A south London cricket hero will be heading to Lord’s this summer to watch a major match as a special guest of MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) President Lord Mervyn King after she was voted as an MCC Community Cricket Hero for her work as an administrator at Dulwich Cricket Club.

Jenny Count from Dulwich is one of 11 new Community Cricket Heroes that have been found following a month-long search by MCC and The Cricketer.

She has acted as an age group manager at the club for a number of years. As under-12 age group manager last year, Jenny regularly had three teams playing multiple games each week despite scheduling struggles.

She has also helped to establish a Dulwich Dragons team, which brought together boys and girls from different age groups with the aim of providing children from state schools with improved access to cricket matches.

Jenny Count will be visiting Lord's later this summer to be recognised as an MCC Community Cricket Hero

placeholder image — Jenny Count will be visiting Lord's later this summer to be recognised as an MCC Community Cricket Hero

Jenny’s phenomenal work has also led the club oversees. She has managed three tours since 2022 with Dulwich playing in the Minor Counties Cricket Festival for the last three years, including a match against the Netherlands in 2023.

The Community Cricket Heroes campaign, which is run in conjunction with The Cricketer magazine, launched in March 2022 and celebrates the grassroots game and the thousands of people who support it and make it happen.

Now in its third year, a team of 11 winners were selected from nominations from across the nation which were received by MCC. A special panel, which included Ricky Reynolds, Dr Sarah Fane, Arfan Akram, Huw Turbervill and one of last year’s winners Nav Gahonia, who has gone above and beyond to provide opportunities for girls to play and enjoy the sport, chose them.

MCC President Lord Mervyn King commented:“It has been a privilege to be a part of the MCC Community Cricket Heroes campaign and read all about the incredible individuals doing wonderful things for the grassroots game and their communities.

“I am really looking forward to welcoming them all to Lord’s later this year and hearing about all the remarkable work they are doing.”

Editor of The Cricketer, Huw Turbervill added: “Grassroots and community cricket are so important to our readers and the game they love so much, so it’s been wonderful to be involved in this campaign for a number of years now. Meeting the heroes and seeing the joy on their faces at Lord’s is very special.”

To find out more head over to Lords.org.