Marylebone Cricket Club in East Africa in 1981-82

A cricket team representing the Marylebone Cricket Club toured East Africa in late 1981 playing games against Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia as well as against the full East African team.[1]

Tour matches

Many games only have potted scorecards available

4-5 October 1981
Scorecard
v
Marylebone Cricket Club
221
Gulam Raza 83
Asif Din 5/41
145/7d
Robert Lanchbury 34
Sajad Lakha 3/37
77

Asif Din 3/7
156/4
Mark Nicholas 67
Marylebone Cricket Club won by 6 wickets
Dar-es-Salaam
  • Toss not known

6 October 1981
Scorecard
Marylebone Cricket Club
234/6 (60 overs)
v
Stephen Coverdale 63
Mohammed Nathoo 33
Marylebone Cricket Club won by 133 runs
Dar-es-Salaam
  • Toss not known

8 October 1981
Scorecard
Marylebone Cricket Club
145/7 (50 overs)
v
Copperbelt Cricket Association President's XI
146/8
Narendra Thakker 30
Copperbelt Cricket Association President's XI won by 2 wickets
Ndola Cricket Ground, Ndola
  • Toss not known

9 October 1981
Scorecard
Marylebone Cricket Club
302/5 (60 overs)
v
 Zambia
120
Mark Nicholas 126
Bimal Soni 51
Simon Dennis 3/14
Marylebone Cricket Club won by 182 runs
Roan Antelope Ground, Luanshya
  • Toss not known

10-11 October 1981
Scorecard
v
153
Bimal Soni 53
Dermott Monteith 5/53
232/8d
John Hampshire 99
Bill Bourne 6/51
23/0
Marylebone Cricket Club won by 10 wickets
Harrison Oval, Ek Park, Kitwe
  • Toss not known

13 October 1981
Scorecard
Marylebone Cricket Club
219/4 (40 overs)
v
 Malawi
152/9 (40 overs)
A Vanselm 40
Simon Dyson 3/12
Marylebone Cricket Club won by 67 runs
Blantyre Sports Club, Blantyre
  • Toss not known

14 October 1981
Scorecard
Malawi 
159
v
Iqbal Lorgat 45
Hugh Wilson 4/10
Marylebone Cricket Club won by 4 wickets
Blantyre Sports Club, Blantyre
  • Toss not known

16 October 1981
Scorecard
Marylebone Cricket Club
274/3 (60 overs)
v
Marylebone Cricket Club won by 87 runs
Lusaka Club Ground, Lusaka
  • Toss not known

17-18 October 1981
Scorecard
v
195
Raghuvir Patel 42
Simon Dennis 5/45
174
John Hampshire 63
Bill Bourne 5/75
165
Balraj Bouri 69
Hugh Wilson 5/30
182/3
Mike Hooper 64
Marylebone Cricket Club won by 7 wickets
Municipal Sports Grounds, Lusaka
  • Toss not known

21 October 1981
Scorecard
Marylebone Cricket Club
217/6 (50 overs)
v

Simon Dyson 3/8
Marylebone Cricket Club won by 131 runs
Metropolitan Sports Club Ground, Lusaka
  • Toss not known

23 October 1981
Scorecard
v
 Kenya
105/3
John Hampshire 41
Sunil Patel 6/22
Kenya won by 7 wickets
Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi
  • Toss not known

24-26 October 1981
Scorecard
v
122
Asif Din 38
Ramesh Patel 4/34
260
B Musa 63
Bill Merry 7/50
155

S Harish 3/29
18/0
Kenya won by 10 wickets
Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi
  • Toss not known

References

  1. ^ "Marylebone Cricket Club in East Africa 1981/82". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
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