Lord’s is a one-of-a-kind athletic stadium that will host the ICC World Test Championship Final for the first time in 2025. To properly understand its history and magnificence, you must experience it firsthand.
With its historic pavilion and Long Room, it distinguishes out as a sporting arena that honours its legacy and traditions.
Lord’s, located in St John’s Wood, a prosperous district of north-west London, has hosted Test matches since 1884 and has seen a slew of historic moments worthy of its cherished epithet, ‘The Home of Cricket’.
The ICC World Test Championship Final 2025, when South Africa faces Australia from June 11 to 15, will join a long list of cricket matches held at Lord’s.
Lord’s hosted its first international Test between England and Australia in 1884, however the venue itself dates back to 1814.
The hallowed field has since hosted performances such as Don Bradman’s legendary 254 in the 1930 Ashes and Graham Gooch’s 333 for England against India in 1990, which remains the greatest individual Test score at the venue.
Lord’s has hosted the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Final five times, the most recent being the memorable 2019 match between England and New Zealand.
It has also hosted the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Final twice, the most recent in 2017, when England defeated India in a thrilling final.
Stars from South Africa and Australia will seek to join some of the game’s best players on Lord’s famed honours boards, which are located in the pavilion and celebrate centurions and bowlers who have taken five wickets in an innings or ten in a match.
It is one of the many traditions at the famed stadium, which also includes batters’ notorious stroll through the Long Room when called to the crease.
The Long Room also houses portraits of the greats of English and international cricket, including W.G. Grace, Charlotte Edwards, Sir Ian Botham, and Shane Warne.
Some traditions at the ancient location are newer, such as the ceremonial ringing of the five-minute bell, which was established in 2007, and is currently bestowed on figures in the sport.
Those seeking an extra slice of history need not look far, since Lord’s is home to the MCC Museum, one of the world’s oldest sports museums. Its collection contains the inaugural Men’s and Women’s Cricket World Cup trophies, as well as the original Ashes urn.
Lord’s has hosted more than only cricket; actual tennis and rackets are still played on the same grounds, while baseball, hockey, and lacrosse have all been played there in the past. It also held archery during the London 2012 Olympics.
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