Live ball-by-ball audio commentary of selected matches from Lord's Cricket Ground

MCC's ball-by-ball audio commentary has ended for 2011.

You can download every match we broadcast, in it's entirety & free of charge, from the 'Listen again' section.

Thank you for your support this year, we hope you can join us again in 2012.
Fixtures will be announced in the coming months.

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You can send questions or comments to the commentary team by emailing ballbyball@lords.org

MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture

2011 - Kumar Sangakkara

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Commentators

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Commentary Schedule

• Our 2011 coverage has now finished. Keep an eye on this page for details of 2012 matches.

The BBC cover the major Lord's matches on TMS and Middlesex games on BBC London.

Visually impaired spectators can listen to the commentary at the ground - obtain a headset from stewards or the Head Steward's Office (which is located at the back of the Mound Stand).

Technical Help / Troubleshooting:

Any piece of hardware or software that supports streaming MP3 (virtually everything) should be able to play the audio. It is DRM free with a (variable) bit rate of 70KB. You can listen in your web browser if you have Flash 10 or above, or simply use any of these compatible programs:

• Windows Media Player
• Winamp
• iTunes
• VLC Media Player
• RealPlayer
• All iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch, Nokia Internet Tablets
• Any device that supports streaming MP3

Weather Forecast

• BBC
• Met Office
• Meteogroup
• The Weather Channel

Listen Again & Archive Recordings

All of our 2011 commentary is available to download directly from the site, free of charge.
The files are in MP3 and Ogg Vorbis format.

Listen again:

• Eton v Harrow - Sat 25 June - Full commentary (6h08m) mp3 211MB – ogg vorbis 172MB – Scorecard (pdf)
• MCCU Challenge Final - Mon 27 June - Cardiff (255/7) beat Durham (228) by 27 runs – Scorecard (pdf)
  Cardiff innings (3h13m) mp3 111MB – ogg vorbis 84MB
  Durham innings (3h13m) mp3 111MB – ogg vorbis 85MB
• Inter Services Twenty20 - Tue 28 June
  • 1st match: RAF beat Navy by 6 wickets. Listen again: (2h39m) mp3 91MB – ogg 65MB
  • 2nd match: Army v Navy - cancelled, 1 point each (no play possible between 1pm & 4.30pm)
  • 3rd match: RAF beat Army by 38 runs. Listen again: (2h41m) mp3 93MB – ogg 68MB
• Women's ODI: - Tue 5 July - Australia 169/3 (35/50) beat England 168 (48) by 7 wickets – Scorecard (pdf)
  Listen again: England innings mp3 100MB – ogg 74MB – Australia innings mp3 81MB – ogg 57MB
• National Village Cup Final: - Sun 4 Sep - Woodhouses 112/1 bt Rottingdean 54/8 by 58 runs (10 overs/side, rain) Scorecard (pdf) Listen again: Full day including abandoned match & rain breaks mp3 238MB – ogg 197MB (6h55m)
  10-over game mp3 74MB – ogg 61MB (2h10m)
  
• MCC Schools vs ESCA - Mon 5 Sep - Scorecard (pdf)
  ESCA 198 all out, MCC Schools 175/3 (win by 7 wkts on Duckworth/Lewis, revised target 174)
  Listen Again: ESCA innings: (3h23m) mp3 116MB - ogg 90MB MCC innings: (2h32m) mp3 87MB - ogg 67MB

Fixtures from previous seasons are also available on request (also on CD and DVD) but please note it may be a while before we can retrieve them for you.