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The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), founded in 1787, is a private members' club and was the original governing body of cricket in England and across the world. Most of the club's global functions were passed to the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1993, and its English governance was passed to the England and Wales Cricket Board at the same time. However the MCC remains the framer and copyright holder of the Laws of Cricket, although this role is increasingly under pressure as the ICC seeks to exercise control over all aspects of the world game. In recent times the ICC has instituted changes to the Laws (e.g in One Day Internationals) with a minimum of consultation with the MCC. Also, in moving its location from Lord's to Dubai, the ICC has made a clear statement of independence from the past and from the MCC. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 130 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 130 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ... ICC logo The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the governing body for international Test match and One-day International cricket. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is the governing body of cricket in England and Wales. ... The laws of cricket are a set of rules framed by the Marylebone Cricket Club which serve to standardise the format of cricket matches across the world to ensure uniformity and fairness. ... The Pavilion The Grand Stand Match in progress The Media Centre at Lords Cricket Ground This memorial stone to Lord Harris is in the Harris Garden at Lords Lords Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in St Johns Wood in London, at grid reference TQ268827. ... Coordinates: Emirate Dubai Government  - Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Area  - Metro 4,114 km² (1,588. ...

MCC member in distinctive red and yellow colours

The MCC is based at Lord's Cricket Ground near St John's Wood in London, which it owns. Members have special rights to use the Pavilion and other stands at Lord's for all matches played at the ground. The original site for the MCC was in Dorset Square in Marylebone. A plaque noting this fact is visible for visitors to the East side of the Square. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (763x864, 487 KB)MCC member at Lords cricket ground in distinctive colours I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (763x864, 487 KB)MCC member at Lords cricket ground in distinctive colours I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... The Pavilion The Grand Stand Match in progress The Media Centre at Lords Cricket Ground This memorial stone to Lord Harris is in the Harris Garden at Lords Lords Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in St Johns Wood in London, at grid reference TQ268827. ... St Johns Wood is a district of North London, England in the City of Westminster, near Regents Park. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Marylebone (sometimes written St. ...

The Club has 18,000 full members and 4,000 associate members. In order to join the waiting list of candidates for membership one must get the vote (of which each full member has one a year) of three members, and the additional sponsorship of a person on the List of MCC Sponsors (which consists of members of all MCC Sub-Committees; the MCC Committee; MCC Out Match Representatives; and the Current, Past, and Designate President). As the demand for membership always is greater than the number of places available each year (there being just over 400 places in 2005) there is a substantial waiting list for Full Ordinary Membership, namely 18 years (although this compares favourably to the 30 year wait, which was the norm in the 1920s). There are, however, ways to lessen the time it takes to become a full member. One may become an Umpire Member, Playing Member, or Out-Match Member (although this carries none of the privileges of membership, apart from being able to play for the club). Alternatively one may be awarded Honorary Life-Membership, yet this is a very rare honour to be bestowed on someone, current Honorary Life Members include: Sir Garfield Sobers, Sunil Gavaskar, Ian Botham, Henry Olonga, Andy Flower, Dickie Bird, David Shepherd, Nasser Hussain, Alec Stewart, and Rachael Heyhoe-Flint MBE. Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers (born July 28, 1936 in Barbados), better known as Garry Sobers, was a West Indies cricket player. ... Sunil Manohar Gavaskar   (Marathi:सुनिल मनोहर गावसकर) (born July 10, 1949 at Bombay, Maharashtra), nicknamed Sunny, was a cricket player during the 1970s and 1980s for Bombay and India. ... Ian Terence Botham OBE, (born November 24, 1955 in Heswall, Cheshire) (nicknamed Both, Beefy, Beef or Guy the Gorilla) was an England Test cricketer. ... Henry Khaaba Olonga (born 3 July 1976 in Lusaka, Zambia) was a cricket player for Zimbabwe. ... Andrew Andy Flower (born 28 April 1968 in Cape Town, South Africa) was a cricket player for Zimbabwe. ... Harold Dennis Bird (born April 19, 1933) is a retired cricket umpire, probably the best known and loved the sport has seen. ... David Robert Shepherd (born 27 December 1940 in Bideford, Devon, England) is one of the cricket worlds best-known umpires. ... Nasser Hussain (born March 28, 1968, Madras (now Chennai, India) is a former Essex and England cricketer. ... Alec James Stewart OBE (born 8 April 1963 in Merton, Surrey) is a retired English cricketer, a right-handed batsman-wicketkeeper and former captain of the English cricket team. ... Rachael Heyhoe-Flint MBE (born 11 June 1939, in Wolverhampton) is probably the best known female cricketer in England. ...

The MCC organised the early England cricket teams, and outside of Test matches the touring England team officially played as "MCC" up to and including the 1976/77 tour of Australia. MCC teams continue to play regularly, occasionally still at first-class level. A Test match in progress. ...

It now runs a training programme for young cricketers. The club also has a real tennis, and also a squash court and active Golf and Bridge societies. Real tennis is the original racket sport from which the modern game of lawn tennis, or tennis, is descended. ... Squash racquet and ball Players in a glass-backed squash court International Squash Singles Court, as specified by the World Squash Federation Squash is an indoor racquet sport that was formerly called Squash racquets, a reference to the squashable soft ball used in the game (compared with the harder ball... Greg Norman on the 18th tee at St Andrews. ... Contract bridge, more usually known as Bridge, is a trick_taking card game for four players who form two partnerships, or sides. The partners on each side sit opposite one another. ...

The club was involved in a minor controversy over its members' persistent refusal to allow female membership well into the 1990s, with club ballots on the change, although supported by the officers of the club, unable to attract the two-thirds majority amongst the membership required for implementation. Eventually, the British Government intervened threatening to cut lottery funding from the club on the grounds it was being sexist [1]. A 70% majority of members eventually voted to allow female membership in September 1998, so ending 212 years of male exclusivity. Up until this time Her Majesty the Queen, as the club's patron, was the only woman (other than domestic staff) permitted to enter the Pavilion during play. [2] Later five women were invited to join as playing members. [3] The United Kingdom is a unitary state and a democratic constitutional monarchy. ... A play here! sign outside a newsagent, incorporating the National Lotterys logo of a stylised hand with crossed fingers. ... It has been suggested that Sex discrimination be merged into this article or section. ... Elizabeth II in an official portrait as Queen of Canada (on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee in 2002, wearing the Sovereigns badges of the Order of Canada and the Order of Military Merit) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) (born 21 April 1926), styled HM The...

Further controversy occurred in 2005 when the club was criticised (including by some of its own members) [4] for siding with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) over the latter's decision to award television rights for Test cricket to British Sky Broadcasting. The Chief Executive of the MCC Roger Knight represents MCC on the board of the ECB and was party to this controversial and much criticised decision. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is the governing body of cricket in England and Wales. ... A Test match in progress. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Roger David Verdon Knight is an English administrator, cricketer and schoolmaster. ...

Another controversy was the MCC's decision to allow members and other spectators to continue to bring limited amounts of alcoholic drinks into the ground at all matches. This decision challenged the ICC which was attempting to implement a ban on this practice at all international matches around the world. ICC logo The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the governing body for international Test match and One-day International cricket. ...

The M.C.C. has traditionally produced The M.C.C. Coaching manual, a bible for traditional cricket skills. The M.C.C. Coaching manual is the popular name for , a manual of cricket skills produced by the Marylebone Cricket Club (M.C.C.). The book outlined the traditional approaches to batting, bowling and fielding. ...

See also: Middlesex County Cricket Club. Middlesex County Cricket Club is a first-class cricket club in England, named after the historic county of Middlesex in which their home ground, Lords Cricket Ground in London, is located. ...

See also

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External links

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• Official ECB website
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