The recently retired cricketing royalty that is Sachin Tendulkar will be appearing at Lord's this summer to celebrate the ground's 200th birthday. The ex-India international cricketer will captain the Marylebone Cricket Club in a 50-over match at Lord's. His side will be up against ex-Australia bowler Shane Warne and the Rest of the World side.
The Home of Cricket will host the bicentenary celebrations on July 5th with this being Tendulkar's second time at such an event - last time honouring Princess Diana in 1998. He spoke about his return to the English ground, saying: "It is an honour to be asked to captain MCC in such a prestigious fixture. Lord's is such a special place to play cricket and I am very much looking forward to help celebrate its bicentenary by taking part in this match."
Warne will be quietly confident though, having previously taking 19 wickets in four tests he played at the ground. He said; "I always enjoy playing at Lord's and as an Honorary Life Member of MCC I'm really excited about coming back...[to] the most famous cricket ground in the world."
The MCC will be overseen by president Mike Gatting and Rahul Dravid - Tendulkar's former India international team-mate. Shaun Pollock, ex-South Africa captain, will be taking charge where the Rest of the World team is concerned.
I'm not at all biased when I say C'MON MCC, I'll see you there!
Ball on Willow.
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