Lord's Legends XI: England v West Indies

Cricket has returned to our screens in recent weeks but at MCC, the Heritage & Collections team has once again delved deep into their archives to simulate a Test match between some of the greatest players to ever grace Lord’s. Based on each player’s profile and career statis...

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Lord's Tavern

A British pub with a cricket flavour Getting Here Situated next to the famous Grace Gates, the historic Lord’s Tavern has been greeting locals and visitors to Lord’s alike for over 100 years. Our range of beers and delicious pub food draw inspiration from the world of cricke...

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Kumar Sangakkara opens new Compton and Edrich stands at Lord’s

MCC President and Sri Lankan cricket great, Kumar Sangakkara, officially opened the new £53 million Compton and Edrich stands at Lord’s Cricket Ground today, in front of the first full crowds for a Test match at Lord’s since 2019.  Sangakkara declared the stands officially o...

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MCC Committee confirms five-year extension to Oxford v Cambridge and Eton v Harrow fixtures

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has today announced that its Committee has agreed to a five-year extension of the period in which Lord’s Cricket Ground will host the fixtures between Oxford and Cambridge and Eton and Harrow, from 2024 onwards. The future of the fixtures will t...

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The wicket-keeper

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1963: The first Gillette Cup Final is held at Lord's

By the start of the 1960s the post-war boom in county cricket was long over. Although the 1950s had seen an England team dominant in Test Matches, at domestic level the game was increasingly seen as stagnant, over cautious and lacking in entertainment value. The competing le...

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1998: The new Grand Stand is completed

Like the Pavilion, the current Grand Stand at Lord’s is the third to stand on the site. The first was opened in 1867, its construction funded by a private syndicate of MCC Members from whom the Club bought the stand two years later. The stand was 175ft long by 30ft high, con...

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MCC complete overseas tour in Sierra Leone

MCC completed their final overseas tour of 2019 this week, as a thirteen-man squad returned to the UK having played eight matches in Sierra Leone. It was the first time that MCC had toured Sierra Leone since 2003 and the tour was an extremely challenging one for the Club’s s...

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A message from the Chief Executive of MCC regarding Covid-19

In light of the uncertainty we all face in our daily lives with the ongoing spread of the Covid-19 Coronavirus, I am writing to keep you informed of MCC’s current position and response to the situation, both with respect to activity and events at Lord’s and to the Club’s acti...

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Mark Nicholas recommended to Members as next Chair of MCC

MCC is pleased to announce today that Mark Nicholas will be recommended to the membership at the 2024 AGM as the next Club Chair. If approved by Members, Mark will succeed Bruce Carnegie-Brown on 1 October 2024. Following the announcement last year that Bruce would not seek...

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