman. Genuinely fast in his youth, as his career progressed, he learned to rely on movement off the pitch and in the air, becoming the first bowler to take 300 Test wickets in 1964. ‘Fiery Fr...

1947: Denis Compton and Bill Edrich put on 370 for England against South Africa

1947: Denis Compton and Bill Edrich put on 370 for England against South Africa

The first full post-war summer of cricket in 1946 was spoiled by wet weather. There followed one of the most bitterly cold winters in living memory and great misery as the realities of post-war austerity and continued rationing hit home. Meanwhile in Australia, Wally Hammond...

1993: England beat New Zealand in the Women's World Cup Final

1993: England beat New Zealand in the Women's World Cup Final

The fifth Women’s World Cup was the second to be held in England. It very nearly didn’t happen at all. Had it not been for a last minute grant of £90,000 from the Foundation for Sport and the Arts, the tournament would probably have been cancelled. With women’s cricket still...

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

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...

2010: Jonathan Trott and Stuart Broad put on 332 for England against Pakistan

2010: Jonathan Trott and Stuart Broad put on 332 for England against Pakistan

There can’t have been too many occasions in Test history when a side has batted first, slumped to 102 for 7 and still ended up winning by an innings. Unusually, Lord’s hosted the last match of a four Test series between England and Pakistan in 2010 and it was a match that we...