The Latest Breaking News from Marylebone Cricket Club

Lord’s to host first women’s Test in 2026 when England take on India

Marylebone Cricket Club has announced the landmark fixture will take place.

The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2024

Middlesex 'not leaving Lord's any time soon' despite exploring new ground options

County has discussed prospect of developing a new home, largely because of the need to increase revenue

Evening Standard · Apr 21, 2024

Ravi Shastri, Graeme Smith, Mike Atherton, Ramiz Raja to speak at MCC's World Cricket Connects at Lord's in July 2024

MUMBAI: World Cricket Connects, a new invitation event for the most prominent thinkers, voices and influencers in cricket, will take place at Lord's on July 5 this year, the Marylebone Cricket Club said in a release on Friday.

The Times of India · Jan 20, 2024

Stephen Fry nominated as next president of Marylebone Cricket Club

Fry became just the second non-cricketer to deliver the prestigious Cowdrey Lecture last year.

The Independent UK · May 4, 2022

Women's World Cup: Superstars who are successfully juggling cricket & motherhood

NEW DELHI: In September last year, the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) made an amendment to the game's law. On grounds of promoting gender-equality in sports, the MCC ruled that the word 'batsman' shall, henceforth, be replaced by 'batter'. It may sound trivial, but such thoughtful moves go a long way…

The Times of India · Mar 31, 2022

Explained: LBW rules and the controversial umpire's call in DRS

NEW DELHI: According to the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the guardian of the laws of the game, there are ten ways in which a batsman can be dismissed in cricket.

The Times of India · Mar 21, 2022

Cricket ball manufacturers unfazed by saliva ban being made permanent

NEW DELHI: Among the cricket laws which were modified by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) on Tuesday, the permanent ban on saliva use on the cricket ball and the "Mankading" method of dismissal no longer being considered unfair play were two of the more talked about changes.

The Times of India · Mar 11, 2022

'Full freedom now': Virender Sehwag's hilarious message to Ravichandran Ashwin after 'Mankading' ruled not unfair

NEW DELHI: After the 'Mankading' method was removed from the list of unfair play in new laws approved by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) on Wednesday, former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag came out with a cheeky response.

The Times of India · Mar 10, 2022

MCC permanently bans use of saliva to shine ball, 'Mankading' no longer unfair play

LONDON: Custodian of cricket laws, the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), has decided to move the law relating to run-outs at non-striker's end from its "unfair play" section besides completely banning the use of saliva to shine the ball in amendments to its 2022 code that will come into effect in…

The Times of India · Mar 9, 2022

Guy Lavender explains MCC decision to remove historic fixtures from Lord’s calendar

Marylebone Cricket Club, the custodians of Lord’s, has informed its members that the decision to remove Eton v Harrow and Oxford v Cambridge from its fixture list “did not arise as a result of any ‘anxiety to kowtow to the woke police’”.

Evening Standard · Feb 22, 2022