Baggy Green Other Matches, 1994-95

Sir Donald Bradman XI v World XI

Sydney Cricket Ground (day/night)

18 December 1994 (50-over match) Result: Sir Donald Bradman XI won by 1 run Toss: Sir Donald Bradman XI

Umpires: AR Crafter and DB Hair

Man of the Match: RG Pollock (World XI) Players per side: 12 Sir Donald Bradman XI innings (50 overs maximum) RB Simpson c Richards b Dingo 24 ( 29) GM Ritchie c Holding b Dingo 46 ( 56) *GS Chappell c Lara b Dingo 15 ( 28) DW Hookes b Abdul Qadir 45 ( 46) KD Walters c Gower b Gavaskar 33 ( 39) ZJ Goss st Dujon b Lara 29 ( 38) SP O'Donnell c Sweet b Holding 9 ( 14) +SJ Rixon not out 37 ( 29) P Vautin st Dujon b Abdul Qadir 12 ( 11) JR Thomson b Sweet 0 ( 1) DK Lillee c Dingo b Abdul Qadir 3 ( 5) MR Whitney st Dujon b Abdul Qadir 1 ( 2) Extras (b 3, lb 11, w 1) 15 Total (all out, 49.5 overs) 269 FoW: 1-57 (Simpson), 2-78 (Ritchie), 3-95 (Chappell), 4-151 (Hookes), 5-188 (Walters), 6-207 (O'Donnell), 7-228 (Goss), 8-261 (Vautin), 9-262 (Thomson), 10-265 (Lillee), 11-269 (Whitney). Bowling O M R W Roberts 5 0 31 0 Holding 8 0 28 1 (1w) Garner 5 0 12 0 Dingo 10 1 56 3 Abdul Qadir 9.5 1 46 4 Richards 4 0 27 0 Gavaskar 3 0 22 1 Lara 4 0 29 1 Sweet 1 0 4 1 World XI innings (target: 270 runs from 50 overs) BA Richards b Whitney 24 ( 34) *SM Gavaskar c Thomson b Walters 34 ( 59) DI Gower b Whitney 11 ( 18) BC Lara c Rixon b Goss 23 ( 52) RG Pollock b Chappell 89 ( 71) +PJL Dujon c Lillee b Goss 8 ( 6) Abdul Qadir not out 44 ( 42) E Dingo c Whitney b Thomson 11 ( 18) J Garner not out 0 ( 0) Extras (b 14, lb 6, w 2, nb 2) 24 Total (7 wickets, 50 overs) 268 DNB: G Sweet, MA Holding, AME Roberts. FoW: 1-46 (Richards), 2-63 (Gower), 3-99 (Gavaskar), 4-130 (Lara), 5-174 (Dujon), 6-222 (Pollock), 7-260 (Dingo). Bowling O M R W Lillee 10 2 41 0 (1nb) Thomson 5 0 34 1 Whitney 8 0 26 2 O'Donnell 5 0 20 0 (1w) Walters 5 0 29 1 (1w) Goss 10 1 60 2 Chappell 7 0 38 1 Luminous orange balls were used.

RG Pollock flew from South Africa to participate at short notice to replace IVA Richards who was unavailable.

ZJ Goss (Bradman XI) was a representative of the Australian Womens national team (1987 to date)

Celebrities who took part in this match:

Paul Vautin (Bradman XI, RHB), Australian rugby league international 1982-89;

Gary Sweet (World XI, RHB, RM), actor who played DG Bradman in the 1984 TV drama "Bodyline";

Ernie Dingo (World XI, LHB, RM), actor.

Attendance: 17,500 (approx).