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M.A. Atherton 127 v West Indies

M.A. Atherton - M.A. Atherton 127 v West Indies

Michael Atherton was renowned during his career for not being able to make it on to the Lord’s Test Honours Boards, but when the Limited Overs Honours were introduced in 2019, his name was forever installed in the Home of Cricket’s folklore. Having achieved seven Test half c...

Lord's Legends XI: England v West Indies

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...

Test cricket popularity as strong as ever says MCC World Cricket committee following MCC survey

Test cricket popularity as strong as ever says MCC World Cricket committee following MCC survey

The MCC World Cricket committee has today announced a positive future for Test cricket after reviewing results from the MCC Test Cricket survey. The meeting of the committee in Bengaluru is into its second day of discussions on current key issues in the game. Over 13,000 re...

MCC statement regarding duration of Test matches

MCC statement regarding duration of Test matches

MCC has noted the recent discussion regarding the future of Test cricket and the ICC’s desire to debate the introduction of four-day Test cricket to replace the current five-day format in the World Test Championship from 2023. The MCC Cricket committee and MCC World Cricket ...

B.F. Butcher 133 v England

B.F. Butcher - B.F. Butcher 133 v England

Basil Butcher earned his place on the Honours Boards with a match saving 133 for the West Indies against England in June 1963 - the first test century by a Guyanese at Lord’s. Carrying a slender four-run lead from the first innings, the West Indian batting line up was blown ...

1972: Bob Massie takes match figures of 16-137 for Australia

1972: Bob Massie takes match figures of 16-137 for Australia

Perhaps cricket’s greatest ‘one-hit wonder’, Perth-born Bob Massie hadn’t yet played a Test Match for Australia when he was picked for the 1972 tour of England. He made his Test debut at Lord’s having missed out on the first Test at Old Trafford, which England won by 89 runs...

L. Tuckett 5-115 v England

L. Tuckett - L. Tuckett 5-115 v England

Lindsay Tuckett earned a place on the Lord’s Honours Boards when he took a five-wicket haul during South Africa’s defeat to England in the summer of 1947. England had put themselves into bat after the toss and were 96-2 with Denis Compton and Bill Edrich at the crease. The ...

G. Boycott 128* v Australia

G. Boycott - G. Boycott 128* v Australia

Australia made a brief visit to British shores in the summer of 1980 to mark the centenary of the first Test match played in England, at The Oval in 1880. This one-off Test match was drawn and Geoffrey Boycott made an unbeaten 128 in England’s second innings. After almost te...

1968: The new Tavern Stand is completed

1968: The new Tavern Stand is completed

Thomas Lord knew when he opened his first cricket ground in 1787 that there were two main facilities – apart from the cricket - he needed to offer: a pavilion and a pub. They were the first two buildings on the Ground and the absence of a public house was one of the main rea...

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

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...