Lord's cricket ground

Lord's Cricket Ground

Panoramic view of Lord's Cricket Ground
Ground information
Location	St John's Wood London, NW8 United Kingdom
Coordinates	51°31′46″N 0°10′22″W / 51.5294°N 0.1727°W / 51.5294; -0.1727Coordinates: 51°31′46″N 0°10′22″W / 51.5294°N 0.1727°W / 51.5294; -0.1727
Establishment	1814
Capacity	28,000
Owner	Marylebone Cricket Club
Tenants	England and Wales Cricket Board
End names
Pavilion end Nursery end
International information
First Test	21–23 July 1884:  England v  Australia
Last Test	14–18 July 2016:  England v  Pakistan
First ODI	26 August 1972:  England v  Australia
Last ODI	27 August 2016:  England v  Pakistan
First T20I	5 June 2009:  England v  Netherlands
Last T20I	21 June 2009:  Pakistan v  Sri Lanka
Team information
Marylebone Cricket Club (1814 – present) Middlesex (1877 – present)
As of 27 August 2016 Source: ESPNcricinfo

Lord's, also known as Lord's Cricket Ground, 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.

Lord's today is not on its original site, being the third of three grounds that Lord established between 1787 and 1814. His first ground, now referred to as Lord's Old Ground, was where Dorset Square now stands. His second ground, Lord's Middle Ground, was used from 1811 to 1813 before being abandoned to make way for the construction through its outfield of the Regent's Canal. The present Lord's ground is about 250 yards (230 m) north-west of the site of the Middle Ground. The ground can hold 28,000 spectators. Proposals are being developed to increase capacity and amenity. As of December 2013^[update], it was proposed to redevelop the ground at a cost of around £200 million over a 14-year period.

The current ground celebrated its two hundredth anniversary in 2014. To mark the occasion, on 5 July an MCC XI captained by Sachin Tendulkar played a Rest of the World XI led by Shane Warne in a 50 overs match.