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Lord's Cricket Ground, commonly known as Lord's, is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London.Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), the ICC Europe and, until August 2005, the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Lord's, also known as Lord's Cricket Ground, is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord , it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club , the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), the European Cricket Council (ECC) and, until August 2005, the International ...
The Lord's Pavilion is a cricket pavilion at Lord's Cricket Ground in London, England. Designed by Thomas Verity [ 1 ] and built in 1889–1890, the pavilion has achieved Grade II* listed heritage designation. [ 2 ]
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Lord's is widely referred to as the "home of cricket". [1] Lord's has hosted 130 Test matches, the first of these was in 1884 when England played the touring Australian team. [2] The first One Day International (ODI) played at the ground, in 1972, was also between England and Australia, 56 ODIs have been played at the ground in total. [3]
Father Time is a weathervane at Lord's Cricket Ground, London, in the shape of Father Time removing the bails from a wicket. The full weathervane is 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) tall, with the figure of Father Time standing at 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m). [1] It was given to Lord's in 1926 by the architect of the Grandstand, Sir Herbert Baker.
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Lord's became Middlesex's home ground in 1869. It is often referred to as "the home of cricket". It is often referred to as "the home of cricket". Middlesex County Cricket Club was established on 2 February 1864; before then there had been an informal county team , which had played first-class cricket from 1787.