Lord's has long been seen as the home of cricket and the game's
spiritual headquarters. But its importance is not merely historical.
In practice it remains, to this day, perhaps the most important
single place in world cricket.
Its owner, Marylebone Cricket Club, remains the guardian
of both the Laws and the Spirit of Cricket, and MCC sides
(which play around 450 games a year) perform a key role in
promoting cricket - both in Britain
and elsewhere.
In addition, Lord's is the home of Middlesex County Cricket
Club, the England
& Wales
Cricket Board (ECB) and, until August, the International Cricket
Council (ICC).
| Lord's Cricket Ground |
It is also the setting for the state-of-the-art MCC Indoor
School, the unrivalled MCC Library, and the world-famous MCC
Museum - where exhibits include the Wisden Trophy and, of
course, the Ashes urn.
Above all, Lord's is the setting for some of the best cricket
in the world. It hosts npower Test matches and NatWest-sponsored
one-day internationals, plus most of Middlesex's home games,
some historic fixtures (such as Oxford v Cambridge) and a
number of village and club cricket finals.
Opening Timings
Daily: Please visit the official website
for schedules of upcoming events.
