C.M.G. Atkins - C.M.G. Atkins 145 v South Africa

In a brutal display of batting, Atkins, and opening partner Sarah Taylor, both scored magnificent centuries against South Africa in 2008 as they piled up an opening stand of 268, guiding England to 310 for 3. At the time, it was the record stand for any wicket in women's One...

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AGM Acknowledgement statement

The 234 th  Annual General Meeting of Marylebone Cricket Club was held online earlier today, Wednesday 12 May 2021. The meeting was conducted at Lord’s Cricket Ground, with 1,619 MCC Members attending the meeting via the internet. Voting on agenda items remains open until 1...

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G.C. Smith - G.C. Smith 107 v England

Graeme Smith secured his second place on the Lord’s Honours Boards when he scored 107 during South Africa’s drawn Test match with England in the summer of 2008. After England had posted a huge total of 593/8d during their first innings, South Africa could only manage 247 all...

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1980: Middlesex win the County Championship and Gillette Cup double

Under Mike Brearley’s captaincy, Middlesex became the dominant force in county cricket in both long and short formats, winning the County Championship outright in 1976 and 1980, and sharing the title in 1977. They also won the Gillette Cup in both 1977 and 1980. The team’s s...

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1868: Aboriginal Cricketers are the first team from Australia to play at Lord's

The All-aboriginal team was the first Australian cricket team to tour the UK and the first visit by Indigenous Australians to gain widespread awareness in this country. The tour began in front of 7,000 people at the Oval and their displays of `traditional skills’, put on bef...

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2009: Pakistan wins the Men’s and England wins the Women's World T20 Finals on the same day

T20 cricket went from unfamiliar new format to World Cup Final in just four years. The longer limited overs game had taken 12 years to reach the same stage of development. By the time the second men’s tournament was held in England in 2009, T20 matches had become an establis...

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Innings

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1987: Four players make centuries in MCC's bicentenary Test

When the teams were announced for MCC’s Bicentenary match in August 1987, it was clear that this was a game the top names in cricket wanted to play in. Almost all the greats were present and a capacity crowd there to see it, with the newly-opened Mound Stand resplendent in t...

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J.E. Root - J.E. Root 180* v India

Joe Root scored his fourth Test century at Lord’s when he hit an unbeaten score of 180 during England’s 2021 LV=Insurance Test match versus India. England’s captain had earlier won the toss and chose to bowl with not much success as India managed to reach a first innings tot...

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Reciprocal Arrangements

Matches in 2025 International Matches IN 2025 Reciprocal Guest Pass holders enjoy complimentary entry to the Ground, Pavilion and unreserved seating in the Members’ Friends’ Enclosures for the following International Match days at Lord’s in 2025: - South Africa v. Australia...

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