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Our Barclays Knight-Stokes Cup Semi-Finalists are confirmed!

At Headingley on Monday, Sir Thomas Rich’s (Gloucs) will take on Altrincham Grammar School (Cheshire) in the boys’ match before Ecclesbourne School (Derbyshire) battle it out against Pen*stone Grammar School (Yorkshire) in the girls’ fixture.

The boys’ match at Wormsley on Thursday sees Queen Elizabeth Barnet (Middlesex) play John Hampden Grammar School (Bucks) before the girls at Bournemouth School for Girls (Dorset) and Chelmsford County High School (Essex) compete for the chance to play at Lord’s on Thursday 10 September.

Good luck to our final eight schools!

Thank you, Sarah.

Our incredible Executive Director Dr Sarah Fane will be leaving the MCC Foundation in November after years of love, care and immense dedication to growing MCCF, ensuring we continue to have an impact on thousands of children worldwide. Few people in cricket can say they have had as positive and progressive effect on the game as Sarah.

The County finals in the Barclays Knight-Stokes Cup are over and the National Rounds begin today. We had a landmark moment at Sussex last week with the first match in the competition at the home of a first-class county as the Sussex Finals were held at The County Ground, Hove.
 
We are immensely gratitude to everyone at the Sussex Cricket Foundation for their hospitality and congratulations to BACA (boys and girls), Midhurst Rother College (boys) and Downlands (girls) who have all made it through to the last 64.
 
You can see all 128 teams who have qualified for the National Rounds at lords.org/Barclays-knight-stokes-cup.

It was truly an honour to host the Afghan Refugee Women’s XI in the first match of their UK tour yesterday. Our connection with these remarkable Afghan women began with the establishment of the Global Cricket Refugee Fund and MCCF will continue to support refugees and displaced people around the world.
 
They played an MCCF Select XI comprising girls from our MCCF Hubs in a T20 at the beautiful Wormsley Cricket Ground. The match was a thriller, with the tourists winning by two wickets!
 
The collaboration between ICC, ECB, MCC, Cricket Australia and Pitch Our Future to help these inspiring cricketers is a testament to what the cricket community can do on a global stage.

Fantastic to see so many youngsters from state schools already getting involved in the Barclays Knight-Stokes Cup 🏏

Today, Chris Woakes has returned to his former school, Barr Beacon to soak up the action and to show off our shiny new trophy to the players 🏆🤩

It’s all go here at the Grey Coat Hospital School this morning for the launch of the 2026 Barclays Knight Stokes Cup 🏆🏆

The girls have been taking part in a lively coaching session, showing off their skills and looking the part for the media in attendance 📸

More than 1,100 boys’ and girls’ teams from state schools all across the UK (representing approximately one fifth of all state secondary schools) will be battling it out this summer for a place in the finals at Lord's Cricket Ground on 10 September 🏏

Barclays UK The Black Heart Foundation

What a fantastic day in Mumbai! As part of our Cricket Unites initiative, which uses cricket to support young people in seven countries worldwide, over 100 girls from our MCCF Hubs in India are taking part in a festival of cricket at the famous Brabourne Stadium.

With support from Barclays and our delivery partners, OSCAR and The Right Pitch, we are providing free access to cricket for young girls across six cricket hubs in Mumbai and Pune.