Lord's Cricket Ground

Lord's Cricket Ground

▪ sports facility, London, United Kingdom
      headquarters and home ground of the Marylebone Cricket Club, long the world's foremost cricket organization, and the scene of Test Matches between England and visiting national teams and of matches of the Middlesex County Cricket Club, Oxford versus Cambridge, and Eton versus Harrow. Various cup finals and one-day international matches also take place there. The original Lord's was established in 1787 at Dorset Square, St. Marylebone, southwest of Regent's Park, London, by Thomas Lord. In 1811 it was moved to St. John's Wood Estate and in 1814 to the present site, at St. John's Wood Road west of Regent's Park. Lord's is also the headquarters of the International Cricket Council (the world governing body) and of the Cricket Council and the Test and County Cricket Board, which control English cricket. Around the world, Lord's is known as the “home” of cricket and of cricketers.

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