Lord's

Lord's Cricket Ground
The Home of Cricket
Lord's current logo
The Pavilion
Ground information
LocationSt John's Wood, London, England
Coordinates51°31′46″N 0°10′22″W / 51.5294°N 0.1727°W / 51.5294; -0.1727
Establishment1814; 210 years ago (1814)
Capacity31,100[1]
OwnerMarylebone Cricket Club
TenantsEngland and Wales Cricket Board
End names
Nursery End
Pavilion End
International information
First Test21–23 July 1884:
 England v  Australia
Last Test29 August – 1 September 2024:
 England v  Sri Lanka
First ODI26 August 1972:
 England v  Australia
Last ODI27 September 2024:
 England v  Australia
First T20I5 June 2009:
 England v  Netherlands
Last T20I29 July 2018:
   Nepal v  Netherlands
First WODI4 August 1976:
 England v  Australia
Last WODI24 September 2022:
 England v  India
First WT20I21 June 2009:
 England v  New Zealand
Last WT20I17 July 2024:
 England v  New Zealand
Team information
Marylebone Cricket Club (1814 – present)
Middlesex (1877 – present)
As of 27 September 2024
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Lord's Cricket Ground, commonly known as Lord's, is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), the ICC Europe and, until August 2005, the International Cricket Council (ICC). Lord's is widely referred to as the Home of Cricket[2] and is home to the world's oldest sporting museum.[3]

Lord's today is not on its original site; it is the third of three grounds that Lord established between 1787 and 1814. His first ground, now referred to as Lord's Old Ground, was where Dorset Square now stands. His second ground, Lord's Middle Ground, was used from 1811 to 1813 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 can hold 31,100 spectators, the capacity having increased between 2017 and 2022 as part of MCC's ongoing redevelopment plans.

  1. ^ "Lord's cleared to have full capacity for England-Pakistan ODI". The Cricket Paper. 2 July 2021. Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Lord's". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 September 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
  3. ^ see MCC museum Archived 12 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine webpage