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We've heard of underwater weddings and getting married in a hot-air balloon. But a wedding at Lords is the ultimate destination for a cricket lover

Was it worth having Olympic athletes walking all over the sacred turf of Lord's a fortnight before the ground's biggest cricket event of the year? The jury's still out

It will be months, or in all probability years, before a final agreement is reached on whether MCC should proceed with any kind of 'Vision for Lord's'

As an ordinary person you don't get to see the workings of the home of cricket. Not unless you sign up as an archery volunteer for the Olympics

The MCC committee has voted against ambitious redevelopment plans for Lord's and instead gone in favour of a more toned-down stand-by-stand project to improve the ground

Cricket is coming home for its 2000th Test, but even if the game's a dud, it cannot take away from the glory of the ground hosting it

In 15 Test visits to the famous stadium, India have finished victorious only once and have lost ten times

The England & Wales Cricket Board could be forced to put next summer's disputed West Indies Test back out to tender

West Indies are set to become the first touring team since the 1998 Sri Lankans to miss out on a Test at Lord's

A look back at a 111-year-old record: one of the biggest and most famous shots played at Lord's

Christopher Martin-Jenkins, the BBC Test Match Special commentator and former chief cricket correspondent of The Times, will serve as the next President of Marylebone Cricket Club. His one-year term of office will begin on October 1, 2010

Keith Bradshaw, the MCC chief executive, has said there won't be any reduction in the amount of international cricket staged at Lord's during the Olympic summer in 2012

MCC has awarded five former and current players Honorary Life Membership in recognition of their cricketing achievements. In an Ashes year, it's an Anglo-Australian list featuring Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, Michael Vaughan, Mark Butcher and Graeme Hick.

The county champions, Durham, will play against MCC in the world's first floodlit four-day game in Abu Dhabi next March, after it was confirmed that the traditional opening fixture of the English season would be shifted from Lord's to the Zayed Internatio

Matt Merchant from Old Trafford has been named the 2009 Groundsman of the Year by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).

The International Cricket Council will consider relocating its headquarters from Dubai to its former base in London

Keith Bradshaw, the MCC's chief executive, has denied a report in the Times that he is considering selling the naming rights to Lord's

England have waited 75 years to end a hoodoo that outlasts even the search for a homegrown Wimbledon champion, and they have taken the lead in an Ashes series for the first time since 1997. History and momentum suddenly feel aligned

HQ still has an atmosphere no cricket ground can equal. The idea of it may irritate, but the actuality placates and uplifts, never disappoints

The draw scheduled to be held at Lord's on Tuesday has been postponed after the ICC told organisers that it would violate a contractual obligation