MCC Bicentenary match

This article is about the match in 1987. For the 2014 match in honour of the bicentennial of Lord's Cricket Ground, see Bicentenary Celebration match.

MCC Bicentenary Match
M.C.C. Rest of the World
455/5d 421/7d
& &
318/6d 13/1
Match drawn
Date20–25 August 1987
VenueLord's Cricket Ground, London
Player of the matchSunil Gavaskar (batting)
Malcolm Marshall (bowling)
Clive Rice (fielding)
Umpires

The MCC Bicentenary match was a five-day first-class cricket exhibition match held at Lord's Cricket Ground from 20 to 25 August 1987 (with a rest day on 23 August). The match was in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), which had been founded in 1787, and was contested between an MCC team captained by Mike Gatting, and a "Rest of the World" team captained by Allan Border. It featured many notable international players: with the exception of Clive Rice of South Africa (who at the time were banned from international cricket), 21 of the 22 players had played Test cricket prior to the match.