Watch Sir Andrew Strauss deliver the 21st edition of the MCC Cowdrey Lecture live online on Wednesday 1st February at 6.30pm GMT.
The lecture and following panel session will be broadcast live from Lord's on the Lord's YouTube and Facebook channels. It is free to join and watch and is open to all.
Strauss returns to his former home ground, where he played 28 times for England, and represented Middlesex between the years of 1997 and 2010, making 257 appearances in all formats.
The MCC Cowdrey Lecture, in memory of Lord Cowdrey of Tonbridge, has become an annual highlight in the cricketing calendar, provoking debate and discussion of the major issues facing the game today.
England world cup winners Jonny Bairstow and Tammy Beaumont MBE will join Andrew for a post-lecture discussion, hosted by the man who preceded Strauss as Middlesex captain, Angus Fraser MBE.
For more information and to watch live visit lords.org/cowdreylecture.