Khan Mohammad - Khan Mohammad 5-61 v England

Khan Mohammad made the Honours Boards when he took 5-61 in just his second Test, during the drawn match between England and Pakistan at Lord’s. In what was their first Test match at the Home of Cricket, Pakistan could only manage 87 in their first innings after being put int...

G.D. McGrath - G.D. McGrath 8-38 v England

Glenn McGrath reached the Lord's Honours Boards for the first time when he took the best individual figures for an overseas bowler at the Home of Cricket, during the summer of 1997. Overcast conditions had potentially forseen a torrid time for batsmen and once Mark Taylor el...

H.H. Streak - H.H. Streak 6-87 v England

In 2000 H.H. Streak became the first test player from Zimbabwe to seal his spot on the honours board with impressive figures of 6-87. Zimbabwe were set to play their 10 th test and their first at The Home of Cricket since making their debut in 1992. The English powerhouse t...

C.H. Lloyd - C.H. Lloyd 102 v Australia

Legendary West Indies captain Clive Lloyd scored a sparkling, match-winning century against Australia in the final of the inaugural men’s Cricket World Cup in 1975. Lloyd gained his place on the boards retrospectively when the Limited Overs Honours Boards were introduced in 2...

1939: George Headley scores a century in both innings for West Indies

There was always a strong possibility that West Indies 1939 tour of England would be disrupted. But the events most likely to cause this disruption were not the territorial ambitions of Nazi Germany but the machinations of the West Indies Cricket Board. The success of their ...

Batter's innings; Runners

1972: Troon win the first Village Cup Final

Surely every active cricketer dreams of playing at least once in their lives at Lord’s. It is a dream that few can realise, but since 1972 thousands of cricketers across the country begin their season with a genuine hope that this might be their year. The Village Cup was the...

2000: England beat West Indies in the 100th Lord's Test

By the time the 100 th Test Match at Lord’s took place, West Indies were no longer the formidable team of the 1980s. But they still had Courtney Walsh and Curtly Ambrose to share the new ball and a batting line-up boasting Brian Lara, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Jimmy Adams....

Stumped

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 ...