What is MCC?
MCC is short form for Marylebone Cricket Club. It is a private cricket club which owns and has its headquarters at Lord’s Cricket Ground in St. John’s Wood, London.
The exact year of the foundation of MCC is not known. Lord’s ground was first opened in 1787, and the players who had been known as ‘White Conduit Club’ moved to the ground and since then adopted the name of Marylebone Cricket Club, as its was located in Marylebone.
The MCC began to revise the Laws in 1788. Till the formation of the Cricket Council in the 1960s, they were involved in the running of cricket in England at the national and county levels.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
What is MCC?
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