Question

which club became the first to revise the laws and guardian of cricket’s regulation in 1788 ?
A. YMCA
B. BCCI
C. ICC
D. MCC

Answer 1

Hint: Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at the Lord's Cricket Ground, which owns it, in St John's Wood, London. The club was previously the governing body of cricket and still holds considerable global influence.

Step by step solution - The Marylebone Cricket Club was founded in 1787, with its first match as a cricket ground set up by Thomas Lord, an aspiring entrepreneur between Middlesex and Essex - on the grounds of Dorset Fields in Maryland. The following year, the MCC set out a code of law that details wickets for 22 yards and how players can be dismissed. Its laws were adopted throughout the game and clubs today remain the custodians and arbiters of laws related to cricket around the world. In 1814 the MCC moved to a new rural ground in St. John's Wood - which remains their home to this day. A decade later, when Thomas Lord was 70, he sold the grounds to Bank of England director William Ward for £ 5,400. After providing Marylebone Cricket Club with a ground for 38 years, Lord retired before his demise after seven years but his name survives. In the 1870s, the MCC decided that it wanted to join county cricket, which was growing in popularity, and, in 1877, it invited Middlesex to adopt it as Lord's county ground, an arrangement Which continues even after 140 years. In 1877 the MCC sent James Lillywhite and the England team to Australia, which would become the first official Test match - though it was not until 26 years later, in 1903, that the MCC took responsibility for England's tours in an official capacity. One of the most famous players of MCC, and one of the greatest cricketers to play the game, Drs. WG Grace gave the club even more recognition for his monumental performances and his stature as one of Britain's first sporting personalities. His painting by Archibald Stuart-Wortley was presented to the club in 1890 and still hangs in the famous Long Room. At the turn of the century, the Board of Control for Cricket in India, the Advisory County Cricket Committee and the Imperial Cricket Conference were established to cater to developments in domestic and international cricket. These bodies existed until 1968 when a major reorganization of cricket took place in England.

So option D is the correct answer.

Note - Since the MCC was a private club, it could not obtain public funds, so it established a Cricket Council, the governing body of cricket and the Test and County Cricket Board (TCCB) to conduct professional sports. It also changed its MCC Cricket Association to the National Cricket Association (NCA) to take care of recreational sports. As a result, cricket started receiving financial support from the government. In the 1990s, the structure was changed again with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) taking responsibility for all cricket in England from the TCCB, NCA and Cricket Council.