Lord's 2020 Fixtures Announced

The Lord’s fixtures for 2020, released today, set out the full list of games for next year’s exciting summer of action. These dates follow the earlier announcement of England’s matches at the Home of Cricket: Test Matches against West Indies and Pakistan, respectively, a...

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John Reeve named winner of the 2019 Community Champion Award

John Reeve, chairman of Acton CC, has been named winner of the 2019 Community Champion Award for his services to the club as well as Feltham Young Offenders' Institute The award, presented by MCC and The Cricketer magazine, shines a spotlight on the vital work volunteers car...

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Kapil Dev - Kapil Dev 5-125 v England

Kapil Dev made the legendary Honours Boards when he took five wickets during India’s defeat to England at Lord’s in 1982. Having won the toss and deciding to bat, England were soon 94-4 with Dev ripping through the hosts’ opening batsmen by taking all four wickets. A gutsy ...

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FREEMANS EVENT PARTNERS TO INTRODUCE UNIQUE FOOD & DRINK RETAIL OFFERING AT LORD’S

Freemans Event Partners, the UK-based global multi-service event partner, is set to launch a brand-new sporting stadium food and drink retail concept at Lord’s in 2024, building on its existing partnership with MCC. The new two-floor structure will bring a wide variety of fo...

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Transforming lives overseas

Lebanon Nepal There is huge passion for cricket in Nepal, but a lack of investment and infrastructure. Working with key partners including Kidasha, Connecting Clubs, Cricket Without Boundaries, and MCC, we are providing life-enhancing opportunities.through cricket for young p...

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MCC World Cricket committee releases statements following meeting in Cape Town, South Africa

The MCC World Cricket committee (WCC) met in Cape Town last week, the first of two meetings taking place in 2024. The committee was generously hosted by the SA20 league and its commissioner and WCC committee member, Graeme Smith, at one of the competition’s final group gam...

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1998: MCC votes to admit women as Members

For the first 211 years of its existence, MCC operated as a male only Club. The idea of admitting women as Members was discussed by the Committee in 1967, but it would be another three decades before sufficient support among existing Members could be generated. The catalyst ...

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MCC celebrates The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with special ‘70’ tribute on the Lord’s pitch

Over 150 local school children joined MCC staff, Members and representatives from the local community in Westminster to pay a special tribute to The Queen on the pitch at Lord’s and help celebrate Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee. The children from Gateway Academy who take par...

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2019: Tim Murtagh takes 5-13 for Ireland against England

When Ireland arrived at Lord’s for their first ever Test match at the Home of Cricket, they couldn’t have had a better man to lead their bowling attack than Tim Murtagh. In a 19-year county career for Surrey and Middlesex, Murtagh had taken 291 first-class wickets on the Gro...

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