1938: Wally Hammond scores 240 for England against Australia

In almost any other age, Walter Hammond would have been acknowledged as the greatest batsman of his generation. Nothing seemed more certain than that he would dominate cricket for a decade after he scored 905 Test runs at an average of 113.12 on England’s 1928-29 tour of Aus...

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1886: The Parsees are the first team from India to play at Lord's

The ground breaking tour by the Parsees was the first by any Indian side to play in England. The team was drawn from the highest echelons of Indian society and its players were considered ‘gentlemen’ according to the social division of English cricket at the time. While the ...

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Ticket T&Cs

Warning - Unauthorised Ticket Sales Genuine tickets for matches at Lord's are obtainable only from MCC or its authorised agents. The Club hereby gives notice of its policy to identify tickets being illegally re-sold or transferred to unauthorised agents or other third par...

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Cricket+

NUTRITION In collaboration with the England Women’s Health Group, MCCF has produced an informative resource for girls in cricket. This resource is aimed at helping to empower young female cricketers that are about to start, or are going through, puberty (at secondary school a...

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1914: Lord's is used by the War Office for the accommodation of troops

The outbreak of the Great War in 1914 brought to an end cricket’s ‘golden age’, a period lasting a quarter of a century during which the game established itself beyond question as England’s pre-eminent sport. The spread of county cricket had made the game truly national, and...

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MCC statement on Mankad incident in IPL match

MCC statement on the ‘Mankad’ incident in the IPL match between Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals, in which R Ashwin ran out Jos Buttler. In relation to the incident, the wording of the Law needs to be examined to understand it further. This Law is essential. Without it, ...

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C.G. Greenidge - C.G. Greenidge (MCC) 122 v Rest of the World

In an MCC team made up predominantly of some of England’s finest players, it was the great West Indian batsman Gordon Greenidge who starred in their second innings in the bicentenary Test against the Rest of the World XI at Lord’s 1987. Greenidge, who had made a half-century...

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A.J. Strauss - A.J. Strauss 100 v West Indies

Sir Andrew Strauss' first One-Day International hundred came in England's seven-wicket defeat to West Indies in 2004. The England batsman entered the crease with his side struggling with a score of 27-2. Once Rob Key departed with the side 54-3, Strauss - alongside Andrew F...

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MCC v Pakistan Shaheens | Match Report

MCC lost by five wickets to Pakistan Shaheens in the second match of the Pakistan Tour in a 50-over contest at Aitchison College, Lahore. A six-wicket haul by Eshan Adil and a unbeaten knock of 66 from Imran Rafiq proved vital in victory for the hosts, who sealed victory wit...

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