Lord's
| The Home of Cricket | |||||
Lord's Pavilion | |||||
Interactive map of Lord's Cricket Ground | |||||
| Ground information | |||||
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| Location | St John's Wood, London NW8, England | ||||
| Country | United Kingdom | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°31′46″N 0°10′22″W / 51.5294°N 0.1727°W | ||||
| Establishment | 1787 at Lord's Old Ground; 1811; at Lord's Middle Ground; 1814 at the present Lord's Cricket Ground | ||||
| Capacity | 31,100 | ||||
| Owner | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||
| Tenants | England and Wales Cricket Board | ||||
| Website | lords.org | ||||
| End names | |||||
| Nursery End Pavilion End | |||||
| International information | |||||
| First Test | 21–23 July 1884: England v Australia | ||||
| Last Test | 10–14 July 2025: England v India | ||||
| First ODI | 26 August 1972: England v Australia | ||||
| Last ODI | 4 September 2025: England v South Africa | ||||
| First T20I | 5 June 2009: England v Netherlands | ||||
| Last T20I | 29 July 2018: Nepal v Netherlands | ||||
| First WODI | 4 August 1976: England v Australia | ||||
| Last WODI | 19 July 2025: England v India | ||||
| First WT20I | 21 June 2009: England v New Zealand | ||||
| Last WT20I | 17 July 2024: England v New Zealand | ||||
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| As of 15 June 2025 Source: ESPNcricinfo | |||||
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.
Lord's today is not on its original 18th-century site; it is the third of three grounds which Thomas Lord established between 1787 and 1814. His first ground, now referred to as Lord's Old Ground, was where Dorset Square now stands. Lord's Middle Ground was in use from 1811 to 1813, before being abandoned for the construction of Regent's Canal which carved its way through the outfield. Lord's present ground is about 250 yards (230 m) north-west of the previous Middle Ground site. The ground can hold 31,100 spectators, its capacity increasing between 2017 and 2022 as part of MCC's ongoing redevelopment plans.