The Lord's Cricket

Lord’s cricket ground is known as the home of cricket. The ground is two hundred years old celebrated its two hundred anniversary in 2014. To make the occasion remunerable on 5^th July a 50 overs match played between MCC XI captained by Sachin Tendulkar and World XI captained by Shane Warne. It is a cricket ground located in London, England owned by Marylebone Cricket Club from 1814-present and Tenanted by England and Wales cricket board (ECB). its name is on its founder Thomas Lord. The ground has the capacity of 28,000 spectators to hold at a time. It is the home ground of Middlesex country club since 1877-present. The ground site location has been changed three times. First, its location is known as Lord’s Old Ground it was located where Dorset Square stands now located. Its second name is Lord’s Middle Ground it was used from 1811-13 before being abandoned to make way for the construction through its outfield of the Regent's Canal. The present Lord's ground is about 250 yards (230 m) north-west of the site of the Middle Ground.

The ground has two ends one is Pavilion End (south-west) and the other is Nursey End (north-east).

Match hosted at the lords:

137 matches have played at this ground The Lord's cricket ground hosted its first test in 1884 between 21-23 July highest score is by the team is 729/6 Dec and the lowest score is 42 runs only. The highest individual score is 333 made by G A Gooch and best bowling figure is 8/34 in an inning by I T Botham and in the match best bowling figure is 16/137 by R A L Massie.

Lords has hosted 61 ODI since 1972. Highest run in an inning by the team is 334/4 and the lowest score is 107. Highest score by an individual is 138 not out by I V A Richards and best bowling DL Vettori is 5/30.

The ground has hosted 10 T20 matches 199/4 is the highest score by a team and lowest is 93 while the highest individual score is 78 by D P M D Jayawardene and best bowling figures are 4/11 by Shahid Afridi.

Stands

The ground has 9 ends clockwise from pavilion stand and many of its stands rebuilt in the 20^th century.  

• Pavilion
• Warner Stand
• Grandstand
• Compton Stand
• Media Centre
• Edrich Stand  
• Mound Stand
• Tavern Stand
• Allen Stand

The media center was established in the 1999 world cup. It was built of Aluminium and semi-monologue fitted out in two boatyards using boatbuilding technology. It has the capacity to accommodate more than 100 journalists and the top tier has television and radio commentary boxes.

  

Grace Gates:

One of the features of the ground is the pair of ornamental gates, named in honor of W. G. Grace. In 1923, the W. G. Grace Memorial Gates were erected at the St John's Wood Road entrance to the ground. They were designed by Sir Herbert Baker.

Floodlights:

In 2007 temporary floodlights were installed at the ground but they were removed in 2008 due to light pollution. In 2009 Westminster City Council approved new retractable at the five-year trial period. 12 matches and 4 practice matches were played under these lights and the floodlights successfully used for the first time in 2009 during T20 match.

MCC Museum:

MCC Museum is the oldest sports museum in the world contains the world’s most celebrated collection that includes The Ashes urn, Victor Trumper, Jack Hobbs, Don Bradman, and Shane Warne's cricket kit. The Museum continues to collect historical artifacts and also commissions new paintings and photography. A recently opened exhibition, which celebrates the life and career of Brian Lara, is especially suitable for children.

MCC Library:

Lord's also has one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of books and publications dedicated to cricket. The library includes over 17,000 volumes and is open by appointment. In 2010, a selection of 100 duplicates from the library's collection was offered for auction by Christie's with proceeds going to support the library.

Other sports at lords:

The lords have also hosted other sports game as well. Lords were one of the venues for the 2012 Summer Olympics the archery competitions took place at lords in the front of the Pavilion end archers positioned in front of the Pavilion and the targets placed in front of the Media Centre just past the wicket table.