Spiritual home – Lord’s cricket ground in London, the headquarters of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), is often referred to as the ‘home of cricket’
Two of English cricket’s oldest fixtures, Oxford v Cambridge and Eton v Harrow will no longer be staged annually at Lord’s after this year, ending a tradition stretching back 200 years and which once enjoyed the sight of poet Lord Byron strolling to the wicket.
Eton and Harrow, two of England’s oldest and most exclusive fee-paying schools, have played each other at Lord’s since the early 19th century, with the poet George Byron taking part in the inaugural 1805 edition.