ANDY Roddick has made a shock exit from the US Open at the hands of lowly ranked Serb Janko Tipsarevic.

CLINT McKay has missed selection in favour of novice seamers Peter George and Josh Hazlewood as part of the Australian Test squad for India.

ANY Pakistan player found guilty of match-fixing should be banned for life, Shane Warne said today.

LIBBY Trickett's comeback may stall as FINA's anti-doping rules set to prevent her from qualifying for next year's world swimming championships.

MICK Fanning is keeping cool about his chances of retaining the world surfing title after advancing to the Billabong Pro Tahiti fourth round.

SAM Stosur beat Anastasia Rodionova in an all-Australian clash at  the US Open today and Kim Clijsters beat Melbourne's Sally Peers in straight sets.

AUSTRALIA suffered a frustrating setback at the basketball world championships, going down to Serbia 94-79 in Turkey today

A FIGHTING 6-3 victory over India has left the Hockeyroos unbeaten after two matches at the World Cup in Argentina.

NRL boss David Gallop will face angry Storm players today for the first time since punishing the club over the salary cap breaches.

SPECULATION is growing in South Africa that Springboks coach Peter de Villiers could be sacked as early as this weekend.

MCC member access to Lord's 2009 cricket - update

Nov 08, 2008

Lord's cricket groundBookings have now closed for MCC Full members who reside outside of England to apply for entry tickets to Lord’s for the Test match and one-day internationals being played on Australia’s 2009 Ashes tour.

Although not previously advised, members need to be aware that they are unable to alter their ticket selections once the club has submitted them to Lord’s.

By lodging the ticket booking order form to the club, members are committing to make payment for the tickets accordingly.

Also, members need to be aware that the club will need to purchase the tickets from Lord’s based on the exchange rate at the time and the total cost of the ticket purchase price will be borne by the member.

There is a daily limit of one ticket per member and one for a guest for the following matches:

Test match
England v Australia - July 16 to July 20

One-Day internationals
England v Australia - September 6
England v Australia - September 12

For the first three days of the Test match and the one-day internationals, all tickets will be allocated as reserved seats in the Public Stands.

For the fourth and fifth days of the Test, the tickets will comprise reserved seats in the Public Stands or a member may make application for a 'Reciprocal Guest Pass' (£24) that will allow access to the Members Pavilion and Members' Friends Enclosures (Warner Stand, Tavern Stand and Allen Stand Lower Tier).

Rover tickets are also available for unreserved seats in the Members' Friends Enclosures.

Prices
Test match         Public Stand Tickets                                                Rover Tickets
Day 1                    £95 (Adults) and £30 (Child u/16)
Day 2                    £95 (Adults) and £30 (Child u/16)
Day 3                    £75 (Adults) and £20 (Child u/16)
Day 4                    £70 (Adults) and £20 (Child u/16)                       No longer available  
Day 5                    £25 (Adults) and £10 (Child u/16)                       £25 (Adults) and £10 (Child u/16) 

One-day internationals
 £75 (Adults) and £20 (Child u/16)

If you have further queries, please contact Member and Customer Services on (03) 9657 8888.

Please note: Members who will be travelling to the UK in 2009 as an MCC official touring party will have separate ticketing arrangements and do not need to follow this process.