Our Women Go Back to Lord's

Last year, we were honoured to have been invited to play at THE Lord's cricket ground in St John's Wood. We had an amazing day, and made life-long memories playing on the hallowed turf. We couldn't have been more surprised then, but then this year the email came through asking us to play AGAIN! What an honour.

It felt only right that we took a completely new look team to experience taking the footsteps of hundreds of international players, and ticking off bucket list items! We arrived at the ground, and walked round the stands before being shown to our changing room for the day, aka the Committee Room. We then made our way through the Long Room to the benches to watch the first T20 of the day: Gunnersbury vs MCC Women. It was a great chance to further bond as a team before the tour of the ground. We headed up to the media centre for one of the best views of the ground and pavilion. 

The warm up then began on the nursery ground, so we perfected our batting and bowling in the nets and the outfield before heading on to the main event. We walked out through the ride, and took in the views of the thousands of seats! We had an upgraded pitch from last year, this time right in front of the pavilion. We had been matched against Kings Langley, a club from Hertfordshire. It was a hard fought match that didn't go in our favour but that did not matter. We had scored fours, sixes and taken wickets where some of our favourite players had once stood.

We ended the day by getting back in our smart attire, having birthday cake and a drink in the pavilion in front of the second T20. It was yet another amazing day celebrating women's cricket across the UK, and at Merstham where our women and girls' section has grown and progressed so much over the last 5 years. We were truly honoured to have been given this opportunity again, and we hope that it acts as a source of inspiration for our team, particularly for our younger members who showed Lord's just what (the main) MCC is all about!