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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Ray Illingworth to ring the five-minute bell on Day 1

Ray Illingworth will ring the bell to signal five minutes before the start of play on Day One of the England v Australia Specsavers Test Match at Lord’s. Illingworth, who won the Ashes as England captain in the epic seven-match series of 1970-71 and retained them at home in ...

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2020 England Fixtures at Lord's Confirmed

Next summer’s international fixtures at Lord’s have been announced this morning, with two Test Matches and a One-Day International taking place in 2020. England will welcome West Indies in late June to the Home of Cricket, and Australia are the visitors for a One-Day Interna...

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MCC looks back on 16 years of University Cricket

With the recent announcement regarding the cancellation of all professional cricket up until at least 1 July 2020, this also means that there will be no University cricket before MCC officially hands over the running and control of the Universities programme, to the England...

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L.J. Coldwell - L.J. Coldwell 6-85 v Pakistan

Len Coldwell took 22 Test wickets in his career, 9 of which came against Pakistan on his Test debut at Lord’s in June 1962. Coldwell was able to make clever use of his slower ball and with his fifth ball in Test cricket, bowled Imtiaz Ahmed. He then took another 5 wickets i...

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Lord's

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T. Greenhough - T. Greenhough 5- 35 v India

In his second of only four Tests, Tommy Greenhough took his only five-wicket haul against India at Lord’s in 1959. In 31 balls he took five wickets for 12 runs, one of his victims being Nari Contractor. He would have obtained more wickets had the wicket-keeper Godfrey Evans...

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C.L. Fitzpatrick - C.L. Fitzpatrick 5-47 v England

Cathryn Fitzpatrick’s 5 for 47 was the first five wicket-haul in a women’s international at Lord’s, and the second appearance of a female on the Honours Boards after her teammate Lisa Keightley scored a century in Australia’s innings. Her performance with the ball helped wra...

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Fixtures and Results

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Stephen Fry to deliver the 2021 MCC Cowdrey Lecture

Stephen Fry, a lifelong cricket supporter and MCC Foundation Patron, will deliver the 2021 MCC Cowdrey Lecture at Lord’s Cricket Ground on Tuesday 16 November 2021. The prestigious Lecture, which embodies the Spirit of Cricket, will return after a hiatus in 2020 due to the C...

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