Lord's Cricket Ground

Lord's Cricket Ground is situated in the London district of St. John's Wood, and was built in 1814 by Thomas Lord. It has been used by the England cricket team since 1884, and is also the seat of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), the official body of cricket in England and Wales, the European Cricket Council (ECC), an international body which oversees cricket in European countries, and Middlesex County Cricket Club, one of the eighteen major English clubs. The stadium hosts games and cricket competition, and has also held the occasional baseball game and the archery at the 2012 Olympics.