Lord's Cricket Ground | |||
Country | England | ||
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Location | St John's Wood, London | ||
Establishment | 1814 | ||
Seating capacity | 28,000 | ||
Owner | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||
Ends | Pavilion End Nursery End | ||
First Test | 21 July 1884: England v Australia | ||
Last Test | 13 July 2010: Pakistan v Australia | ||
First ODI | 26 August 1972: England v Australia | ||
Last ODI | 22 June 2010: England v Australia | ||
Marylebone Cricket Club (1814 – present) Middlesex (1877 – present) | |||
As of | 14 July 2010 |
Lord's Cricket Ground (generally 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 European Cricket Council (ECC) and, until August 2005, the International Cricket Council (ICC). Lord's is widely referred to as the "home of cricket" and is home to the world's oldest sporting museum.