MCC Honorary Life Members

MCC has awarded Honorary Life Membership to hundreds of the finest cricketers and men and women associated with the game.

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Cowdrey Lecture

IT IS NOT LONG TO GO UNTIL THE 2025 MCC COWDREY LECTURE, FEATURING MICHAEL VAUGHAN, JONATHAN AGNEW, PHIL TUFNELL, AND EBONY RAINFORD-BRENT. Don’t miss out on the action by streaming the event, which starts at 6.45pm on Thursday 3 April, on the Lord’s YouTube channel via the ...

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Sir Andrew Strauss OBE to deliver the MCC Cowdrey Lecture

Former England and Middlesex captain Sir Andrew Strauss OBE, who founded the Ruth Strauss Foundation in memory of his late wife, will deliver the MCC Cowdrey Lecture at Lord’s Cricket Ground on Wednesday 1 February 2023. The MCC Cowdrey Lecture, in memory of Lord Cowdrey o...

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Wisden – MCC Cricket Photo of the Year

The Wisden – MCC Cricket Photograph of the Year 2019 is now CLOSED. Launched in 2010, the contest is open to all photographers, amateur or professional, from across the world. It remains free to enter, with the only stipulation that entries must have a cricketing theme and ...

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Bell Ringers

The ringing of the five-minute bell at Lord’s by an international cricketer, administrator or well-known enthusiast of the sport is a recent tradition introduced in 2007. The bell, which is located outside the Bowlers’ Bar of the Lord’s Pavilion, is rung to signify the immin...

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Overseas Tours

Live Streams MCC v Pakistan Shaheens (50 overs) Sunday 16th February, 9:30am PKT MCC v Lahore Qalandars T20 Friday 14th February, 5pm PKT   As part of its active playing programme, which involves its teams playing around 500 matches a year, MCC undertakes numer...

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2017: England's James Anderson takes his 500th Test wicket

Few bowlers have had as much success at Lord’s as James Anderson. In 23 Test Matches at the Ground, he has bowled 5,439 balls and taken 103 wickets at an average of 23.89, making him the leading Test wicket-taker at the Home of Cricket. One of those cricketers who just seems...

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MCC Foundation

  ABOUT MCCF MCC has a strong track record of making a positive difference abroad, in particular through its support of Afghan Connection and the Foundation for Goodness in post-tsunami Sri Lanka. In July 2019, the Club announced it would undertake a series of “Legacy...

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J.B. Hobbs - J.B. Hobbs 211 v South Africa

Sir Jack Hobbs' second century at Lord's, saw him hit a brilliant score of 211 versus South Africa in the summer of 1924. In Hobbs' first match at the Home of Cricket for 12 years due to World War I, the opener made his consecutive century at Lord's once South Africa had pos...

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