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2021: The new Compton and Edrich Stands are completed

2021: The new Compton and Edrich Stands are completed

The original Compton and Edrich stands opened in 1991 and replaced the ‘G’ and ‘H’ stands which had stood at the Nursery End since 1924. G and H were designed by Sir Herbert Baker, architect of the second Grand Stand and the Grace Gates. Known as the ‘free seats’ they became...

2009: Netherlands defeat England in the Men's World T20 tournament

2009: Netherlands defeat England in the Men's World T20 tournament

The global spread of cricket is usually associated with British imperial rule, with the modern game thought to be restricted to the nations of the Commonwealth. But there are other countries with long cricket histories which do not correspond to this picture. The Netherlands...

1977: First Indoor School at Lord's officially opened

1977: First Indoor School at Lord's officially opened

Lord’s has witnessed more than 200 years of cricket. For more than a century, it has also been home to formal coaching programmes, helping develop the stars of tomorrow as well as offering practice facilities to those of today. It all began in 1901, when the Club found itsel...

1953: Trevor Bailey and Willie Watson salvage a draw for England against Australia

1953: Trevor Bailey and Willie Watson salvage a draw for England against Australia

Before Mike Atherton’s 10 hour and 43-minute vigil at Johannesburg, or Jack Leach’s valiant 1 not out at Headingley, the epitome of dogged, backs-to-the-wall English resistance was Trevor Bailey and Willie Watson at Lord’s in 1953. It was 20 years since England had won an As...

2017: The New Warner Stand is opened by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh

2017: The New Warner Stand is opened by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh

Prior to the building of the first Warner stand, all accommodation for spectators at Lord’s was identified by a letter of the alphabet. Running in order clockwise around the Ground, beginning with ‘A’ enclosure at the north end of the Pavilion. ‘A’ enclosure amounted to no m...

1965: Geoffrey Boycott's 146 helps Yorkshire win the Gillette Cup

1965: Geoffrey Boycott's 146 helps Yorkshire win the Gillette Cup

Geoff Boycott began the 1965 Gillette Cup Final batting carefully on a tricky pitch with an outfield slowed up by heavy overnight rain. It was slow going, and Boycott was not in the best of form. After two strong seasons and a brilliant first overseas tour with England the p...

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Work Readiness Bootcamp Sessions will take place on 3-5 April Volunteering Shifts If you are invited on the programme and need to gain more experience through volunteering, then you will be asked your availability for volunteer shift for matches through the summer. Shifts ...

MCC, MCC Foundation and NACC celebrate cricket as a game for all

MCC, MCC Foundation and NACC celebrate cricket as a game for all

MCC, and the MCC Foundation hosted a ‘Game For All’ festival at Lord’s Cricket Ground on Friday 18 June, celebrating cricket in all its formats and the diversity of talent within the game with the National Asian Cricket Council (NACC). The festival was scheduled to be held...

Lord’s at full capacity for England v Pakistan Royal London ODI

Lord’s at full capacity for England v Pakistan Royal London ODI

MCC has today confirmed that the Royal London One-Day International between England and Pakistan at Lord’s on 10 July, will be part of the Government’s Events Research Programme (ERP) and has been granted permission to operate at full capacity for this match. The fixture fal...

Caroline Carter named 2021 winner of the Cricket Community Champion Award

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 ...