J.M. Anderson - J.M. Anderson 7-42 v West Indies

James Anderson took a career-best 7-42, which included his 500 th Test wicket, to lead England to a nine-wicket victory over West Indies in the third and deciding Test at Lord's. With the advantage in England’s favour with a lead of 71, Anderson reached his milestone when h...

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1963: Colin Cowdrey bats with a broken arm for England against West Indies

1963 was an exciting year for cricket. The Gillette Cup brought new vitality to the county game and the West Indies were on tour, led for the first time in England by a black captain - Frank Worrell. Worrell’s first tour in the job, to Australia in 1960-61, had produced cric...

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World Cup Finals Part 1: The Prudential Cup Era

With the 2019 Cricket World Cup final at Lord's fast approaching, MCC Archivist Rob Curphey looks back at previous World Cups finals. The first World Cup final was held at Lord’s on 21 June 1975, the climax of a tournament which took place in England over two weeks in June 1...

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B. Lee - B. Lee 5-49 v England

Brett Lee secured a five-wicket haul during Australia’s seven-wicket victory over England in an ODI at Lord’s during the summer of 2009. Despite his reputation as one of the best fast bowlers to have ever played the game, Lee never managed a Test five-wicket haul at Lord’s, ...

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MCC's plans for commemorating Rachael Heyhoe Flint

MCC can confirm it is in the process of agreeing plans for commemorating former England captain and Honorary Life Member Rachael Heyhoe Flint at Lord’s, with further details to be announced in due course. Baroness Heyhoe Flint contributed a huge amount to the women’s game an...

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S.C. Ganguly - S.C. Ganguly 131 v England

On Thursday 20 June 1996 Sourav Ganguly strolled out onto the Lord’s outfield for his Test debut, by the Saturday of the match he had written his name into cricketing history. All batsmen dream of scoring a Test century growing up, but few manage to do it on their debut and ...

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MCC statement on upcoming Champion County Match and World Cricket committee meeting in Sri Lanka

In light of the global outbreak of COVID-19 Coronavirus, MCC has taken the decision to cancel the Club’s upcoming visit to Sri Lanka later this month. The annual Champion County Match – MCC v Essex - at the Galle International Stadium was due to take place between 24 and 2...

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2004: Surrey beat Middlesex in the first T20 match at Lord's

By the turn of the millennium there was a growing feeling that county cricket was stagnating. The existing one-day competitions no longer seemed to possess the sense of occasion they once had, and a new kind of sports audience was thought to be developing, one accustomed to ...

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Stuart Broad announced as MCC Champion County Captain

MCC has today announced that England and Nottinghamshire fast bowler Stuart Broad will captain the team in the annual Champion County Match, which takes place in Dubai next month. County Champions Surrey, who won Division One of the Specsavers County Championship last summer...

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