Lord's Cricket Ground
Also known as Lord's
'''Lord's Cricket Ground, better known as Lord's''', is a cricket venue at St John's Wood, historically in Middlesex and now in the City of Westminster, London NW8. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and serves as the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), ICC Europe and, until August 2005, the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Key facts
- Cricket ground.ground_name
- Lord's Cricket Ground
- Cricket ground.nickname
- The Home of Cricket
- Cricket ground.logo_image
- 200px
- Cricket ground.image
- Lords-Cricket-Ground-Pavilion-06-08-2017.jpg
- Cricket ground.image_size
- 250px
- Cricket ground.caption
- Lord's Pavilion
- Cricket ground.country
- United Kingdom
- Cricket ground.location
- St John's Wood, London NW8, England
- Cricket ground.establishment
- at ''Lord's Old Ground; ; at Lord's Middle Ground; at the present Lord's Cricket Ground''
- Cricket ground.seating_capacity
- 31,100
- Cricket ground.owner
- Marylebone Cricket Club
- Cricket ground.tenants
Article
32 sectionsContents
- History
- Background
- Early years
- Continued developments
- Inter-war years and WWII
- Post-war years
- 21st-century developments
- Ground features and facilities
- Stands
- Pavilion
- Media Centre
- Nursery Ground
- MCC Museum and Library
- Gardens
- Other sports
- Test cricket records
- Batting
- Bowling
- Team records
- Partnership records
- Limited overs international cricket records
- One-Day International
- Twenty20 International
- Domestic records
- First-class
- List A
- Twenty20
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
'''Lord's Cricket Ground, better known as Lord's''', is a cricket venue at St John's Wood, historically in Middlesex and now in the City of Westminster, London NW8. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and serves as the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), ICC Europe and, until August 2005, the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Lord's is widely referred to as the "home of cricket" and houses the world's oldest sporting museum.
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