Princess of Wales Memorial Match 1998

The Princess of Wales Memorial Match was a 50-over exhibition cricket match played at Lord's, London, on 18 July 1998, and contested by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), whose home ground is Lord's, and a Rest of the World XI.[1] The Rest of the World team won the match by six wickets after chasing down the MCC's total of 261 runs with 6.3 overs to spare.[2] The match raised more than £1 million for the Princess of Wales Memorial Fund, which was set up in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, who died in a car accident in Paris the previous August.

Princess of Wales Memorial Match
Marylebone
Cricket Club
Rest of the
World XI
261/4 262/4
50 overs 43.3 overs
Date18 July 1998
VenueLord's, London
Player of the matchSachin Tendulkar (ROW XI)
Umpires

Squads edit

MCC ROW XI

Match details edit

18 July 1998
Scorecard
Marylebone Cricket Club
261/4 (50 overs)
v
Rest of the World XI
262/4 (43.3 overs)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 127 (144)
Chris Cairns 1/34 (10 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 125 (114)
Allan Donald 1/29 (7 overs)
Rest of the World XI won by 7 wickets
Lord's, London
Umpires: David Shepherd (Eng) and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (Ind)
Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Rest of the World XI)
  • MCC won the toss and elected to bat.

References edit

  1. ^ "MCC vs. ROW XI".
  2. ^ "MCC v Rest of the World – 18 July".