Lord's Cricket Ground

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Lord's hosts Test matches, one day internationals and Middlesex home matches and for the first ever time a Twenty 20 Cup match between Middlesex and Sussex in July 2004.

Related Topics:
Test matches - One day international

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Lord's typically hosts the first Test of a rubber, such as The Ashes and the second One-Day match of an English home series. Lord's also often plays host to the second semi-final or the third quarter-final (as well as the overall final) of a County series or championship, as well as the final of the National Village Cricket Cometition.

Related Topics:
Test - The Ashes - One-Day match - County - National Village Cricket Cometition

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The oldest permanent fixture at Lord's (indeed the world) is the annual Eton versus Harrow match which began in 1805 (Lord Byron played in the 1805 Harrow XI) and celebrates its bicentenary in 2005. The match is always fiercely contested. Since 2000 it has been 55 overs per side, but before that it was declaration and before that it was 2 innings per side over 2 days. Eton has the babance of wins, but the victors this year were Harrow.

Related Topics:
Eton - Harrow - 1805 - Lord Byron - 2005 - 2000

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Lord's is also one of the planned venues for the 2012 Summer Olympics. It is envisaged that the archery competitions will take place in front of the Pavilion, with the wicket moved down to the Nursery End with the help of new portable pitch technology.

Related Topics:
2012 Summer Olympics - Archery

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