OnThisDay in 1884 Mecca of Cricket Lord’s Cricket Ground‘s test debut.
Overall 215 matches played ,160 W/L ,3 tied matches and 50 draw instances.
156060 runs scored, 5167 wickets castled.
Lord’s ground was named after its founder Thomas Lord, it homes Middlesex County,England and Wales Cricket and European Cricket Council.
The present ground is just above two hundred years old,250 yards of Middle ground which itself is the second ground. The original ground known as Lord’s Old ground was there till 1814.
The first FC to be hosted at the new ground was in 1814 when Marylebone Cricket Club played Hertfordshire.MCC won the match by an inns and 27 runs.
Lords Pavillion and Stands.
Pavilion End, Nursery End
Father Time a famous wind vane in the shape of Father Time removing the bails from the wicket.
The British architecture Herbert Baker who design India’s Parliament House presented Father time to Lord’s ground in 1926. “After the call of Time, the bails shall be removed from both wickets.” is the motto of Father Time.
ЁЯУЕ June 11 ,1927 ,Essex v New Zealand
First-Ever Ball by Ball Radio Commentary at Home of Cricket
Overarm bowling in action during 1842 Lord’s match.
No Don Bradman, No Sobers, but Vengsarkar. Dilip Vengsarkar three ЁЯТп in 3 consecutive matches at Home of Cricket Lord’s Cricket Ground.
Vengaskar was the chief architect of TeamIndia winning 1986 series 2-0 against England Cricket. In 3 match series, Bombay man piled up 360 runs and was MOM twice and also MOS.
Only player to have 4th inns winning 100 in the last match of career.
One of two winning 4th inns ton at Lord’s Cricket Ground. Nasser Hussain unbeaten knock of 103 to carry home England Cricket against Blackcaps.
1932 Indian Cricket Team played their first ever Test match.
1983 won the World Cup.
Dom Bess unbeaten 55 is highest by any tail ender in a debut match at Lord’s Cricket Ground.
John Wisden the founder of the Bible of cricket, Wisden. One of his most memorable feat was claiming all 10 wickets clean bowled in the second innings of South,1850, Lords.
The first ever Television coverage of a test match.
At 11.29, Lords and rest is history.
End of legendary: The Fab Four of BBC Test Match Special
Henry Blofeld #retires #Blowers 45 years of commentary.
Brian Johnston
Christopher Martin-Jenkins
Henry Blofeld
John Arlott
England Cricket Lord’s Cricket Ground test against Windies Cricket,7-11 Sep, was his last test.
When Kapil Dev‘s four consecutive sixes off Eddie Hemmings avoided follow on.
157 runs for the loss of 27 wickets ..
This is the record number of wickets to fall in a single day of test match.The incident took place in second day of 1888 Lord’s Cricket Ground test between England Cricket team and Australian Cricket Team.
Lord’s Cricket Ground thriller,NatWest final
England Cricket tied with Australian Cricket Team
Sourav Ganguly Official and Rahul Dravid made their test debut. Sourav Ganguly Official 131 remains the highest score by an Indian Cricket Team player on debut on a foreign soil. Rahul Dravid narrowly missed the century and was out for 95 in the Lord’s Cricket Ground test against England Cricket.
The test was also the last one for celebrated umpire Dickie Bird.
Sunil Gavaskar’s 36 runs in 174 balls vs England at Lord’s, Jun 7, 1975.
Top bowling performances in the World Cup
Gary Gilmour 5/48 vs West Indies,1975.
Joel Garner 5/38 vs England, 1979.
Madan Lal 3/31 vs West Indies, 1983.
Shane Warne 4/33 vs Pakistan,1999.
England Cricket Team’s top three scored centuries for the first time.
1924 against South Africa, when Jack Hobbs, Herbert Sutcliffe, and Frank Woolley each scored centuries.
Lords in Memory!!
- England v Australia 1948
Lord’s in Numbers
Highest team score (Test)
| Team Score | Team | Year |
| 729-6d | Australia | 1930 |
| 682-6d | South Africa | 2003 |
| 653-4d | England | 1990 |
| 652-8d | West Indies | 1973 |
| 632-4d | Australia | 1993 |
Lowest team score(Test)
| Team Score | Team | Year |
| 38 | Ireland | 2019 |
| 42 | India | 1974 |
| 47 | New Zealand | 1958 |
| 53 | England | 1888 |
| 53 | Australia | 1896 |
Highest Individual Score(Test)
| Runs | Player | Match | Year |
| 333 | GA Gooch | England v India | 1990 |
| 259 | GC Smith | South Africa v England | 2003 |
| 254 | DG Bradman | Australia v England | 1930 |
| 240 | WR Hammond | England v Australia | 1938 |
| 226 | IJL Trott | England v Bangladesh | 2010 |
Most runs Overall (All test/ODI/T20I)
Most 100s Overall (All test/ODI/T20I)
| Player | Period | Mat | 100 |
| GA Gooch (ENG) | 1975-1994 | 32 | 8 |
| AJ Strauss (ENG) | 2004-2012 | 28 | 6 |
| MP Vaughan (ENG) | 2000-2008 | 20 | 6 |
| AN Cook (ENG) | 2006-2018 | 34 | 5 |
| KP Pietersen (ENG) | 2005-2013 | 26 | 5 |
| ME Trescothick (ENG) | 2000-2006 | 24 | 5 |
Best Bowling in a match(Test)
| Figure | Player | Match | Year |
| 16-137 | RAL Massie | Australia v England | 1972 |
| 15-104 | H Verity | England v Australia | 1934 |
| 13-71 | DL Underwood | England v Pakistan | 1974 |
| 12-101 | R Tattersall | England v South Africa | 1951 |
| 11-70 | DL Underwood | England v New Zealand | 1969 |
Best Bowling in an Inns(Test)
| Figure | Player | Match | Year |
| 8-34 | IT Botham | England v Pakistan | 1978 |
| 8-38 | GD McGrath | Australia v England | 1997 |
| 8-43 | H Verity | England v Australia | 1934 |
| 8-51 | DL Underwood | England v Pakistan | 1974 |
| 8-53 | RAL Massie | Australia v England | 1972 |
Most wickets Overall(All test/ODI/T20I)
Most five wickets haul(All test/ODI/T20I)
| Player | Period | Mat | Five |
| IT Botham (ENG) | 1978-1992 | 25 | 8 |
| JM Anderson (ENG) | 2003-2018 | 41 | 6 |
| FS Trueman (ENG) | 1952-1965 | 12 | 5 |
| DL Underwood (ENG) | 1968-1980 | 10 | 4 |
Most partnership runs(All test/ODI/T20I)
Highest Partnership in an inns(Test)
Highest partnership for each wicket(Test)
| Position | Runs | Player | Match | Year |
| 1 | 268 | JB Hobbs & H Sutcliffe | England v South Africa | 1924 |
| 2 | 291 | AJ Strauss & RWT Key | England v West Indies | 2004 |
| 3 | 370 | WJ Edrich & DCS Compton | England v South Africa | 1947 |
| 4 | 286 | KP Pietersen & IR Bell | England v South Africa | 2008 |
| 5 | 216 | AR Border & GM Ritchie | Australia v England | 1985 |
| 6 | 274* | GS Sobers & DAJ Holford | West Indies v England | 1966 |
| 7 | 174 | MC Cowdrey & TG Evans | England v West Indies | 1957 |
| 8 | 332 | IJL Trott & SCJ Broad | England v Pakistan | 2010 |
| 9 | 130 | SR Waugh & GF Lawson | Australia v England | 1989 |
| 10 | 83 | R Illingworth & JA Snow | England v West Indies | 1969 |
Most catch by keeper in a match(Test)
| Catch | Player | Match | Year |
| 9 | GRA Langley | England v Australia | 1956 |
| 8 | ATW Grout | England v Australia | 1961 |
| 8 | MJ Prior | South Africa v England | 2012 |
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