1963: Colin Cowdrey bats with a broken arm for England against West Indies

1963 was an exciting year for cricket. The Gillette Cup brought new vitality to the county game and the West Indies were on tour, led for the first time in England by a black captain - Frank Worrell. Worrell’s first tour in the job, to Australia in 1960-61, had produced cric...

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Dead ball

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1934: Hedley Verity takes 14 wickets in a day for England against Australia

After two days’ play the omens for an England victory in the 1934 Lord’s Test were not particularly good. They hadn’t beaten Australia in a Test at Lord’s since 1896, and while they had posted a strong first innings total of 440 – Les Ames becoming the first wicket-keeper to...

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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...

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Hit wicket

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MCC statement regarding duration of Test matches

MCC has noted the recent discussion regarding the future of Test cricket and the ICC’s desire to debate the introduction of four-day Test cricket to replace the current five-day format in the World Test Championship from 2023. The MCC Cricket committee and MCC World Cricket ...

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A. Shrubsole - A. Shrubsole 6-46 v India

Anya Shrubsole has been a member of the England women's team since 2008, but may be best remembered for her stunning bowling performance to help her side win the 2017 ICC Women’s World Cup Final at Lord’s. Her 6 for 46 is not only the best ever bowling figures by any player ...

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MCC statement on Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket report

MCC Chief Executive, Guy Lavender:   “Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) received the report published by the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC) earlier today. We recognise that it will make very difficult reading for everyone involved in cricket in this countr...

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England v South Africa | Day Five ticketing information

MCC has today announced that, should this week’s LV= Insurance Men’s Test Match between England and South Africa at Lord’s reach a fifth day, all tickets will be available for a donation of £5, with the proceeds split between two separate charities. The money raised from tic...

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Wisden–MCC Cricket Photograph of the Year Announced

It has been announced today that Phil Hillyard has won the Wisden–MCC Cricket Photograph of the Year 2018 competition, with his image from a Big Bash League match in Sydney. Hillyard, of News Corp Australia, captured Sydney Sixers’ Moises Henriques holding on to an outstandi...

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