Former prime minister Sir John Major is not one for making a fuss. So the Knight of the Garter is set to semaphore his displeasure at the chopping-back of radical plans to redevelop Lord's through the simple expedient of backing an application from the champion of the original 2009 Vision for Lord's to be reinstated to the MCC Committee... more
Robert Griffiths is one very upset Queen's Counsel. Four years of unpaid toil pulling together a £400 million redevelopment plan for Lord's has been rewarded with expulsion from the MCC Committee and the dissolution of his 11-strong advisory group... more
Some good news for the Marylebone Cricket Club. JPMorgan, arguably Wall Street's most successful bank, has stepped in with a major, four-year sponsorship deal for Lord's, including its media centre... more
Prestigious pre-Wimbledon tennis tournament could be staged at Lord's as cricket chiefs seek to make up for falling revenues at the world's most famous ground... more
The Queen's speech is accompanied by all the usual pomp and circumstance (excepting the Speaker’s decision to dress down) but it has, nonetheless, an air of unreality... more
England may have given the world Twenty20 cricket in 2003, but after the remarkable success of the Indian Premier League, the English have been struggling to catch up... more
Cricket: Mahaela Jayawardene, one of the survivors of the Lahore terror attack, has underlined the new reality for cricketers across the world by saying: "This could have happened anywhere."... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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