Marylebone Cricket Club news from Cricinfo.com

Ed Smith: 'The brand power of Lord's can widen access to cricket'

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 13:17:38 GMT

MCC's incoming president on the challenge of engaging with Tech Titans, and opening Lord's up to state schools

English cricket has always been a people's game, but that's not what the elitists will have you believe

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 07:48:39 GMT

MCC's U-turn over Eton-Harrow is symptomatic of a sport that has always been run along class lines

Blazers, brawls, and tunnels under Lord's - an MCC soap opera

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A new book reveals that the history of the revered ground contains plenty of prejudice and politicking

Fletcher head injury leads to increased medical presence

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

News from around the circuit, including the successful clean up operation at New Road and a Lancashire fanzine editor gone rogue

Is T20 too traditional for the kids of today?

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Five hot takes from the hot topic of the day

The Beast from the East stops play

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The County Championship gets underway in just over a month's time, but it's two-sweater weather around the shires at present ...

New MCC president eyes younger fans

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Matthew Fleming looks to bring his adventurous playing style to his administrative role at the historic club, which is seeking to remain relevant in the 21st century

Domestic cricket hopes for 50-over flourish

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ahead of the start of the Royal London One-Day Cup campaign, a panel of county cricketers - Steven Crook, Lewis Gregory and Ravi Patel - plus England selector, and Middlesex director of cricket, Angus Fraser discuss how the 50-over game is evolving

MCC presidency completes full set for David Morgan

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A celebration of cricket and tradition

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The cricket was the centrepiece at Lord's, as players and spectators celebrated the 200th anniversary of a ground steeped in tradition

A degree in life, not just cricket

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The MCC university cricket system provides a chance to prepare for life after the game while pursuing a county contract

French cricket's Olympic legacy

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A match between France and MCC to mark cricket's inclusion at the 1900 Olympics highlights attempts to grow the game across the Channel

Men behaving badly in the Lord's pavilion

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

We look back to the Centenary Test, when MCC members at Lord's assaulted one of the umpires

Cricket's net loss

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Few changes to the Laws have been as drastic or, even without the benefit of hindsight, crazy than the one tried out by the MCC in 1900

A single-wicket scandal

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The pre-Victorian era was not one where gentlemanly conduct prevailed

Writer to director

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Old Middlesex alumnus Angus Fraser will have plenty on his plate when he takes over as head of operations at the club soon

All out for 12

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A look back to when Oxford University were bowled out for 12 - still the lowest first-class score on record

'We're riding the crest of a cricket revolution'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

There is a significance to Derek Underwood's succession to MCC president that reflects the new niche that the world's oldest cricket club is carving for itself

Dolly mixture

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Forty summers ago a Cape Coloured South African playing for England unwittingly threw MCC into crisis over a tour to the apartheid republic

The strange case of the missing opponents

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A look back to Glamorgan's 1969 Championship-winning season and a curious game where their opponents left early

Good move, bad move

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The MCC's proposal to limit the power of cricket bats has merit; the ICC's decision to trial the umpiring referral system doesn't

The ups and downs of Lord's development

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ivo Tennant looks at the redevelopment of Lord's, where things could go down as well as up

Bold but flawed

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Why Middlesex plus MCC does not equal Manchester United

Sumangela's field of dreams

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Three years after it was devastated by the tsunami, a small corner of Sri Lanka is looking to the future with hope - and that's thanks in no small part to the world's premier cricket club

Eight ideas for President Brearley

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Some suggestions for the keepers of Lord's

Lord's looks sharp

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Keith Bradshaw talks to Cricinfo about the challenge of managing the Lord's redevelopment plans while trying to maintain the history of the ground

Soaks it up, spits it out

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Lord's groundsman, Mick Hunt, talks to Jenny Thompson about the ground's impressive new million-pound-plus drainage system

The game's new conscience

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Why the MCC's new committee matters

Lord's under threat

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Martin Williamson on when Lord's was almost bought so that a railway line could be built on it

Missing the point

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A review of Lord's in the 21st Century

The world's first knockout cup

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Martin Williamson on the world's first serious attempt to stage a first-class knockout cup ... as long ago as 1873

The party continues at Lord's

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Martin Williamson on how Lord's has managed to sidestep the ICC's new regulations on bring bottles and cans into grounds

The man behind the ground

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

GD Martineau recalls the life of the man who gave his name to the most famous cricket ground in the world

Looking at the bigger picture

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Twice in the space of 24 hours, the English summer has been graced by two remarkable matches