The MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) committee was set up to discuss global cricket issues but has no legislative power in the game.

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The International Cricket Council and Marylebone Cricket Club, both of whom are housed there, have been the ground's owners since 1866.

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The new 25-day, 57-match tournament, which has been proposed by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Lancashire, Hampshire and Surrey, provoked scepticism by Russell.

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The state of the England team reflects a shift in power away from the Marylebone Cricket Club, which ran world cricket for more than 100 years, and believed that internationals should last five days.

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Nabi's big break came when he was invited to spend three months at the home of English cricket, Lord's, in 2007 as part of the young player program run by the Marylebone Cricket Club -- which governed the sport until the advent of the International Cricket Council in 1993.

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