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Cricket Society & MCC Book of the Year Award 2023

Photo Credit: Marylebone Cricket Club AN ISLAND’S ELEVEN, THE STORY OF SRI LANKAN CRICKET BY NICHOLAS BROOKES HAS WON THE CRICKET SOCIETY AND MCC BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR 2023. Books by former and current cricketers Wasim Akram, Moeen Ali and Geoffrey Boycott were...

MCC announces latest Cohort of Honorary Life Members

Photo Credit: Marylebone Cricket Club MCC IS DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THE LATEST COHORT OF NEW HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS. MCC awards Honorary Life Membership of the Club to some of the world’s finest cricketers and can today reveal the names of the latest men and...

MCC: Compton and Edrich stands pick up coveted award

Photo Credit: Marylebone Cricket Club THE COMPTON AND EDRICH STANDS, THAT WERE OPENED IN JULY 2021 AND USED FULLY DURING THE 2022 SEASON, HAVE WON A COVETED CIVIC TRUST AWARD.  The Civic Trust Awards judges commented that the stands were, “a great concept,...

MCC: New outfield experience launches at Lord’s – Sight Screen Cinema

Photo Credit: Marylebone Cricket Club MCC HAS TODAY ANNOUNCED ITS NEW IN-GROUND EXPERIENCE SIGHT SCREEN CINEMA – A UNIQUE OUTDOOR CINEMA SCREENING TAKING PLACE AT ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST HISTORIC SPORTS GROUNDS. Lord’s has been playing host to cricket for over 200 years...

Stephen Fry launches MCC campaign to reward community cricket heroes

Photo Credit: Marylebone Cricket Club 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...

MCC: Nepal’s Aasif Sheikh is the winner of the 2022 CMJ Spirit of Cricket Award

Photo Credit: England & Wales Cricket Board MCC IS DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT NEPAL’S AASIF SHEIKH IS THE RECIPIENT OF THE 2022 CHRISTOPHER MARTIN-JENKINS SPIRIT OF CRICKET AWARD. Wicketkeeper-batter Aasif has been recognised with this award, which the Club runs in conjunction with BBC,...

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

Photo Credit: Marylebone Cricket Club 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...

MCC: Book of the year shortlist announced

Photo Credit: Facebook Photo of Freemans Event Partners 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...

MCC World Cricket Committee statement – “Game is at a crossroads with intervention required”

Photo Credit: Marylebone Cricket Club 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...

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

Photo Credit: Marylebone Cricket Club 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...

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Cricket Scotland win ICC Europe Regional Development Awards

Photo Credit: Cricket Scotland Cricket Scotland is delighted to have been awarded the Cricket 4 Good Social Impact Initiative of...