MCC clarifies Law on non-strikers leaving their ground early

MCC has today issued a clarification on Law 38.3 concerning the act of non-strikers leaving their ground early. During a Big Bash game earlier this month, there was an incident in which bowler Adam Zampa attempted to Run out the non-striker, Tom Rogers, who was given not out...

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MCC Cricket

Covid-19 Update Due to the ongoing restrictions on cricket as a result of Covid-19 and in the interests of safety of all our stakeholders, all MCC Out-Matches that are scheduled to take place in June and July 2020 have been cancelled. This decision is in line with the Englan...

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MCC Women’s squad head to Malta for inaugural Valletta Cup

MCC has today continued its Overseas Touring Programme for 2024, with a women's squad departing Lord's for Malta. The Club has already toured Rwanda, the Netherlands and Estonia this year, with men's squads embarking on those trips, and now a squad of 12 women's Playing Memb...

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Pelham's

Event Types Seated next to the Grade II*-listed Pavilion, the floor to ceiling glazing ensures the space is flooded with natural light and offers spectacular views across the ground. Pelham’s is at the heart of MCC’s sustainability drive, including a rainwater recycling syst...

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1953: Trevor Bailey and Willie Watson salvage a draw for England against Australia

Before Mike Atherton’s 10 hour and 43-minute vigil at Johannesburg, or Jack Leach’s valiant 1 not out at Headingley, the epitome of dogged, backs-to-the-wall English resistance was Trevor Bailey and Willie Watson at Lord’s in 1953. It was 20 years since England had won an As...

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A.N. Cook - A.N. Cook 162 v New Zealand

SIR Alastair Cook’s final Lord’s century set-up a fine victory over New Zealand during a hard-fought five days in 2015. New Zealand were leading by 134 runs in the run-up to Cook’s innings and with England losing early wickets in their second innings, the onus was on the hos...

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2009: England win their first Lord's Test against Australia in 75 years

England’s 2005 Ashes triumph had given English cricket a long-awaited boost, but a 5-0 reverse down under in 2006-07 demonstrated that Australia remained powerful opponents. When Ricky Ponting’s men arrived in England again in 2009 they had every hope of relegating 2005 to d...

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Lord's 2020 Fixtures Announced

The Lord’s fixtures for 2020, released today, set out the full list of games for next year’s exciting summer of action. These dates follow the earlier announcement of England’s matches at the Home of Cricket: Test Matches against West Indies and Pakistan, respectively, a...

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Appendices

Appendix D - Law 8 (The Wickets) Definitions and explanations of words or phrases not defined in the text of the Laws of Cricket.   A.1 The match A.1.1 The game is used in these Laws as a general term meaning the Game of Cricket. A.1.2 A match is a single encounte...

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Appendices

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