2019: England beat New Zealand to win the Men's World Cup

England really should have had a head start when it came to World Cup cricket. The first ever limited overs tournament was the Gillette Cup, played in England in 1963, and it was the end of the decade before the rest of the world began to follow its example. Only 18 One-Day ...

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KL Rahul - K.L Rahul 129 v England

KL Rahul reached the Honours Boards with a score of 129 during the 2021 England v India LV=Insurance Test. After England had won the toss and elected to field, Rahul showed his class with a wonderful display with the bat in difficult overcast conditions, sharing an opening s...

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MCC Foundation introduces Young Ambassadors

The MCC Foundation is delighted to announce the appointment of five Young Ambassadors who will support the charity’s drive to make cricket a game for all. Each of the newly appointed Young Ambassadors share the Foundation’s commitment to transform lives through cricket and i...

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Book of the Year winner announced

Australian writer Geoff Lemon was last night named the winner of The 2019 Cricket Society and MCC Book of the Year Award, presented in a packed Long Room at Lord’s, for his book, Steve Smith’s Men: Behind Australian Cricket’s Fall.   Chair of Judges Robert Winder praised th...

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World Cup Finals Part 2: The World Cup goes global

With the 2019 Cricket World Cup final at Lord's fast approaching, MCC Archivist Rob Curphey looks back at previous World Cups finals. At a meeting of ICC in 1984 it would be decided that the tournament would be hosted away from England for the first time, with India and Paki...

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G.P. Swann - G.P. Swann 5-44 v Australia

England were simply ruthless at Lord’s against Australia in 2013, and the bowling of Graeme Swann was key in dismissing the visitors for only 128 in their first innings, as England took a 2-0 lead in the Ashes series. Aided by a century from Ian Bell, England made 361 all ou...

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S.J. Harmison - S.J. Harmison 5-43 v Australia

England’s 2005 Ashes triumph over Australia is regarded as one of the great series of all time, but early optimism for victory over the old enemy came to a halt at Lord’s, despite Steve Harmison’s excellent 5 for 43 in the visitors’ first innings. Harmison, operating from th...

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England v Ireland | Day 2

It was Ireland’s day once again at Lord’s despite a resolute effort from England nightwatchman Jack Leach on the second day of the one-off Specsavers Test Match. Leach fell agonisingly short of a place on the Home of Cricket's famous  Honours Board , but his battling 92 help...

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L. Hutton - L. Hutton 145 v Australia

Len Hutton was not quite 18 when he made his debut for Yorkshire and quickly established himself at the top of the batting order. He made his Test debut for England just three days after his 21 st birthday (when he had shared an opening stand of 315 with Herbert Sutcliffe a...

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