2019 Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches Explained

2019 Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches
Administrator:England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket Format:First-class
Previous Year:2018
Previous Tournament:2018 Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches
Next Year:2020
Next Tournament:2020 Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches

The 2019 Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches were a series of cricket matches that were 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 played one fixture against an MCCU side ahead of the start of the 2019 County Championship.[3] [4] [5] [6]

In the opening round of fixtures, Alastair Cook scored 150 not out for Essex against Cambridge MCCU, in his first match since retiring from Test cricket.[7] [8] The opening round also saw Somerset beat Cardiff MCCU by 568 runs, a record margin for a first-class match in England.[9] [10] In the third and final round of matches, England Test cricketer Haseeb Hameed scored a double century, albeit in a fixture without first-class status.[11]

In August 2019, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced that the 2020 fixtures will be the last ones to have first-class status.[12]

Fixtures

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MCC Universities . 28 December 2019 . Lord's . 11 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200411204205/https://www.lords.org/mcc/mcc-cricket/mcc-universities . dead .
  2. Web site: MCCU Fixtures released . 8 April 2018 . Lord's.
  3. Web site: Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches: Fixtures . 29 November 2018 . ESPN Cricinfo.
  4. Web site: Sussex's 2019 Specsavers County Championship and Royal London One-Day Cup fixtures revealed . Brighton and Hove Independent . 29 November 2018.
  5. Web site: Worcestershire 2019 fixtures announced . Shropshire Star . 27 November 2018 . 29 November 2018.
  6. Web site: Sussex CCC 2019 Championship and One-day Fixtures Announced . Cricket World . 29 November 2018.
  7. News: Alastair Cook: Ex-England captain scores century in first innings since Test retirement . BBC Sport . 26 March 2019.
  8. Web site: Sir Alastair Cook scores century in first home knock since retirement, knighthood . ESPN Cricinfo . 26 March 2019.
  9. Web site: No first-class honours for Cardiff MCCU in record 568-run defeat . ESPN Cricinfo . 28 March 2019.
  10. Web site: Craig Overton takes 6-24 as Somerset enjoy record-breaking win over Cardiff MCCU . Bridgwater Mercury . 28 March 2019 . 28 March 2019.
  11. Web site: Haseeb Hameed reignites England hopes with double-century in Lancashire warm-up . ESPN Cricinfo . 6 April 2019.
  12. Web site: Universities set to lose first-class status . ESPN Cricinfo . 9 August 2019.

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