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England stars launch new national state school competition at Lord’s

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is inviting applications for state schools to enter the Barclays Knight-Stokes Cup, inspired by two of England’s greatest state school players Starting in 2026, there will be an annual girls’ and boys’ finals to be hosted on the Main Ground at Lord’s New competition part of MCC, Barclays’ and English cricket’s

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Young Female Broadcaster of the Year competition returns

Following the success of its inaugural year, MCC, Sky Sports and leading cricket charity Take Her Lead have announced the return of the Young Female Broadcaster of the Year competition. This year’s competition continues the mission to increase opportunities for young women aspiring to build a career in sports broadcasting, while uncovering and supporting the

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Moeen Ali and Meg Lanning awarded Honorary Life Membership of MCC

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) have today announced that it has elected two cricketers to Honorary Life Membership, each of whom announced their retirement from the international game within the last two years. Moeen Ali, one of England’s finest all-round cricketers, and Meg Lanning, who captained Australia to an unprecedented period of success, have both agreed

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MCC launch 2025 Community Cricket Heroes campaign

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has today launched its Community Cricket Heroes campaign for 2025 to find 11 unsung grassroots cricketing heroes from across the country. The campaign, now in its third year and run in partnership with The Cricketer magazine, has seen 22 heroes of grassroots cricket welcomed to Lord’s, over two years, as guests

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Afghan Women’s Team to receive support from new Global Refugee Cricket Fund

Marylebone Cricket Club and MCC Foundation launch Global Refugee Cricket Fund in support of displaced persons ECB donation of £100,000 to help immediately kickstart projects that use cricket to transform the lives of refugees facing hardship and exclusion Pitch Our Future to provide support to female Afghan cricketers displaced in Australia Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)

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MCC Young Female Broadcaster of the Year Winners announced

The winners and runners up of Marylebone Cricket Club’s (MCC) Young Female Broadcaster of the Year competition were announced on Wednesday at Lord’s at the England v New Zealand Vitality women’s T20 International. The inaugural competition, supported by Sky Sports and leading cricket charity Take Her Lead, was launched in May to increase opportunities for

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Isa Guha joins cricket stars and entertainers for MCC Cowdrey Lecture

Former England international and current broadcaster Isa Guha joins the line up for the 2024 MCC Cowdrey Lecture alongside recently retired legend Stuart Broad The event will feature stars from BBC’s hugely popular cricket podcast, Tailenders Radio DJ and TV presenter Greg James, musician and author Felix White, and England great, Jimmy Anderson to entertain

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