Lord's 2021 County Championship Fixtures Announced

Fixtures for the opening stage of the 2021 County Championship have been announced with four Middlesex home matches set for Lord’s. In a change to previous County Championships, the 2021 competition will see the 18 first-class counties split into three groups, with Middlesex...

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J.P. Crawley - J.P. Crawley 100* v India

John Crawley made his Test debut at Lord’s in 1994, but it was eight years later, in his final home series as an England Test player, that he got his name on the famous Honours Board with an unbeaten century against India in 2002. The Home of Cricket had not been a happy hun...

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J.E. Root - J.E. Root 200* v Sri Lanka

Joe Root, at 23 years and 165 days, became the youngest Englishman, since David Gower in 1979, to hit a double century, when he scored 200* vs Sri Lanka in 2014. In what was his second hundred at the Home of Cricket, Root hit his double-century off 298 balls, scoring 16 four...

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Lord’s hosts record England women’s international crowd for England v India ODI

Today’s Royal London One Day International between England and India attracted large crowds breaking the home bilateral attendance record for an England Women fixture. The record, which excludes UK attendances for global events such as the ICC World Cup, comfortably surpasse...

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W. Watson - W. Watson 109 v Australia

An obdurate and versatile left-handed batsman and superb fielder, Willie Watson is best remembered  for the almost six-hour stand with Trevor Bailey at Lord’s in 1953 which saved the match for England and enabled them to seal a long-awaited Ashes victory with a single win at ...

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Final overseas tour of 2022 as MCC Women head to Nepal

MCC embarked on its final overseas tour of the year today as a squad of women’s players departed London for Nepal. It has been a busy year for the MCC Overseas Touring programme, with men’s squads heading to Serbia, Romania, Italy and Uganda. The fifth and final tour of 202...

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MCC Women’s squad head to Malta for inaugural Valletta Cup

MCC has today continued its Overseas Touring Programme for 2024, with a women's squad departing Lord's for Malta. The Club has already toured Rwanda, the Netherlands and Estonia this year, with men's squads embarking on those trips, and now a squad of 12 women's Playing Memb...

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England captains remain at London Spirit

England skippers Heather Knight and Eoin Morgan have been confirmed as the respective captains of London Spirit for the second year of The Hundred. They will be joined by international stars Zak Crawley, Freya Davies, Dan Lawrence, Glenn Maxwell and Mark Wood who will all re...

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