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1877: Middlesex County Cricket Club make Lord's their home ground

1877: Middlesex County Cricket Club make Lord's their home ground

Ever since its formation in 1864, Middlesex County Cricket Club had struggled to find a permanent home. Occasional matches had been played at Lord’s in the early years but the club seemed to prefer using the rather more rustically-named Cattle Market Ground in Islington. Fro...

1868: Aboriginal Cricketers are the first team from Australia to play at Lord's

1868: Aboriginal Cricketers are the first team from Australia to play at Lord's

The All-aboriginal team was the first Australian cricket team to tour the UK and the first visit by Indigenous Australians to gain widespread awareness in this country. The tour began in front of 7,000 people at the Oval and their displays of `traditional skills’, put on bef...

1984: Gordon Greenidge scores 214* to help West Indies beat England

1984: Gordon Greenidge scores 214* to help West Indies beat England

West Indies fans termed it the 'blackwash' summer. The year that Clive Lloyd’s West Indies confirmed their status as one of the greatest teams ever to have played the game.. Looking back, it seems hard to credit that England ever thought they might have a chance. True, they ...

1974: England beat India by the largest margin in a Lord's Test

1974: England beat India by the largest margin in a Lord's Test

India arrived in England for their 1974 tour as a team that was coming of age in international cricket. The ebullient captaincy of ‘Tiger’ Pataudi in the late 1960s together with the emergence of their four-pronged spin attack made them formidable opponents on home soil. Und...

2021: The new Compton and Edrich Stands are completed

2021: The new Compton and Edrich Stands are completed

The original Compton and Edrich stands opened in 1991 and replaced the ‘G’ and ‘H’ stands which had stood at the Nursery End since 1924. G and H were designed by Sir Herbert Baker, architect of the second Grand Stand and the Grace Gates. Known as the ‘free seats’ they became...

2009: Netherlands defeat England in the Men's World T20 tournament

2009: Netherlands defeat England in the Men's World T20 tournament

The global spread of cricket is usually associated with British imperial rule, with the modern game thought to be restricted to the nations of the Commonwealth. But there are other countries with long cricket histories which do not correspond to this picture. The Netherlands...

1977: First Indoor School at Lord's officially opened

1977: First Indoor School at Lord's officially opened

Lord’s has witnessed more than 200 years of cricket. For more than a century, it has also been home to formal coaching programmes, helping develop the stars of tomorrow as well as offering practice facilities to those of today. It all began in 1901, when the Club found itsel...

MCC, MCC Foundation and NACC celebrate cricket as a game for all

MCC, MCC Foundation and NACC celebrate cricket as a game for all

MCC, and the MCC Foundation hosted a ‘Game For All’ festival at Lord’s Cricket Ground on Friday 18 June, celebrating cricket in all its formats and the diversity of talent within the game with the National Asian Cricket Council (NACC). The festival was scheduled to be held...

Lord’s at full capacity for England v Pakistan Royal London ODI

Lord’s at full capacity for England v Pakistan Royal London ODI

MCC has today confirmed that the Royal London One-Day International between England and Pakistan at Lord’s on 10 July, will be part of the Government’s Events Research Programme (ERP) and has been granted permission to operate at full capacity for this match. The fixture fal...

Lord’s to turn #RedForRuth again this August

Lord’s to turn #RedForRuth again this August

On Friday 13 August, Lord’s will once again turn red for the Ruth Strauss Foundation’s annual #RedforRuth day. Test Series title partner  LV= Insurance  has kindly dedicated the entire Second LV= Insurance Test Match between England and India to the charity, helping raise aw...