Editing Lord's (section)

{{short description|Cricket venue in St John's Wood, London}}
{{About|the cricket ground||Lords (disambiguation){{!}}Lords}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2011}}
{{Infobox cricket ground
|       ground_name = Lord's Cricket Ground
|          nickname = The Home of Cricket
|        logo_image = [[File:Lord's Cricket Ground logo.svg|200px]]
|             image = Lords-Cricket-Ground-Pavilion-06-08-2017.jpg
|        image_size = 250px
|           caption = The Pavilion
|           country = England
|          location = [[St John's Wood]], [[Westminster]], Greater London, England
| coordinates       = {{Coord|51.5294|N|0.1727|W|type:landmark_scale:2000_region:GB|display=it}}
|     establishment = {{start date and age|df=yes|1814}}
|  seating_capacity = 31,100<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thecricketpaper.com/latest-news-international-news-2/381441/lords-cleared-to-have-full-capacity-for-england-pakistan-odi/ |title=Lord's cleared to have full capacity for England-Pakistan ODI |work=The Cricket Paper |date=2 July 2021 |access-date=16 April 2022 |archive-date=24 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524195449/https://www.thecricketpaper.com/latest-news-international-news-2/381441/lords-cleared-to-have-full-capacity-for-england-pakistan-odi/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|             owner = [[Marylebone Cricket Club]]
|           tenants = [[England and Wales Cricket Board]]
|           website = {{URL|https://www.lords.org/|lords.org}}
|              end1 = Nursery End [[File:LordsCricketGroundPitchDimensions.svg|200px]]
|              end2 = Pavilion End
|     international = true
|     firsttestdate = 21–23 July
|     firsttestyear = 1884
|     firsttesthome = England
|     firsttestaway = Australia
|   firsttestawayvar = colonial
|      lasttestdate = 29 August – 1 September
|      lasttestyear = 2024
|      lasttesthome = England
|      lasttestaway = Sri Lanka
|      firstodidate = 26 August
|      firstodiyear = 1972
|      firstodihome = England
|      firstodiaway = Australia
|       lastodidate = 27 September
|       lastodiyear = 2024
|       lastodihome = England
|       lastodiaway = Australia
|     firstt20idate = 5 June
|     firstt20iyear = 2009
|     firstt20ihome = England
|     firstt20iaway = Netherlands
|     lastt20idate  = 29 July
|     lastt20iyear  = 2018
|     lastt20ihome  = Nepal
|     lastt20iaway  = Netherlands

|      firstwodidate = 4 August
|      firstwodiyear = 1976
|      firstwodihome = England
|      firstwodiaway = Australia
|       lastwodidate = 24 September
|       lastwodiyear = 2022
|       lastwodihome = England
|       lastwodiaway = India
|     firstwt20idate = 21 June
|     firstwt20iyear = 2009
|     firstwt20ihome = England
|     firstwt20iaway = New Zealand
|      lastwt20idate = 17 July
|      lastwt20iyear = 2024
|      lastwt20ihome = England
|      lastwt20iaway = New Zealand
|             year2 = 1877 – present
|             club2 = [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]]
|             year1 = 1814 – present
|             club1 = [[Marylebone Cricket Club]]
|             date = 27 September
|             year = 2024
|            source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/global/content/ground/57129.html ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Lord's Cricket Ground''', commonly known as '''Lord's''', is a [[cricket]] [[List of Test cricket grounds|venue]] in [[St John's Wood]], [[Westminster]]. Named after its founder, [[Thomas Lord]], it is owned by [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC) and is the home of [[Middlesex County Cricket Club]], the [[England and Wales Cricket Board]] (ECB), the [[ICC Europe]] and, until August 2005, the [[International Cricket Council]] (ICC). Lord's is widely referred to as the ''Home of Cricket''<ref>{{cite web|title=Lord's|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/ground/57129.html|publisher=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=22 August 2009|archive-date=11 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911140641/http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/ground/57129.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and has the world's oldest sporting museum.<ref>[http://www.lords.org/history/mcc-museum/ MCC museum] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212164502/http://www.lords.org/history/mcc-museum/ |date=12 February 2007 }} Lords.org webpage</ref>

Lord's today is not on its original site; it is the third of three grounds that Lord established between 1787 and 1814. His first ground, now referred to as [[Lord's Old Ground]], was where [[Dorset Square]] now stands. His second ground, [[Lord's Middle Ground]], was used from 1811 to 1813 before being abandoned to make way for the construction through its outfield of the [[Regent's Canal]]. The present Lord's ground is about {{convert|250|yd}} north-west of the site of the Middle Ground. The ground can hold 31,100 spectators, the capacity having increased between 2017 and 2022 as part of MCC's ongoing redevelopment plans.