Lord’s MCC asks fans for new names for Hundred team London Spirit Sport London Spirit have asked fans for new name suggestions for the Hundred franchise ahead of the 2025 cricket competition. The Marylebone Cricket Club is in the process of surveying fans ahead of this year’s competition. They have asked a select fan group to decide whether the London Spirit electric blue or MCC egg and bacon [...]
South Africa World Test Championship warm-up won’t be in London Sport South Africa’s efforts to play a Test match in the UK ahead of their World Test Championship final have hit an obstacle as both of London’s big grounds are unlikely to offer up their wickets, City AM can reveal. South Africa have reached their first ever World Test Championship after a series win over Pakistan, [...]
Australian Ashes winner heads to Lord’s to coach London Spirit in Hundred Sport Former Australia and twice Ashes winning coach Justin Langer has replaced Trevor Bayliss as coach of Hundred team London Spirit. Langer’s appointment comes weeks after Bayliss left the head coach role at the Lord’s team after Spirit won just three matches across the last two seasons in ECB competition. The 54-year-old played over 100 Tests [...]
Sport in 2025: A rallying cry to London, Mayor Khan and Londoners January 2, 2025 For at least the past five years it has felt as if London was disappearing off the global sporting stage. The capital may boast the Home of Cricket, 17 professional football clubs and five stadiums with a capacity of over 50,000 but huge sporting events have sought refuge in the likes of Saudi Arabia, the [...]
Atkinson five-for hands England series win over Sri Lanka at empty Lord’s September 1, 2024 Gus Atkinson’s dream inaugural Test summer continued at Lord’s on Sunday as he took a five-for in England’s 190-run victory over Sri Lanka. The bowling milestone adds to the two he got in his first Test at the Home of Cricket and comes just days after his first Test 100 for England. He is the [...]
England Women to play first Test at Lord’s as 2025 schedule revealed August 22, 2024 England Women will play their first ever Test match at Lord’s Cricket Ground as part of a string of new fixtures announced for both the men’s and women’s sides for the 2025 cricket season. The side will face India in a one-off test match at the home of cricket in the summer of 2026, exactly [...]
Thank you Jimmy Anderson. Watching you bowl has been iconic July 14, 2024 Sitting in the Mound Stand at Lord’s as a punter and hearing “bowling from the Pavilion End, James Anderson” was genuinely goosebump-worthy. Mere minutes before the 41-year-old, who had been handed a forced retirement by the England and Wales Cricket Board, finished his career just four wickets shy of Shane Warne’s total, he walked out [...]
Atkinson steals show in Anderson’s farewell England Test July 10, 2024 Debutant Gus Atkinson stole the show in James Anderson’s final Test match, taking seven wickets on an opening day where England dominated. The 26-year-old Surrey cricketer ripped through the West Indies batting order with captain Ben Stokes, Chris Woakes and the departing James Anderson taking the other three scalps. Mikyle Louis added the bulk of [...]
Jimmy Anderson in numbers: Lord’s wickets, scalps per country and how batters were dismissed July 9, 2024 This week, after a match at Lord’s against the West Indies, England pacer James Anderson will retire from Test cricket. He holds the record for the most international wickets for a seamer and will step away from the international game over two decades after he made his debut against Zimbabwe at the Home of cricket [...]
Emotional Anderson at “peace” with England retiring him from Test cricket July 8, 2024 Record wicket-taking pacer James Anderson has said he is at “peace” with England retiring him from Test cricket ahead of his last match this week at Lord’s, but insists this week will be spent trying to stop himself crying. The England international will play at the Home of Cricket for a national team he has [...]