Princess of Wales Memorial Match 1998

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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

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.

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".