Women's Cricket Evolution

women have played the game for just as long as men... Cricket has traditionally been seen as a “male” sport, despite the fact that women have played the game for just as long as men. In 1963, England captain Len Hutton famously said during a charity match against a women’s ...

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...

L.C. Braund - L.C. Braund 104 v South Africa

Len Braund made his way on to the Honours Boards when he hit a century during the drawn three-day Test between England and South Africa at Lord’s in 1907. England elected to bat and were struggling with a score of 140-4 before Braund took his place at the crease. In an inni...

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MCC clarification on Vitality Blast Finals Day 2022

Following a number of queries regarding the final delivery during the VITALITY Blast final on Saturday 16 JULY, MCC has released the following clarification: The match was concluded when the ball was deemed to be dead by the umpire, after the batters had completed one bye fr...

2010: Tamim Iqbal scores 103 for Bangladesh against England

Bangladesh arrived for their second Test tour of England without much of a fanfare. Ten years of Test cricket had brought the country limited success and their only previous visit to England as a Test nation had seen the hosts warm up for the 2005 Ashes series with two wins ...

1970: Garry Sobers scores 183 and takes 6-21 for Rest of the World XI

Garfield St Aubrun Sobers, the young Barbadian who broke Len Hutton’s Test record by scoring 365 not out against Pakistan in 1957-58, was not just a batsman. He was an all-rounder who could bowl left-arm fast-medium, orthodox slow left-arm or left-arm unorthodox as the situa...

MCC WOMEN ON TOUR IN GERMANY

A squad of MCC Women’s players recently arrived home from a successful overseas tour of Dresden, Germany. They participated in a T20 tournament alongside Austria and Germany's national sides as well as a DCB (Deutschland Cricket Bund) Development XI. The squad began the tour...

Register Your Interest for 2020

A Lord’s Test between England and Australia provides an unparalleled experience. Tension builds in a crescendo of anticipation for the latest round of crickets most enduring rivalry.   Joe Root and his team will be fired up to regain the Ashes and will have home comforts to...

MCC embark on global consultation on short-pitched bowling

MCC is to embark on a global consultation on whether the Law relating to short-pitched deliveries is fit for the modern game. As Guardian of the Laws of the game, it is MCC’s duty to ensure that the Laws are applied in a safe manner, which is a viewpoint consistent across al...