Leg before wicket

M.D. Marshall - M.D. Marshall 10-92 v England

In his second Test match at Lord’s, Malcolm Marshall made the Honours Boards again with a superb 10-wicket haul during West Indies’ 134-run victory against England in 1988. After West Indies had only made 209 in the first innings, the focus was on Marshall and the rest of th...

1986: Richard Hadlee takes a third five-wicket haul in consecutive Lord's Tests

Perhaps New Zealand’s greatest ever cricketer, Sir Richard Hadlee was one of the great all-rounders in an age of great all-rounders and arguably the greatest bowler among them, renowned for nagging accuracy on the off stump at a sometimes genuinely fast pace. No one who saw ...

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...

S.K. Warne (1969 - 2022)

MCC is deeply saddened and shocked to hear of the passing of Shane Warne. Warne was an Honorary Life Member of MCC, a member of the Club’s World Cricket committee, and Head Coach of London Spirit Men, the Lord’s-based team in The Hundred. The former Australian leg-spinner w...

J.A. Snow - J.A. Snow 5-57 v Australia

John Snow earnt his second spot on the Honours Boards when he took 5-57 versus Australia at Lord's in 1972. In a match famous for Bob Massie's debut figures of 8-84 in England's first innings, Snow was tasked with replying in a similar manner for his side during the Ashes se...

C. Sharma - C. Sharma 5-64 v England

Chetan Sharma reached the Lord’s honours boards by taking 5-64 in the first test of India’s Tour of England in 1986. After Kapil Dev won the toss and put England into bat, they managed a score of 294 on the back of a brilliant 114 off 280 balls from Graham Gooch. Chetan Sha...

Looking Back: Cricket at Christmas

As Christmas is just around the corner MCC Archivist Rob Curphey looks back at some interesting cricketing Christmas connections. Cricket at Christmas England did win a Test match once on Christmas Day, in 1972 against India, where on the fifth day of the match in Delhi, ca...

S.C.J. Broad - S.C.J. Broad 169 v Pakistan

Despite being known for his bowling prowess, Stuart Broad scored a superb 169 while batting at nine during England’s first-innings versus Pakistan in 2010. Sharing a world-record eight-wicket stand of 332 with Jonathan Trott, the fast bowler’s innings consisted of 18 fours a...

C.R. Woakes - C.R. Woakes 137* v India

In the summer of 2018, Chris Woakes became just the tenth player to appear on both batting and bowling Honours Boards when he hit a maiden Test century against India. With England 131/5 in their first innings, all-rounder Woakes came to bat alongside Jonny Bairstow hoping to...