Restaurant Ballot

Thank you for your interest in the 2021 MCC Members Restaurants Ballot Restaurant places for this summer's international matches will be allocated by means of an online ballot, which will be open to MCC Members from 10.00 GMT on  Wednesday 24 February  for s period of two we...

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Lord's Father Time Wall: Buy a Piece of History

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MCC confirm result of global consultation into short-pitched bowling

MCC would like to update its position on the global consultation that launched last year relating to short-pitched deliveries, and if they are fit for the modern game. MCC can confirm that after extensive research in the area, the outcome is that there will not be a chang...

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1993: England beat New Zealand in the Women's World Cup Final

The fifth Women’s World Cup was the second to be held in England. It very nearly didn’t happen at all. Had it not been for a last minute grant of £90,000 from the Foundation for Sport and the Arts, the tournament would probably have been cancelled. With women’s cricket still...

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2019: Tim Murtagh takes 5-13 for Ireland against England

When Ireland arrived at Lord’s for their first ever Test match at the Home of Cricket, they couldn’t have had a better man to lead their bowling attack than Tim Murtagh. In a 19-year county career for Surrey and Middlesex, Murtagh had taken 291 first-class wickets on the Gro...

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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 ...

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1827: The first Oxford v Cambridge match takes place at Lord's

The BBC comedy Blackadder Goes Forth famously referred to the three great English universities: Oxford, Cambridge and Hull. Two of those notable seats of learning compete in one of the oldest regular fixtures at Lord’s. The history of cricket in Cambridge and Oxford dates ...

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MCC Foundation's emergency appeal provides over 23,000 meals

At the start of April, the MCC Foundation launched an emergency appeal to feed the 450 homeless in Westminster, a group who have been particularly hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Since the appeal launched, MCC Members and MCC Foundation supporters have donated over...

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A.K. Davidson - A.K. Davidson 5-42 v England

5-42 by Australia’s Alan Keith Davidson in the second test of 1961 Ashes Series put him up on the honours boards at Lord’s. England won the toss and elected to bat first before being bowled out for 206. The left arm medium pacer set the tone for the Australians by picking up...

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Lord’s plays host to an exciting week of cricket

As a sensational season of cricket gets into full swing, Lord’s will host five exciting matches across a highly-anticipated week at the Home of Cricket. Royal London One-Day Cup Final Defending champions Hampshire will take on Somerset in this year’s Royal London One-Day Cu...

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