Bicentenary Celebration match

{{short description|Cricket match}}

{{about|the match in 2014|the 1987 match in honour of the bicentennial of Marylebone Cricket Club|MCC Bicentenary match}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2023}}

{{Infobox limited overs final

| title = Bicentenary Celebration Match

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| caption = The match was played at Lord's in London.

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| team1 = Rest of the
World XI

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| team2 = Marylebone
Cricket Club

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| details =

| team1score = 293/7

| team1overs = 50 overs

| team2score = 296/3

| team2overs = 45.5 overs

| date = 5 July 2014

| stadium = Lord's

| city = London

| man_of_the_match = Aaron Finch (MCC)

| umpires = {{plainlist|

• Ian Gould (Eng)
• Richard Kettleborough (Eng)}}

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The Bicentenary Celebration match was a 50-over exhibition cricket match played on 5 July 2014 at Lord's Cricket Ground, London, to mark the 200th anniversary of the ground, which was first used in 1814 and is considered the "home of cricket".{{cite web|title=Tendulkar, Warne captains in Lord's bicentenary match|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/story/716883.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=21 June 2014}}{{cite web|title=Sachin Tendulkar Savours Brian Lara Partnership in Lord's Bicentenary|url=http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/225144-sachin-tendulkar-savours-brian-lara-partnership-in-lord-s-bicentenary|publisher=NDTV|access-date=21 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715064922/http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/225144-sachin-tendulkar-savours-brian-lara-partnership-in-lord-s-bicentenary|archive-date=15 July 2014|url-status=dead}} The match was contested by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), for whom Lord's is their home ground, and a Rest of the World team.{{cite web |title=MCC v Rest of the World – 5 July |url=http://www.lords.org/fixtures/fixtures-and-tickets/mcc-v-rest-of-the-world-5-july/ |work=Lord's |date=5 July 2014 |access-date=5 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707031308/http://www.lords.org/fixtures/fixtures-and-tickets/mcc-v-rest-of-the-world-5-july/ |archive-date=7 July 2014 }} The MCC team won the match by seven wickets, with Aaron Finch being named man of the match for his score of 181*.{{cite web |title=Cricket – MCC vs RoW: Finch shines among stars in Lord's bicentenary |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140705/sports-cricket/article/mcc-xi-vs-row-xi-row-elect-bat-first-lords |work=Deccan Chronicle |date=5 July 2014 |access-date=5 July 2014 }}{{cite web |title=Lord's bicentenary: Finch hits 181 in MCC win |url=http://www.gocricket.com/news/Lords-bicentenary-match-Sachin-Tendulkars-MCC-XI-vs-Shane-Warnes-Rest-of-the-World-XI--Toss-Report-ROWs-Warne-opts-to-bat-against-MCC/articleshow/37839939.cms |work=Go Cricket |date=5 July 2014 |access-date=5 July 2014 |archive-date=8 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708003518/http://www.gocricket.com/news/Lords-bicentenary-match-Sachin-Tendulkars-MCC-XI-vs-Shane-Warnes-Rest-of-the-World-XI--Toss-Report-ROWs-Warne-opts-to-bat-against-MCC/articleshow/37839939.cms |url-status=dead }}

A previous 200th anniversary celebration match took place at Lord's in 1987, also between MCC and the Rest of the World, on the occasion of the bicentenary of Marylebone Cricket Club.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/mcc-bicentennial-match-gavaskar-signs-off-with-a-hundred-at-lords-30182 |title=MCC Bicentennial match: Gavaskar signs off with a hundred at Lord's |first=Abhishek |last=Mukherjee |work=Cricket Country |date=20 August 2014 |access-date=17 September 2021}}