Tsunami Aid World XI vs Asian XI Cricket Match at Lords

World Vision Tsunami Relief Fund Raiser - Match 2

Toss: International XI won the toss and decided to field
Result: MCC 327-7 beat International XI 215 by 112 runs
Man of the Match: A Kumble
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Match Report

MCC spinners wrap up big victory

Jun 14, 2005

The MCC beat an International XI by the comfortable margin of 112 runs at Lord's in the tsunami fund-raiser.
The "hosts" battted first, hitting a brilliant 327-7 on a true batting wicket with plenty of pace. And the star-studded Internationals lost their way once Graeme Smith and Brian Lara had been parted after an exhilarating partnership of 78.
For the Internationals, nine wickets were shared by spinners Harbhajan Singh, Anil Kumble and Chris Gayle.

Earlier, Kallis had been one of the MCC's leading lights with the bat. He and Stephen Fleming hit identical scores of 62 as opposing skipper Lara used 10 bowlers, including himself. Andy Flower (55) and Kumar Sangakkara (46) hit the accelerator late on before both were dimissed by Shane Warne, whose eight overs cost 64.
The contest featured some of the best cricketers on the planet, though there were no England players available and just one Australian in Warne.

In Picture: Ganguly manages just 14 runs before being bowled out by Chaminda Vaas.

Scorecard

MCC beat International XI by 112 runs

International XI won the toss and decided to field

MCC Innings

327 for 7 (50.0 overs)

International XI Innings

215 all out (35.0 overs)

MCC Innings

Batsman			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
C H Gayle	lbw	b W P U J C Vaas	4	17	0	0
S P Fleming	c M Ntini	b C L Cairns	62	59	9	1
S C Ganguly		b W P U J C Vaas	14	22	2	0
J H Kallis	c B C Lara	b M Ntini	62	73	6	0
V V S Laxman	c R Dravid	b C L Cairns	47	47	5	0
A Flower	c M Ntini	b S K Warne	55	40	6	0
K C Sangakkara	c B C Lara	b S K Warne	46	36	5	0
S M Pollock	not out		9	7	1	0
Harbhajan Singh	not out		1	1	0	0
Extras		2nb 19w 4b 2lb	27
Total		for 7	327

Bowler	O	M	R	W
W P U J C Vaas	7.0	2	19	2
Mohammad Sami	7.0	1	43	0
M Ntini	6.0	0	41	1
C L Cairns	7.0	0	50	2
S K Warne	8.0	0	64	2
S T Jayasuriya	4.0	0	18	0
S Chanderpaul	2.0	0	15	0
G C Smith	2.0	0	13	0
V Sehwag	5.0	0	39	0
B C Lara	2.0	0	19	0

Fall of wicket	Batsman
14	C H Gayle
52	S C Ganguly
115	S P Fleming
187	J H Kallis
220	V V S Laxman
304	A Flower
317	K C Sangakkara

International XI Innings

Batsman			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
S T Jayasuriya	c Harbhajan Singh	b A Kumble	21	30	4	0
V Sehwag	lbw	b S M Pollock	5	11	1	0
G C Smith	st K C Sangakkara	b A Kumble	68	61	9	0
B C Lara	c Shoaib Akhtar	b A Kumble	42	27	5	1
R Dravid	c sub	b Harbhajan Singh	19	29	1	0
S Chanderpaul		b Harbhajan Singh	2	4	0	0
C L Cairns	st K C Sangakkara	b Harbhajan Singh	1	9	0	0
S K Warne	c sub	b C H Gayle	17	24	1	1
W P U J C Vaas	not out		12	10	2	0
Mohammad Sami	st K C Sangakkara	b C H Gayle	5	10	0	0
M Ntini		b C H Gayle	0	1	0	0
Extras		6nb 7w 1b 9lb	23
Total		all out	215

Bowler	O	M	R	W
S M Pollock	5.0	0	33	1
Shoaib Akhtar	5.0	0	31	0
A Kumble	8.0	0	49	3
J H Kallis	3.0	0	33	0
Harbhajan Singh	9.0	2	32	3
C H Gayle	5.0	0	27	3

Fall of wicket	Batsman
10	V Sehwag
66	S T Jayasuriya
141	B C Lara
168	G C Smith
171	S Chanderpaul
175	C L Cairns
188	R Dravid
201	S K Warne
215	Mohammad Sami
215	M Ntini

Umpires: D B Hair, J W Holder

World XI vs Asian XI Match News

Hoaxers ruin tsunami auction bid

Jun 14, 2005

A fund-raising event involving India's batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar and Australia's Shane Warne during the tsunami appeal match between the MCC and an International XI at the Lord's has been cancelled because of internet hoaxers, organisers said here today.
In the event, scheduled to be held during the innings break, the highest bidder in an on-line auction was due to receive 15 minutes of one-to-one coaching from Tendulkar before taking guard in the middle at the historical Lord's stadium to face world's leading Test wicket-taker Warne. However, the highest bids came from people who had no intention of paying.
The auction, which was arranged in conjunction with internet site e-bay, had to be called off as the highest bids come from hoaxers, Marylebone Cricket Club said in a statement.

Ganguly to play in tsunami relief tie; Sachin absent

Jun 14, 2005

Indian cricket skipper Sourav Ganguly has given his assent to play in the Tuesday's tsunami relief match between MCC XI and International XI at the Lords.
While he along with VVS Laxman and Anil Kumble will represent the MCC XI, two other Indian cricketers Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid will figure in the International XI.

MCC XI: Stephen Fleming (captain), Chris Gayle, Sourav Ganguly, V V S Laxman, Jacques Kallis, Andy Flower, Kumar Sangakkara, Shaun Pollock, Anil Kumble, Muttiah Muralitharan, Shoaib Akhtar.

International XI squad: Virender Sehwag, Sanath Jayasuriya, Graeme Smith, Brian Lara (captain), Rahul Dravid , Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Chris Cairns, Shane Warne, Chaminda Vaas, Mohammad Sami, Makhaya Ntini

Sachin and Lara to skipper tsunami match

April 27, 2005

Batting greats Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara are to captain the two teams in the tsunami appeal match being held at Lord's on 14 June. India star Tendulkar leads the MCC side and recently-deposed West Indies captain Lara the International XI.
Two current Test captains, in New Zealand's Stephen Fleming and Graeme Smith of South Africa have already agreed to appear in the 50-over fixture. Lara and Tendulkar will also feature in another match at The Oval six days later, to raise funds for disaster relief including the tsunami appeal.
At least 173,000 people were killed and another 50,000 are missing.

Calcutta tsunami match cancelled

April 1, 2005

The second tsunami appeal cricket match, scheduled to be held in Calcutta in April, has been cancelled due to the expected hot weather in the city. It was put off for two months due to the unavailability of top players. Now Asian Cricket Council president Jagmohan Dalmiya says he will leave it to the International Cricket Council (ICC) to decide the fate of the match.
"We cannot hold the game in April because it will be very hot in Calcutta," said Dalmiya.
The next such match will probably be the 20 June fixture at the Brit Oval in London.

Lords, venue of the 2nd Tsunami fundraising match

Cricket's spiritual HQ

Lord's has long been seen as the 'home of cricket' and the game's spiritual 'headquarters'. But its importance is not merely historical. In practice it remains, to this day, perhaps the most important single place in world cricket.
Its owner, Marylebone Cricket Club, remains the guardian of both the Laws and the Spirit of Cricket, and MCC sides (which play around 450 games a year) perform a key role in promoting cricket - both in Britain and elsewhere.
In addition, Lord's is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and, until August 2005, the International Cricket Council (ICC).
It is also the setting for the state-of-the-art MCC Indoor School, the unrivalled MCC Library, and the world-famous MCC Museum - where exhibits include the Wisden Trophy and, of course, the Ashes urn.