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MCC World Cricket committee releases statements following meeting in Cape Town, South Africa

MCC World Cricket committee releases statements following meeting in Cape Town, South Africa

The MCC World Cricket committee (WCC) met in Cape Town last week, the first of two meetings taking place in 2024. The committee was generously hosted by the SA20 league and its commissioner and WCC committee member, Graeme Smith, at one of the competition’s final group gam...

1868: Aboriginal Cricketers are the first team from Australia to play at Lord's

1868: Aboriginal Cricketers are the first team from Australia to play at Lord's

The All-aboriginal team was the first Australian cricket team to tour the UK and the first visit by Indigenous Australians to gain widespread awareness in this country. The tour began in front of 7,000 people at the Oval and their displays of `traditional skills’, put on bef...

1999: MCC Women play their first match

1999: MCC Women play their first match

When MCC changed its rules in 1998 to permit women to apply for membership, it didn’t mean an immediate change to the demographics of the Club. With a waiting list usually in excess of two decades in length, it would not be until 2018 that the first women were elected as ful...

Record number of women Members elected by Marylebone Cricket Club

Record number of women Members elected by Marylebone Cricket Club

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has today announced that 134 women have been elected this year as Full Members of the Club. This is the biggest number of female Members the Club has elected in its history, and since the vote was passed to admit women to membership of MCC in 19...

Lord's VIP

Lord's VIP

Enter Now On each of the first three days of the England v. Australia Specsavers Ashes Test Match, MCC will be upgrading two lucky ticket holders, giving them the chance to experience a truly  #LordsVIP  day out, including:* A private tour of the  J.P. Morgan Media Centre...

2021 International Fixtures: All You Need to Know

2021 International Fixtures: All You Need to Know

Cricket Returns to Lord's After a year without crowds, we are looking forward to welcoming you back to Lord’s to enjoy all that the Home of Cricket has to offer. Lord’s will host the first LV= Insurance Test Match between England and the number one ranked team in Test crick...

Things to Do

Things to Do

One of the famous Lord's traditions is the ringing of the five-minute bell to get the players ready and on the field. Previous bell ringers include Brian Lara, Shane Warne and Isa Guha (pictured right) Get close to the players The Nursery Ground hosts the players for the...

CRICKET SOCIETY & MCC BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024

CRICKET SOCIETY & MCC BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024

The Tour , written by Simon Wilde, has won the Cricket Society and MCC Book of the Year Award 2024. Simon’s thematic history of England’s cricket tours since 1877 triumphed at the annual awards ceremony in the Long Room at Lord’s. Books about Bazball and England’s white ba...

1976: The first Women's ODI is held at Lord's

1976: The first Women's ODI is held at Lord's

There was a time, still within living memory, when the Pavilion at Lord’s had very much the atmosphere of an exclusive gentlemen’s club. There were no women Members of MCC and on match days even female staff members were expected to avoid popular areas like the Long Room. Th...

1972: Troon win the first Village Cup Final

1972: Troon win the first Village Cup Final

Surely every active cricketer dreams of playing at least once in their lives at Lord’s. It is a dream that few can realise, but since 1972 thousands of cricketers across the country begin their season with a genuine hope that this might be their year. The Village Cup was the...