Bicentenary Celebration match

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Bicentenary Celebration match
Dates 5 July 2014
Captains Sachin Tendulkar Shane Warne
One Day International series
Result Marylebone Cricket Club won the 1-match series 1–0

The Bicentenary Celebration match was a 50-over exhibition cricket match to mark the two hundredth anniversary of the Lord's Cricket Ground, London, between a side representing the MCC and a Rest of the World team, that took place on 5 July 2014.[1] Lord's is considered to be the "home of cricket" by international cricket officials.[2][3] The MCC team won the match by 7 wickets with Aaron Finch finishing with a score of 181*.[4][5]

Squads

MCC ROW

Only Limited Overs Match

5 July 2014
10:45
Scorecard
ROW
293/7 (50 overs)
v
MCC
296/3 (45.5 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 132 (134)
Saeed Ajmal 4/45 (10 overs)
Aaron Finch 181* (145)
Paul Collingwood 2/25 (7 overs)
MCC won by 7 wickets
Lord's, London
Umpires: Ian Gould, Richard Kettleborough
  • Rest of the World XI won the toss and elected to bat

Match

Shane Warne won the toss and elected to bat. Adam Gilchrist and Virender Sehwag gave the ROW a quick start. MCC's bowler and Pakistan spearhead Umar Gul also suffered a recurrence of his right knee injury which meant he only bowled two overs and then left the field. Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal was then introduced during powerplay and he struck immediately removing Gilchrist, Kevin Pietersen, Tamim Iqbal and Shahid Afridi. However, this was then followed by a 100+ stand between Yuvraj Singh and Paul Collingwood. Singh eventually scored a century as his late assault took the total to 293. Shane Warne suffered a broken hand from the bowling of Brett Lee.[6][7] Warne was replaced in the field by South African all-rounder Shaun Pollock.[8] MCC started well with both Sachin Tendulkar and Aaron Finch batting positively. Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan removed Tendulkar before Collingwood was able to dismiss Brian Lara and Rahul Dravid off consecutive deliveries. Finch along with Shivnarine Chanderpaul then took MCC home with Finch scoring 181 not out.

Controversy

During commentary, former England cricketer Andrew Strauss described Kevin Pietersen as "a cunt" in what he believed to be an off-air conversation. While the comment didn't go out on Sky Sports, it was broadcast to overseas viewers.[9][10] Strauss later said "I apologise unreservedly, particularly to Kevin Pietersen. I am mortified and profusely sorry."[11]

Broadcasters

TV Broadcaster(s) Country Notes
Sky Sports 2 HD  United Kingdom Official Broadcasters of the match.
STAR Sports 4  India
   Nepal
 Sri Lanka
 Bangladesh
 Pakistan
STAR Sports HD 2  India
STAR Sports 3  India
   Nepal
 Pakistan		 In Hindi language.
Fox Sports 1  Australia
 New Zealand
SuperSports 5  South Africa
 Zimbabwe		 Only highlights.

References

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