Prime Minister's XI
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Captain | Nathan McSweeney (2023) |
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Established | 1951 |
Home ground | Manuka Oval, Canberra |
Capacity | 13,550[1] |
The Prime Minister's XI or PM's XI (formerly Australian Prime Minister's Invitation XI) is an invitational cricket team picked by the Prime Minister of Australia for an annual match held at the Manuka Oval in Canberra against an overseas touring team. The Australian team usually consists of up-and-coming grade cricketers from the Canberra region and state players.
History
In 1962–63, Sir
In 2003, there was a match between the PM's XI and an ATSIC Chairperson's XI held at Adelaide Oval.[3]
The match on 2 December 2005 had to end early due to the Canberra storms, with Australia getting 4/316, and West Indies finishing in the 31st over at 3/174. The PM's XI won by six runs using the Duckworth-Lewis method, the first time in the fixture's history to be decided using the method.
In 2014, the Prime Minister's XI suffered the biggest defeat in the history of the match against England after being bowled out for just 92.[4]
List of matches
Date(s) | Prime Minister | Opposition team | Format | Result/winner | Result/margin |
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27 Oct 1951 | Robert Menzies | West Indies | One day match
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Match drawn | |
8 Dec 1954 | Robert Menzies | Marylebone CC XI | One day match | Marylebone CC XI | 31 runs |
10 Feb 1959 | Robert Menzies | Marylebone CC XI | One day match | Marylebone CC XI | 4 wickets[5] |
18 Feb 1961 | Robert Menzies | West Indies | One day match | Match tied | |
6 Feb 1963 | Robert Menzies | Marylebone CC XI | One day match | Marylebone CC XI | 4 runs |
3 Feb 1964 | Robert Menzies | South Africa
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One day match | Prime Minister's XI | 1 wicket |
17 Dec 1965 | Robert Menzies | Marylebone CC XI | One day match | Marylebone CC XI | 2 wickets |
24 Jan 1984 | Bob Hawke | West Indies | One day match | Prime Minister's XI | 52 runs |
22 Jan 1985 | Bob Hawke | West Indies | One day match | West Indies | 15 runs |
22 Jan 1986 | Bob Hawke | New Zealand | One day match | No result[a] | |
23 Dec 1986 | Bob Hawke | England | One day match | England XI | 4 wickets |
23 Dec 1987 | Bob Hawke | New Zealand | One day match | New Zealand | 37 runs |
13 Jan 1988 | Bob Hawke | Aboriginal XI | One day match | Aboriginal XI | 7 wickets |
8 Dec 1988 | Bob Hawke | West Indies | One day match | Match abandoned[a] | |
9 Jan 1989 | Bob Hawke | Aboriginal XI | One day match | Aboriginal XI | 3 wickets |
31 Jan 1990 | Bob Hawke | Pakistan | One day match | Prime Minister's XI | 81 runs |
4 Dec 1990 | Bob Hawke | England | One day match | Prime Minister's XI | 31 runs |
17 Dec 1991 | Bob Hawke | India | One day match | Prime Minister's XI | 75 runs |
12 Nov 1992 | Paul Keating | West Indies | One day match | Prime Minister's XI | 3 runs |
2 Dec 1993 | Paul Keating | South Africa
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One day match | Prime Minister's XI | 4 runs |
9 Nov 1994 | Paul Keating | England | One day match | Prime Minister's XI | 2 wickets |
5 Dec 1995 | Paul Keating | West Indies | One day match | Match abandoned[a] | |
10 Dec 1996 | John Howard | West Indies | One day match | Prime Minister's XI | 58 runs |
2 Dec 1997 | John Howard | South Africa | One day match | South Africa | 11 runs |
17 Dec 1998 | John Howard | England | One day match | England XI | 16 runs |
7 Dec 1999 | John Howard | India | One day match | Prime Minister's XI | 164 runs |
7 Dec 2000 | John Howard | West Indies | One day match | Prime Minister's XI | 4 wickets |
19 Apr 2001 | John Howard | ATSIC Chairman's XI | One day match | ATSIC Chairman's XI | 7 wickets |
6 Dec 2001 | John Howard | New Zealand | One day match | New Zealand | 4 wickets |
8 Mar 2002 | John Howard | ATSIC Chairman's XI | One day match | Prime Minister's XI | 8 wickets |
10 Dec 2002 | John Howard | England | One day match | Prime Minister's XI | 4 wickets |
21 Mar 2003 | John Howard | ATSIC Chairman's XI | One day match | Prime Minister's XI | 8 wickets |
28 Jan 2004 | John Howard | India | One day match | India | 1 run |
25 Jan 2005 | John Howard | Pakistan | One day match | Pakistan | 5 wickets |
2 Dec 2005 | John Howard | West Indies | One day match | Prime Minister's XI | 6 runs (DLS)[a] |
10 Nov 2006 | John Howard | England | One day match | Prime Minister's XI | 166 runs |
30 Jan 2008 | Kevin Rudd | Sri Lanka | One day match | Sri Lanka | 4 wickets |
29 Jan 2009 | Kevin Rudd | New Zealand | One day match | Prime Minister's XI | 6 wickets |
4 Feb 2010 | Kevin Rudd | West Indies | One day match | West Indies | 90 runs (DLS)[a] |
10 Jan 2011 | Julia Gillard | England | One day match | England | 7 wickets (DLS)[a] |
3 Feb 2012 | Julia Gillard | Sri Lanka | One day match | Match abandoned[a] | |
29 Jan 2013 | Julia Gillard | West Indies | One day match | Prime Minister's XI | 23 runs |
14 Jan 2014 | Tony Abbott | England | One day match | England | 172 runs |
14 Jan 2015 | Tony Abbott | England | One day match | England | 60 runs |
23 Oct 2015 | Malcolm Turnbull | New Zealand | One day match | New Zealand | 102 runs |
15 Feb 2017 | Malcolm Turnbull | Sri Lanka | One day match | Sri Lanka | 5 wickets |
31 Oct 2018 | Scott Morrison | South Africa | One day match | Prime Minister's XI | 4 wickets |
24 Oct 2019 | Scott Morrison | Sri Lanka | One day match | Prime Minister's XI | 1 wicket |
23–26 Nov 2022 | Anthony Albanese | West Indies | Four day match | Match drawn | |
6–9 Dec 2023 | Anthony Albanese | Pakistan | Four day match | Match drawn |
Notable matches
Prime Minister's XI vs MCC 1954–55
8 December 1954
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In the MCC tour of Australia in 1954–55 the cricket loving Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies invited the MCC to a reception on the evening before the match and the ex-Australian captain Lindsay Hassett recited a ditty about facing "Typhoon" Tyson.
They say that this bloke Tyson is fast!
Faster than Larwood so they say!
They also say that he takes a run-up of a hundred yards!
Fast - psshaw! I'm not scared of him and his long run.
Tomorrow when I bat, I'll hook him out of sight!
When he finished there was a thunder-clap from the storm outside "Listen, he's just started his run-up!" joked Hassett. The match was a game played in one day with each side playing one innings rather than
Prime Minister's XI vs MCC 1958–59
10 February 1959
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288/6 2/61
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On the
Prime Minister's XI vs MCC 1962–63
6 February 1963
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In the
Prime Minister's XI vs MCC 1965–66
17 December 1965
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289/8
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On the MCC tour of Australia in 1965–66 the Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies had a team that consisted of Australian Test players such as
Notes
References
Citations
- ^ "Manuka Oval – Canberra, ACT". Manukaoval.com.au. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Moyes and Goodman, pp. 138–139
- ^ "2003 PM's XI v ATSIC Chairman's XI Cricket Match". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 3 August 2004. Retrieved 1 December 2005.
- ^ "England claim rare tour victory". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
- ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". Cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Tyson p. 113–116
- ^ Moyes and Goodman, p. 138
- ^ Moyes and Goodman, pp. 137–139
- ^ Swanton, pp. 127–128 and pp. 135–136
- ^ Trueman, p. 373
Books
- Alec Bedser, May's Men in Australia, Stanley Paul, 1959
- A.G. Moyes and Tom Goodman, With the M.C.C. in Australia 1962–63, A Critical Story of the Tour, The Sportsmans Book Club, 1965
- E.W. Swanton, Swanton in Australia, with MCC 1946–1975, Fontana, 1977
- Fred Trueman, As It Was, The Memoirs of Fred Trueman, Pan Books, 2004
- Frank Tyson, In the Eye of the Typhoon: The Inside Story of the MCC Tour of Australia and New Zealand 1954/55, Parrs Wood Press, 2004
External links
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