MCC World Cricket Committee

Kumar Sangakkara

Chair

Regarded as one of Sri Lanka’s greatest ever players, and indeed one of the leading wicketkeeper-batters to have played the game, Kumar Sangakkara has served on the World Cricket committee since 2012. 

The former MCC President succeeded Mike Gatting as Chair of the committee in 2023, and chaired his first meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, in February 2024. 

In his career as an international cricketer, he played 134 Tests, 404 ODIs and 56 T20Is for Sri Lanka, captaining his country 81 times.  

In 2012, he was named ICC Cricketer of the Year as well as receiving the double-accolade of being named one of Wisden’s Five Cricketers of the Year and their Leading Cricketer of the Year (receiving the latter award again in 2015). 

Suzie Bates

Committee Member

A former New Zealand captain, Suzie Bates is renowned for being one of the finest players to have played the women’s international game, having represented her country over 300 times in white-ball cricket, scoring in excess of 9,500 runs in the process. 

She currently holds the record highest individual score and highest batting average in the New Zealand  Women’s T20 cricket side, hitting an unbeaten 124 from 66 balls against South Africa at Taunton in 2018.

A former ICC Women’s ODI and T20I Cricketer of the Year, Bates joined the committee in 2017. 

Clare Connor C.B.E

Committee Member

Former MCC President Clare Connor was part of WCC discussions during her time in office at Lord’s and has now joined the committee on a permanent basis.

The former England captain, who led her country to a first women’s Ashes triumph in 42 years in 2005, has most recently been acting as Deputy CEO at the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Managing Director of England Women.

Kumar Dharmasena

Committee Member

Kumar Dharmasena is an international umpire and former international cricketer.

He represented Sri Lanka in 172 matches across both the Test and ODI formats, moving across to umpiring in 2009.

Dharmasena has since won ICC Umpire of the Year and became only the second person to have both played and officiated in a Final of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup.

He joined the committee in 2018.

Sourav Ganguly

Committee Member

Sourav Ganguly is one of India’s finest players to have played the game.

After making his Test debut at Lord’s in 1996, the former India captain went on to score 7,212 Test runs with a further 11,363 runs in ODI cricket.

The batter retired from the game in 2012 and later became the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2019 until 2022.

Jhulan Goswami

Committee Member

Jhulan Goswami is a former Indian cricketer who retired from the international game in 2022, and fittingly her final game came at Lord’s in the ODI against England, where she was given a guard of honour when walking out to bat.

The seamer enjoyed a career which spanned two decades for India, taking over 300 wickets in white-ball cricket across 272 appearances, as well 44 wickets in 12 Test matches, and was often regarded as one of the fastest bowlers in the women’s game. She was made an Honorary Life Member of MCC in April 2023 before joining the committee in the same year.

Heather Knight O.B.E

Committee Member

Heather Knight has captained England since 2016 and lifted the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup at Lord’s only a year after taking on the role. The all-rounder has been one of the trailblazers for the women’s game in England, scoring over 5,000 international runs in white-ball cricket.

She has also captained Lord’s-based Hundred team London Spirit since the beginning of the competition and joined the committee in the summer of 2023.

Justin Langer

Committee Member

An opening batter who played over 100 Tests for Australia in one of the great sides of the modern era, Justin Langer was Head Coach of the men’s team from 2018 until 2022 and led the side to retain the Ashes in a memorable series in England in 2019.

Australia won the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup under his guidance in 2021, before going on to defeat England in the Ashes on home soil.

Eoin Morgan C.B.E

Committee Member

Eoin Morgan is England’s all-time leading run scorer in ODI cricket with just shy of 7,000 runs. He captained England in both ODI and T20 cricket with distinction and became one of the most respected and successful international skippers in the modern era.

He possesses a special link with Lord’s, having not only represented Middlesex for 17 years, but he also lifted the ICC Men’s World Cup trophy at the end of an unforgettable final against New Zealand in 2019. He was made an Honorary Life Member of MCC in 2023 and has also captained London Spirit in The Hundred.

Ramiz Raja

Committee Member

A former international cricketer for Pakistan, Ramiz Raja represented his country in 198 ODIs and a further 57 times in Test matches.. 

After retiring from cricket in 1997, Raja has been since one of the world’s best commentators, featuring on BBC Test Match Special, ICC World Cup tournament broadcasts, and on Sky Sports amongst many others. He also went on to serve as Chair of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). 

Graeme Smith

Committee Member

Graeme Smith became South Africa’s youngest captain when he was handed the role at the age of 22, going on to play over a century of Tests for his side. His also holds the record for the highest individual overseas score at Lord's, scoring 259 in a Test against England in 2003.

He was appointed South Africa’s Director of Cricket shortly after he retired from the game in 2014, and became the first Commissioner of SA20, a league which has been enjoying early success since its launch.

Ricky Skerritt

Committee Member

Ricky Skerritt served as President of Cricket West Indies between 2019 and 2023.

He is a former Minister of Tourism, International Transport, International Trade, Industry, Commerce and Sport for his native Saint Kitts and Nevis, having held several portfolios in the country’s ministry between 2004 and 2014.

His previous involvement with Cricket West Indies was as their first Senior Team Manager, prior to his political career.

Skerritt has been a member of the committee since 2020.