England v Ireland | Day 2

It was Ireland’s day once again at Lord’s despite a resolute effort from England nightwatchman Jack Leach on the second day of the one-off Specsavers Test Match. Leach fell agonisingly short of a place on the Home of Cricket's famous  Honours Board , but his battling 92 help...

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1936: A ball strikes a sparrow which is later stuffed and displayed in the MCC Museum

On 3 July 1936, Indian fast bowler Jahangir Khan was playing for Cambridge against MCC at Lord's. He was bowling to Tom Pearce, who had just played a defensive push when it was noticed that the bails had been dislodged. It was then that a dead sparrow was found beside the st...

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The Big Give

Please help us to build a brighter future for young people this Christmas!   Donations are  OPEN  for this year's  Big Give Christmas Challenge . Online donations made to MCC Foundation between now and midday on Tuesday 10 December will be * DOUBLED!   Watch Cri...

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Appendices

Appendix D - Law 8 (The Wickets) Definitions and explanations of words or phrases not defined in the text of the Laws of Cricket.   A.1 The match A.1.1 The game is used in these Laws as a general term meaning the Game of Cricket. A.1.2 A match is a single encounte...

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WHAT IS WORLD CRICKET CONNECTS? The most prominent and influential leaders will join forces at Lord's on 4-6 July in what will be the first event of its kind to be held within cricket's eco-system. The event is being hosted and funded by MCC to help shape cricket's ongoing ...

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Jhulan Goswami, Heather Knight and Eoin Morgan join MCC World Cricket committee

Ahead of today’s MCC World Cricket committee (WCC) meeting at Lord’s, the Club has announced the addition of three new members as the committee prepares to meet at the Home of Cricket. Jhulan Goswami, Heather Knight and Eoin Morgan have all joined the WCC, which is an in...

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J.N. Gillespie - J.N. Gillespie 5-53 v England

Jason Gillespie made the honours board in 2001 when he took figures of 5-53 against england at lord's. With the hosts being restricted to 187 in the first innings and Australia going on to get 401, England’s batsmen had to step up to win the Lord’s test against Australia. G...

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MCC clarifies Law on non-strikers leaving their ground early

MCC has today issued a clarification on Law 38.3 concerning the act of non-strikers leaving their ground early. During a Big Bash game earlier this month, there was an incident in which bowler Adam Zampa attempted to Run out the non-striker, Tom Rogers, who was given not out...

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