MCC Women

Year by year, women's teams account for an increasingly important part of MCC's cricket-playing programme.

The 2008 season saw the MCC Women team go on tour to the Channel Islands, facing players from both Jersery and Guernsey - as well as offering coaching advice to local youngsters and keen cricketers.

During 2007 MCC Women faced a New Zealand touring side at Taunton. Later in the year came an historic all MCC Women match on the Nursery Ground at Lord's, titled as Lord's Ladies v Marylebone Maidens.

In February 2006, an MCC Women's team visited Galle and Matara in Sri Lanka in association with the 'Twins' charity. More photos and details about the charity can be found on the Twins website.

Back in Britain, one of the highlights of their eventful 2006 season was MCC v India at Uppingham School in early August.

After a badly rain-affected 2004 season, MCC women had an extremely busy summer in 2005 - playing around 25 matches (and losing only four of them). Their many victories included emphatic wins over Loughborough UCCE, the Royal Air Force and the Combined Services.

In 2003, they completed sixteen domestic fixtures against opponents including Surrey, South Africa and Oxford University; in addition, a squad toured Luxembourg in June.

In 2002, the Club's women's teams took part in thirteen fixtures, including a game against India and a match against Sirens CC at Broadhalfpenny Down - the 'cradle of cricket'.

In 2001, for example, an MCC women's team undertook its first overseas tour, to The Netherlands, and played the national team on three occasions - winning twice.