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 Chairperson'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 the Duckworth-Lewis method.

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

Date	Prime Minister	Opposition team	Result
27 Oct 1951	Menzies	West Indies	Match drawn
8 Dec 1954	Menzies	Marylebone Cricket Club	Marylebone Cricket Club won by 31 runs
10 Feb 1959	Menzies	Marylebone Cricket Club	Match drawn (Marylebone Cricket Club won on 1st innings)
18 Feb 1961	Menzies	West Indies	Match tied
6 Feb 1963	Menzies	Marylebone Cricket Club	Marylebone Cricket Club won by 4 runs
3 Feb 1964	Menzies	South Africa	Prime Minister's XI won by 1 wicket
17 Dec 1965	Menzies	Marylebone Cricket Club	Marylebone Cricket Club won by 2 wickets
24 Jan 1984	Hawke	West Indies	Prime Minister's XI won by 52 runs
22 Jan 1985	Hawke	West Indies	West Indians won by 15 runs
22 Jan 1986	Hawke	New Zealand	No result
23 Dec 1986	Hawke	England	England XI won by 4 wickets
23 Dec 1987	Hawke	New Zealand	New Zealanders won by 37 runs
8 Dec 1988	Hawke	West Indies	Match abandoned without a ball bowled
31 Jan 1990	Hawke	Pakistan	Prime Minister's XI won by 81 runs
4 Dec 1990	Hawke	England	Prime Minister's XI won by 31 runs
17 Dec 1991	Hawke	India	Prime Minister's XI won by 75 runs
12 Nov 1992	Keating	West Indies	Prime Minister's XI won by 3 runs
2 Dec 1993	Keating	South Africa	Prime Minister's XI won by 4 runs
9 Nov 1994	Keating	England	Prime Minister's XI won by 2 wickets
5 Dec 1995	Keating	West Indies	Match abandoned without a ball bowled
10 Dec 1996	Howard	West Indies	Prime Minister's XI won by 58 runs
2 Dec 1997	Howard	South Africa	South Africans won by 11 runs
17 Dec 1998	Howard	England	England XI won by 16 runs
7 Dec 1999	Howard	India	Prime Minister's XI won by 164 runs
7 Dec 2000	Howard	West Indies	Prime Minister's XI won by 4 wickets
19 Apr 2001	Howard	ATSIC Chairman's XI	ATSIC Chairman's XI won by 7 wickets
6 Dec 2001	Howard	New Zealand	New Zealanders won by 4 wickets
8 Mar 2002	Howard	ATSIC Chairman's XI	Prime Minister's XI won by 8 wickets
Dec 10 2002	Howard	England	Prime Minister's XI won by 4 wickets
21 Mar 2003	Howard	ATSIC Chairman's XI	Prime Minister's XI won by 8 wickets
28 Jan 2004	Howard	India	Indians won by 1 run
25 Jan 2005	Howard	Pakistan	Pakistanis won by 5 wickets
2 Dec 2005	Howard	West Indies	Prime Minister's XI won by 6 runs (D/L method)
10 Nov 2006	Howard	England	Prime Minister's XI won by 166 runs
30 Jan 2008	Rudd	Sri Lanka	Sri Lankans won by 4 wickets

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