2018 Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches
Dates | 1 April 2018 | – 15 April 2018
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Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
Cricket format | First-class |
The 2018 Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches were a series of cricket matches played between the eighteen County Championship teams and the six Marylebone Cricket Club University teams (MCCU) of England and Wales.[1] The first two rounds of fixtures were classed as first-class matches.[2] Each county side were scheduled to play one fixture against a MCCU side ahead of the start of the 2018 County Championship.[3] All the fixtures in the competition were affected by bad weather, with matches either ending in a draw, due to play not being possible because of rain, or in some cases, abandoned with no play possible across all three days.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Fixtures[]
Round 1[]
1–3 April 2018
Scorecard |
Cambridge MCCU
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v
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Nottinghamshire
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to a wet outfield.
1–3 April 2018
Scorecard |
Gloucestershire
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v
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Cardiff MCCU
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359/5d (80 overs)
Benny Howell 89 (113) Brad Evans 4/53 (17 overs) |
101 (46.4 overs)
Sam Pearce 35 (72) Matt Taylor 5/15 (14 overs) | |
140/2 (35 overs)
George Hankins 54* (90) Oliver Pike 1/35 (8 overs) |
- Cardiff MCCU won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on day 2 due to a wet outfield.
- Brad Evans, Joseph Ludlow, Harry Allen, Alexander Woodland, Lorenzo Machado and Sam Pearce (Cardiff MCCU) all made their first-class debuts.
1–3 April 2018
Scorecard |
Kent
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v
|
Oxford MCCU
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100/3 (33 overs)
Zak Crawley 42 (69) William Robertson 1/7 (3 overs) |
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- Oxford MCCU won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on day 2 due to a wet outfield.
- Harry Adair, James Seward, William Robertson and Steven Green (Oxford MCCU) all made their first-class debuts.
1–3 April 2018
Scorecard |
Sussex
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v
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Loughborough MCCU
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337/7d (103 overs)
Ben Brown 119* (221) William Pereira 2/55 (19 overs) |
99 (30.4 overs)
Andrew Rishton 32* (49) Ollie Robinson 7/23 (9.4 overs) | |
71/2 (34.4 overs) (f/o)
Sam Evans 33* (95) Will Beer 1/9 (8 overs) |
- Sussex won the toss and elected to bat.
- No play was possible on day 2 due to rain.
- Oliver Soames, Nicholas Hammond, Andrew Rishton, Chris Sanders, Will Rollings and William Pereira (Loughborough MCCU) all made their first-class debuts.
1–3 April 2018
Scorecard |
Warwickshire
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v
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Durham MCCU
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299/4d (78 overs)
Jonathan Trott 111* (206) Joe Cooke 1/26 (11 overs) |
35/1 (13 overs)
Charlie Macdonell 22* (38) Keith Barker 1/10 (5 overs) | |
- Durham MCCU won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on day 2 due to rain.
- Matthew Plater, Freddie Ruffell, Vicram Sohal, James Sookias and Mungo Russell (Durham MCCU) all made their first-class debuts.
1–3 April 2018
Scorecard |
Worcestershire
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v
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Leeds/Bradford MCCU
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to a wet outfield.
Round 2[]
7–9 April 2018
Scorecard |
Essex
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v
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Cambridge MCCU
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283/4 (66.3 overs)
Nick Browne 100 (122) Callum Guest 1/28 (5 overs) |
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- Essex won the toss and elected to bat.
- No play was possible on days 2 and 3 due to rain and a wet outfield.
- Ben Seabrook, Jack Keeping, Sam Handley, John Bowers, Jordan Bulpitt (Cambridge MCCU) and Jack Plom (Essex) all made their first-class debuts.
7–9 April 2018
Scorecard |
Hampshire
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v
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Cardiff MCCU
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417/4 (83 overs)
Jimmy Adams 182* (242) James Turpin 1/49 (8 overs) |
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- Cardiff MCCU won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on days 2 and 3 due to rain and a wet outfield.
- Shailen Assani (Cardiff MCCU) made his first-class debut.
7–9 April 2018
Scorecard |
Loughborough MCCU
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v
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Lancashire
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369/4 (102 overs)
Steven Croft 148* (225) Will Rollings 2/78 (21 overs) | ||
- Lancashire won the toss and elected to field.
7–9 April 2018
Scorecard |
Middlesex
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v
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Durham MCCU
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367/4 (108 overs)
Sam Robson 135 (263) Joe Cooke 1/35 (15 overs) |
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- Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat.
- No play was possible on days 2 and 3 due to rain and a wet outfield.
- Jhathavedh Subramanyan, Charlie Nicholls and EWF Fenwick (Durham MCCU) all made their first-class debuts.
7–9 April 2018
Scorecard |
Oxford MCCU
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v
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Northamptonshire
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to a wet outfield.
7–9 April 2018
Scorecard |
Yorkshire
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v
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Leeds/Bradford MCCU
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to a wet outfield.
Round 3[]
13–15 April 2018
Scorecard |
Durham MCCU
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v
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Durham
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194/3d (50 overs)
Matthew Plater 76 (111) Paul Collingwood 1/10 (3 overs) |
165/3 (47 overs)
Will Smith 41 (52) Joe Cooke 1/31 (6.1 overs) | |
- Durham MCCU won the toss and elected to bat.
- No play was possible on days 1 and 2 due to a wet outfield.
13–15 April 2018
Scorecard |
Cardiff MCCU
|
v
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Glamorgan
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217/5d (68 overs)
Kiran Carlson 69* (164) Andrew Brewster 3/46 (17 overs) | ||
56/2 (29 overs)
Alex Milton 28* (79) Marchant de Lange 2/9 (5 overs) |
- Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
13–15 April 2018
Scorecard |
Leeds/Bradford MCCU
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v
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Derbyshire
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to a wet outfield.
13–15 April 2018
Scorecard |
Leicestershire
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v
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Loughborough MCCU
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277/6d (63.4 overs)
Mark Cosgrove 91 (106) Chris Sanders 3/82 (14 overs) |
155 (62.5 overs)
Hassan Azad 48 (144) Gavin Griffiths 4/44 (14 overs) | |
3/0 (0.2 overs)
Michael Carberry 3* (2) |
- Loughborough MCCU won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on day 1 due to a wet outfield.
13–15 April 2018
Scorecard |
Surrey
|
v
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Cambridge MCCU
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466/9d (97 overs)
Scott Borthwick 108 (142) Sam Handley 4/105 (22 overs) |
215 (71.5 overs)
Drew Brierley 52* (116) Rikki Clarke 3/40 (12.5 overs) | |
119/1d (33 overs)
Ollie Pope 68* (96) Jordan Bulpitt 1/30 (9 overs) |
106/6 (34 overs)
Callum Guest 32 (62) Jade Dernbach 3/22 (8 overs) |
- Surrey won the toss and elected to bat.
References[]
- ^ "MCC Universities". Lord's. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- ^ "MCCU Fixtures released". Lord's. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ "Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches: Fixtures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- ^ "Warwickshire Bears pray for break in weather". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ "Berkshire's Andy Rishton first-class debut Loughborough University". Reading Chronicle. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ "Flood warnings in place and bank holiday matches cancelled as yet more rain hits Cambridgeshire". Cambridge Independent. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ "Yorkshire CCC match against Leeds Bradford MCCU abandoned". Cricket World. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ "Cricket: Worcestershire v Leeds-Bradford MCCU is washout". Worcester News. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ "Essex County Cricket Club: Wet conditions hinders Essex preparations as university challenge is abandoned". Yellow Advertiser. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "Glamorgan's final friendly v Cardiff MCCU is rained off". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
External links[]
Categories:
- 2018 in English cricket
- English domestic cricket competitions