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]
| Dates | 1 April 2018 – 15 April 2018 |
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| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | First-class |
Fixtures
editRound 1
edit1–3 April 2018
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- 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
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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
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- Sussex won the toss and elected to bat.
- No play was possible on day 2 due to rain.
- Oliver Soames, Nick Hammond, Andrew Rishton, Chris Sanders, Will Rollings and William Pereira (Loughborough MCCU) all made their first-class debuts.
1–3 April 2018
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- 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.
Round 2
edit7–9 April 2018
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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
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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
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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.
Round 3
edit13–15 April 2018
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- 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
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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.
References
edit- ^ "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. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ "Berkshire's Andy Rishton first-class debut Loughborough University". Reading Chronicle. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ "Flood warnings in place and bank holiday matches cancelled as yet more rain hits Cambridgeshire". Cambridge Independent. 2 April 2018. 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. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ "Essex County Cricket Club: Wet conditions hinders Essex preparations as university challenge is abandoned". Yellow Advertiser. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "Glamorgan's final friendly v Cardiff MCCU is rained off". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 April 2018.