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1999: The first women are awarded Honorary Life Membership of MCC

The change of MCC’s rules to permit women to apply for Membership offered two clear routes for female applicants - either to play a number of qualifying matches for the Club over a two-year period, or to endure approximately 20 years on the waiting list. But there were a num...

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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 on Tour in Greece

A squad of MCC men’s players toured Greece last month, in another of the Club’s successful overseas tours that have taken place in 2023. It was the first time the Club had toured Greece since 2011 and a squad of 13 players, plus a Tour Manager and Umpire, travelled to Corfu ...

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M.H. Denness - M.H. Denness 118 v India

A first Test century for the skipper, Mike Denness hit 118 against India at Lord’s in 1974, in one of only two Tests he played at the Home of Cricket, which both came that summer. England were already in a suitably strong position when Denness strode out to the crease at 337...

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I.V.A. Richards - I.V.A. Richards 145 v England

Sir Viv Richards made the Lord's Test Honours Boards for the first time, when he scored 145 versus England in 1980. England had scored 269 all out in their first innings and after Gordon Greenidge was dismissed for 25, Richards entered the crease with West Indies' tally seei...

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R.T. Ponting - R.T. Ponting 111 v England

Ricky Ponting scored his only international century at Lord's during the 2005 ODI series between Australia and England. Electing to field first, Ponting watched his Australian bowlers take control of the second ODI of the series with Brett Lee taking five wickets to help con...

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Wisden – MCC Cricket Photo of the Year

The Wisden – MCC Cricket Photograph of the Year 2019 is now CLOSED. Launched in 2010, the contest is open to all photographers, amateur or professional, from across the world. It remains free to enter, with the only stipulation that entries must have a cricketing theme and ...

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1998: The Women's Ashes are created in a ceremony in the Harris Garden

The women’s Ashes, created in 1998, is a hollow wooden ball, containing the ashes of a miniature bat signed by both the Australian and England teams and those of a copy of the Women's Cricket Association rules and constitution, burnt in a ceremony at Lord's. The ceremony was...

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Bye and Leg bye

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