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. 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. 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
Date	18 July 1998
Venue	Lord's, London
Player of the match	Sachin Tendulkar (ROW XI)
Umpires	David Shepherd S.Venkataraghavan

Squads

MCC	ROW XI
Michael Atherton (c) Aamer Sohail Shivnarine Chanderpaul Mohammad Azharuddin Sourav Ganguly Brian McMillan Ian Healy Javagal Srinath Anil Kumble Allan Donald Glenn McGrath	Sachin Tendulkar (c) Saeed Anwar Sanath Jayasuriya Aravinda de Silva Graeme Hick Tom Moody Andy Flower Wasim Akram Mushtaq Ahmed Chris Cairns Ian Bishop

Match details

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.