Top 5 most memorable unofficial matches in cricket history

#2 Help for Heroes XI vs Rest of the World XI, 2015

MS Dhoni scored the winning runs for the Help for Heroes team

Help for Heroes is a charity organisation that aims at providing financial assistance to injured British servicemen. It has a list of high-profile trustees and has organised a number of competitions ranging from bike races to music singles since their inception in 2007.

The Kia Oval was the place for one of their recent events in September this year, when the newly appointed Director of England, Andrew Strauss led Help for Heroes XI against a Rest of the World Team.

MS Dhoni hit the winning runs in the last over for the Help for Heroes, top-scoring with 38 and bagging the man of the match award.

Umpires Michael Gough and Martin Bodenham, as well as Rest of the World captain Brendon McCullum, had GoPro cameras installed on their headgears, giving the fans a unique view of the proceedings.

The event, attended by around 20,000 people, raised nearly 300,000 pounds. The recently retired Mahela Jayawardene top-scored for the Rest of the World, scoring 48 runs and taking his team’s score to a respectable 158.

A blistering partnership between Strauss and Virender Sehwag, Jayawardene’s sweep shots on both sides of the wicket, Vettori’s four wickets and a 13-run cameo from Major Green (ColdStream guards, British Army) were some of the highlights of the fundraiser.