Prime Minister's XI
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Prime Minister's XI or PM's XI is the name of an annual cricket match which is held at the Manuka Oval in Canberra, with the Australian team picked by the Prime Minister of Australia playing against an overseas team. The Australian team usually includes up and coming players.
India lost the December 1999 PM's XI by 164 runs. [1]
England lost the 2002 Prime Minister's XI. [2]
In 2003 there was a match between the PM's XI and an ATSIC Chairman's XI held at Adelaide Oval [3]
Pakistan won the match in January 2005 with a five-wicket victory with seven overs remaining. [4]
The 2005/06 match was changed from South Africa to the West Indies. [5] The team announced is captained by Justin Langer.
The match on December 2, 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 a system known as the Duckworth-Lewis.
Controversially, the match was played on the same day Van Tuong Nguyen was due to be hanged in Singapore for drug smuggling. The Prime Minister of the day, John Howard decided to go ahead with the traditional match.
In 2006/2007 England lost to the Prime Minister's XI by 166 runs. The game was scheduled earlier than usual (November 10) due to the Ashes Series. It was the first English tour match of the summer.
[edit] List of Matches
| Year | Opposition team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 |  West Indies |
Match drawn |
| 1954 | Marylebone Cricket Club | Marylebone Cricket Club won by 31 runs |
| 1959 | Marylebone Cricket Club | Match drawn (Marylebone Cricket Club won on 1st innings) |
| 1961 | West Indies |
Match tied |
| 1963 | Marylebone Cricket Club | Marylebone Cricket Club won by 4 runs |
| 1964 |  South Africa |
Prime Minister's XI won by 1 wicket |
| 1965 | Marylebone Cricket Club | Marylebone Cricket Club won by 2 wickets |
| 1984 | West Indies |
Prime Minister's XI won by 52 runs |
| 1985 | West Indies |
West Indians won by 15 runs |
| 1986 |  New Zealand |
No result |
| 1986 |  England |
England XI won by 4 wickets |
| 1987 | New Zealand |
New Zealanders won by 37 runs |
| 1988 | West Indies |
Match abandoned without a ball bowled |
| 1990 |  Pakistan |
Prime Minister's XI won by 81 runs |
| 1990 | England |
Prime Minister's XI won by 31 runs |
| 1991 |  India |
Prime Minister's XI won by 75 runs |
| 1992 | West Indies |
Prime Minister's XI won by 3 runs |
| 1993 | South Africa |
Prime Minister's XI won by 4 runs |
| 1994 | England |
Prime Minister's XI won by 2 wickets |
| 1995 | West Indies |
Match abandoned without a ball bowled |
| 1996 | West Indies |
Prime Minister's XI won by 58 runs |
| 1997 | South Africa |
South Africans won by 11 runs |
| 1998 | England |
England XI won by 16 runs |
| 1999 | India |
Prime Minister's XI won by 164 runs |
| 2000 | West Indies |
Prime Minister's XI won by 4 wickets |
| 2001 | ATSIC Chairman's XI | ATSIC Chairman's XI won by 7 wickets |
| 2001 | New Zealand |
New Zealanders won by 4 wickets |
| 2002 | ATSIC Chairman's XI | Prime Minister's XI won by 8 wickets |
| 2002 | England |
Prime Minister's XI won by 4 wickets |
| 2003 | ATSIC Chairman's XI | Prime Minister's XI won by 8 wickets |
| 2004 | India |
Indians won by 1 run |
| 2005 | Pakistan |
Pakistanis won by 5 wickets |
| 2005 | West Indies |
Prime Minister's XI won by 6 runs (D/L method) |
| 2006 | England |
Prime Minister's XI won by 166 runs |
