A cricket team representing the Marylebone Cricket Club toured East Africa in late 1981 playing games against Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia as well as against the full East African team.
Tour matches
Many games only have potted scorecards available
| 4-5 October 1981 Scorecard |
Tanzania 
|
v |  Marylebone Cricket Club
|
| 221 Gulam Raza 83 Asif Din 5/41 |
145/7d Robert Lanchbury 34 Sajad Lakha 3/37 | |
| 77 Asif Din 3/7 |
156/4 Mark Nicholas 67 |
| Marylebone Cricket Club won by 6 wickets Dar-es-Salaam |
- Toss not known
| 6 October 1981 Scorecard |
| Marylebone Cricket Club 234/6 (60 overs) |
v | Tanzania 101 |
| Stephen Coverdale 63 | Mohammed Nathoo 33 |
| Marylebone Cricket Club won by 133 runs Dar-es-Salaam |
- Toss not known
| 8 October 1981 Scorecard |
| Marylebone Cricket Club 145/7 (50 overs) |
v | Copperbelt Cricket Association President's XI 146/8 |
| Narendra Thakker 30 |
| Copperbelt Cricket Association President's XI won by 2 wickets Ndola Cricket Ground, Ndola |
- Toss not known
| 9 October 1981 Scorecard |
| Marylebone Cricket Club 302/5 (60 overs) |
v |  Zambia120 |
| Mark Nicholas 126 | Bimal Soni 51 Simon Dennis 3/14 |
| Marylebone Cricket Club won by 182 runs Roan Antelope Ground, Luanshya |
- Toss not known
| 10-11 October 1981 Scorecard |
| Zambia
|
v | Marylebone Cricket Club
|
| 153 Bimal Soni 53 Dermott Monteith 5/53 |
232/8d John Hampshire 99 Bill Bourne 6/51 | |
| 100 Dermott Monteith 6/37 |
23/0 |
| Marylebone Cricket Club won by 10 wickets Harrison Oval, Ek Park, Kitwe |
- Toss not known
| 13 October 1981 Scorecard |
| Marylebone Cricket Club 219/4 (40 overs) |
v |  Malawi152/9 (40 overs) |
| John Hampshire 80* | A Vanselm 40 Simon Dyson 3/12 |
| Marylebone Cricket Club won by 67 runs Blantyre Sports Club, Blantyre |
- Toss not known
| 14 October 1981 Scorecard |
| Malawi 159 |
v | Marylebone Cricket Club 160/6 |
| Iqbal Lorgat 45 Hugh Wilson 4/10 |
Stephen Coverdale 37 |
| Marylebone Cricket Club won by 4 wickets Blantyre Sports Club, Blantyre |
- Toss not known
| 16 October 1981 Scorecard |
| Marylebone Cricket Club 274/3 (60 overs) |
v |  East Africa187 |
| John Hampshire 104* | Narendra Thakker 56 Asif Din 3/22 |
| Marylebone Cricket Club won by 87 runs Lusaka Club Ground, Lusaka |
- Toss not known
| 17-18 October 1981 Scorecard |
| East Africa
|
v | Marylebone Cricket Club
|
| 195 Raghuvir Patel 42 Simon Dennis 5/45 |
174 John Hampshire 63 Bill Bourne 5/75 | |
| 165 Balraj Bouri 69 Hugh Wilson 5/30 |
182/3 Mike Hooper 64 |
| Marylebone Cricket Club won by 7 wickets Municipal Sports Grounds, Lusaka |
- Toss not known
| 21 October 1981 Scorecard |
| Marylebone Cricket Club 217/6 (50 overs) |
v | East Africa 86 |
| John Hampshire 55* | Simon Dyson 3/8 |
| Marylebone Cricket Club won by 131 runs Metropolitan Sports Club Ground, Lusaka |
- Toss not known
| 23 October 1981 Scorecard |
| Marylebone Cricket Club 103 |
v |  Kenya105/3 |
| John Hampshire 41 Sunil Patel 6/22 |
Charanjive Sharma 52* |
| Kenya won by 7 wickets Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi |
- Toss not known
| 24-26 October 1981 Scorecard |
| Marylebone Cricket Club
|
v | Kenya
|
| 122 Asif Din 38 Ramesh Patel 4/34 |
260 B Musa 63 Bill Merry 7/50 | |
| 155 S Harish 3/29 |
18/0 |
| Kenya won by 10 wickets Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi |
- Toss not known
References
- "Marylebone Cricket Club in East Africa 1981/82". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
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| Bangladeshi | |
| Bermudian | |
| Canadian | |
| Dutch | |
| Irish | |
| Nepalese | |
| West Indian | |
| Zimbabwean | |
| Tournaments hosted | |
| Multiple teams | |
| Other tours | |
| Bangladeshi | |
| Dutch | |
| Emirati | |
| English | |
| Indian | |
| Italian | |
| Multi-national | |
| Namibian | |
| New Zealand | |
| Pakistani | |
| South African | |
| Tanganyika | |
| Ugandan | |
| Zimbabwean | |