Stephen Fry launches MCC campaign to reward Community Cricket Heroes

MCC President Stephen Fry, today officially launched a new campaign to celebrate grassroots cricket and find the country’s 11 greatest unsung cricketing heroes. MCC’s Community Cricket Heroes campaign will invite the public and the cricket community from across the UK to p...

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MCC Playing Members contribute to England Over 50s World Cup success

Seven MCC Playing Members were included in the England squad that won the International Masters Cricket Over-50s World Cup in Cape Town on Monday, with six featuring in the line-up that were victorious against home team South Africa in the final. David Snellgrove, who captai...

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MCC Committee confirms five-year extension to Oxford v Cambridge and Eton v Harrow fixtures

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has today announced that its Committee has agreed to a five-year extension of the period in which Lord’s Cricket Ground will host the fixtures between Oxford and Cambridge and Eton and Harrow, from 2024 onwards. The future of the fixtures will t...

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Book of the Year shortlist announced

The shortlist for the Cricket Society and MCC Book of the Year Award 2023 has been announced today. The competition, run by the Cricket Society since 1970 and in partnership with MCC since 2009, is for books nominated by MCC and Cricket Society Members, and is highly regarde...

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MCC World Cricket committee statement: “Game is at a crossroads with intervention required”

The MCC World Cricket committee (WCC), who recently met in Dubai, unanimously concluded that the game has reached an important crossroads, recommending urgent intervention from the game’s leaders to ensure international and franchise cricket can thrive together harmoniously. ...

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MCC World Cricket committee calls for calm on non-strikers leaving their ground early

The MCC World Cricket committee (WCC) has unanimously agreed that the Law regarding the act of non-strikers leaving their ground early and subsequently being run out is not only correct and necessary but issued a ‘call for calm’ to the global game. Last month, MCC issued a ...

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Clare Connor, Justin Langer and Graeme Smith join MCC World Cricket committee

MCC has today announced the addition of three new Members to its World Cricket committee (WCC), which will be meeting next week in Dubai for the first time this year. Clare Connor, Justin Langer, and Graeme Smith have joined the WCC, which is an independent body comprised of...

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21st MCC Cowdrey Lecture | Sir Andrew Strauss

sIR Andrew Strauss obe, the former England and Middlesex captain, and ECB’s former Director of Cricket, delivered the 21st MCC Cowdrey Lecture at Lord’s Cricket Ground on Wednesday 1 February 2023. MCC Members and special guests, including members of the Cowdrey family, were...

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