Editing Lord's (section)

===21st–century developments===
Lord's hosted its one-hundredth Test match in June 2000, with England defeating the West Indies by two wickets; the match was also notable for the 21 wickets which fell on the second day, the most to fall in a day in a Test at Lord's since 1888.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lords.org/lords/our-history/father-time-wall/2000-england-beat-west-indies-in-the-100th-lord-s|title=England beat West Indies in 100th Lord's Test|publisher=www.lords.org|access-date=6 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190927/https://www.lords.org/lords/our-history/father-time-wall/2000-england-beat-west-indies-in-the-100th-lord-s|url-status=live}}</ref> The ground also hosted The University Match over three days for the last time in 2000, after which the match alternated between [[Fenner's]] at Cambridge and [[University Parks#Cricket ground|University Parks]] at Oxford.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/6630947.cricket-varsity-game-may-switch-lords/|title=Cricket: Varsity game may switch from Lord's|date=7 July 2000|work=[[Oxford Mail]]|access-date=4 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190335/https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/6630947.cricket-varsity-game-may-switch-lords/|url-status=live}}</ref> The fixture has continued at Lord's since 2001 as a one-day limited overs match.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/6630332.cricket-lords-varsity-one-day/|title=Cricket: Lord's Varsity to be one-day|date=24 July 2000|work=[[Oxford Mail]]|access-date=7 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185902/https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/6630332.cricket-lords-varsity-one-day/|url-status=live}}</ref> At the start of the 21st–century, the Lord's slope which provides a benefit to both [[Seam bowling|seam bowlers]] and [[Swing bowling|swing bowlers]] from the Pavilion and Nursery Ends respectively, was under threat of being levelled due to the advent of [[Cricket pitch#Drop-in pitches|drop-in pitches]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/4776895/Slopes-future-in-balance.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/4776895/Slopes-future-in-balance.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-status=live|title=Slope's future in balance|first=Simon|last=Briggs|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=19 May 2001|access-date=1 January 2015|url-access=subscription}}{{cbignore}}</ref> However, the MCC resisted these calls as levelling the pitch would require the rebuilding of Lord's and would mean Test cricket would not be able to be played there for five years. The outfield was notorious for becoming waterlogged due to the clay soil, which resulted in considerable lost match time. The entire outfield was relaid in the winter of 2002 with the clay soil being replaced with sand, which has improved drainage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pitchcare.com/news-media/mallinsons-win-bali-principal-award.html|title=Mallinsons win BALI Principal Award|first=David|last=Saltman|work=www.pitchcare.com|date=27 November 2003|access-date=7 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184644/https://www.pitchcare.com/news-media/mallinsons-win-bali-principal-award.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Lord's hosted its first [[Twenty20]] match in the second edition of the [[Twenty20 Cup]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/warwickshire/3256040.stm|title=Lord's admits Twenty20 Cup|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=2 December 2003|access-date=5 July 2021|archive-date=9 May 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040509081246/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/warwickshire/3256040.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2005 the [[International Cricket Council]] (formerly the Imperial Cricket Conference) headquarters, which had been located at Lord's since its foundation in 1909,<ref>{{cite web |title=ICC ponders Lord's move |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/3532281.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=5 July 2021 |date=4 March 2004 |archive-date=3 June 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040603043435/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/3532281.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> were closed and moved to the [[Dubai Sports City]] in the United Arab Emirates.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cricket chiefs move base to Dubai |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/4326601.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=5 July 2021 |date=7 March 2005 |archive-date=18 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070218140252/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/4326601.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Lordsatnight.jpg|thumb|left|A floodlit [[Twenty20]] match at Lord's between Middlesex and Kent in 2009.]]
Temporary [[Floodlights (sport)|floodlights]] were installed at the ground in 2007, but were removed in 2008 after complaints of [[light pollution]] from local residents. In January 2009, [[Westminster City Council]] approved the use of new 48 metre high retractable floodlights designed to minimise light spillage into nearby homes. Conditions of the approval included a five-year trial period during which up to 12 matches and 4 practice matches could be played under the lights from April to September. The lights must be dimmed to half-strength at 9.50&nbsp;pm and be switched off by 11&nbsp;pm. The floodlights were first used successfully on 27 May 2009 during the Twenty20 Cup match between Middlesex and [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport/cricket/lords-floodlights-just-isnt-cricket-6007403|title=Lord's floodlights just 'isn't cricket'|work=Get West London|date=2 June 2009|access-date=6 July 2021|archive-date=1 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801003956/https://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport/cricket/lords-floodlights-just-isnt-cricket-6007403|url-status=live}}</ref> Two weeks after the first use of the floodlights, Lord's hosted its first [[Twenty20 International]] in the [[2009 ICC World Twenty20|World Twenty20]] between England and the [[Netherlands national cricket team|Netherlands]], which resulted in a shock last-ball win for the associate nation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-world-twenty20-2009-335113/england-vs-netherlands-1st-match-group-b-355991/match-report|title=de Grooth leads Netherlands to famous win|first=Andrew|last=McGlashan|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=5 June 2009|access-date=6 July 2021|archive-date=28 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228190029/https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-world-twenty20-2009-335113/england-vs-netherlands-1st-match-group-b-355991/match-report|url-status=live}}</ref> Lord's held the [[2009 ICC World Twenty20 Final|final of the competition]] between [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] and [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]], which Pakistan won by 8 wickets.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/jun/21/pakistan-sri-lanka-world-twenty20-final|title=Pakistan v Sri Lanka – as it happened|first=Rob|last=Smyth|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=21 June 2009|access-date=7 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184914/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/jun/21/pakistan-sri-lanka-world-twenty20-final|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2008 plans were drawn up by the MCC committee to fund the future £250 million development of the ground by constructing residential apartments and a luxury hotel along the Wellington Road and Grove End Road.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/new-housing-set-to-pay-for-250m-redeveloped-lord-s-7649424|title=New housing set to pay for £250m redeveloped Lord's|publisher=[[Archant#Weekly paid newspapers|Ham & High]]|date=4 July 2008|access-date=7 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184640/https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/new-housing-set-to-pay-for-250m-redeveloped-lord-s-7649424|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Lord's Masterplan was unveiled in 2013, which is a twenty-year plan to redevelop the ground and improve its facilities. The first phase of the masterplan involved the demolition and replacement of the Warner Stand with a new stand, which was built between 2015 and 2017. The new stand has improved facilities for match officials and reduced the number of restricted view spectator seats from 600 to 100.<ref name="MAS">{{cite web|url=https://www.lords.org/lords/our-history/the-future|title=The Masterplan|publisher=www.lords.org|access-date=23 July 2021|archive-date=20 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620043117/https://www.lords.org/lords/our-history/the-future|url-status=live}}</ref> Phase two of the masterplan involved the demolition of the Compton and Edrich Stands in 2019, with their replacements being completed in 2021; these provided an extra 2,000 seats and for the first time were linked by a walkway bridge.<ref name="MAS"/>

Lord's celebrated the [[Bicentenary Celebration match|two hundredth anniversary]] of its current ground in 2014. To mark the occasion, an MCC XI captained by [[Sachin Tendulkar]] played a Rest of the World XI led by [[Shane Warne]] in a 50-over match.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://cricket.yahoo.com/news/sachin-tendulkar-rahul-dravid-unite-063408729.html|url-status = dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302003921/http://cricket.yahoo.com/news/sachin-tendulkar-rahul-dravid-unite-063408729.html |archive-date=2 March 2014 |title = Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid re-unite; to face off against Shane Warne again|date = 6 February 2014|work = Yahoo! Cricket}}</ref>

Two matches of note were played at the ground in July 2019. The first of these was [[2019 Cricket World Cup Final|2019 World Cup Final]] between England and New Zealand, which ended as a tie with both sides making 241 runs from their 50 overs. The final was then decided by a [[Super Over]], which also ended in a tie. Therefore, the winner was decided on the number of boundaries scored in the game and Super Over; this was England's first World Cup triumph.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-cricket-world-cup-2019-1144415/england-vs-new-zealand-final-1144530/match-report|title=Epic final tied, Super Over tied, England win World Cup on boundary count|first=Alan|last=Gardner|date=14 July 2019 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=23 July 2021|archive-date=12 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712100707/https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-cricket-world-cup-2019-1144415/england-vs-new-zealand-final-1144530/match-report|url-status=live}}</ref> A second match of note followed four days later when [[Ireland cricket team|Ireland]] played [[Irish cricket team in England in 2019|their first Test match at Lord's]], where they bowled England out for 85 on the first morning of the match with [[Tim Murtagh]] taking 5 for 13. Despite this, in their second innings Ireland were dismissed for 38, the lowest Test total at Lord's and lost the match by 143 runs.<ref name="Lowest">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/18774/report/1152839/day/3/england-vs-ireland-only-test-ireland-tour-of-england-2019|title=Chris Woakes and Stuart Broad wreck Ireland dream in a session|work=ESPNcricinfo|date=26 July 2019|access-date=26 July 2019|archive-date=26 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726111020/https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/18774/report/1152839/day/3/england-vs-ireland-only-test-ireland-tour-of-england-2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

In August 2022 the ground's East Gate was renamed the Heyhoe Flint Gate in honour of Rachael Heyhoe Flint.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lord's gate dedicated to cricket captain Rachael Heyhoe Flint unveiled |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-62577636 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=22 August 2022 |date=17 August 2022 |archive-date=21 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821160913/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-62577636 |url-status=live }}</ref>