2019 Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches
| Dates | 26 March 2019 – 7 April 2019 |
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| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | First-class |
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
26–28 March 2019
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- Derbyshire won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sam Conners (Derbyshire), Josh Haynes, Taylor Cornall, Oliver Batchelor, Angus Dahl, Saad Ashraf, Darren Ironside, Andrew Neal, Joshua Fallows, Josh Holling and Stephen Cantwell (Leeds/Bradford MCCU) all made their first-class debuts.
26–28 March 2019
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- Durham won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ross Greenwell (Durham), Lewis Bedford, Adam Dewes, Tom Powe, Charlie Scott, Chris Benjamin, Ben Sidwell and Jack Campbell (Durham MCCU) all made their first-class debuts.
26–28 March 2019
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- Essex won the toss and elected to bat.
- Vansh Bajaj, James Park-Johnson, Rishi Patel, Josh Cantrell and MJE Smith (Cambridge MCCU) all made their first-class debuts.
26–28 March 2019
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- Leicestershire won the toss and elected to field.
- Tom Haynes, Louis Kimber, Joseph Kendall, Adam King, Ben Bhabra and Alex Evans (Loughborough MCCU) all made their first-class debuts.
- Hassan Azad (Leicestershire) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.[13]
26–28 March 2019
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- Oxford MCCU won the toss and elected to field.
- Matthew Taylor, Christopher McBride, Calvin Harrison, Louie Shaw, Zaman Akhter and Chris Searle (Oxford MCCU) all made their first-class debuts.
26–28 March 2019
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- Somerset won the toss and elected to bat.
- Steven Reingold, Yuvraj Odedra, Oskar Kolk and Dan Douthwaite (Cardiff MCCU) all made their first-class debuts.
Round 2
31 March–2 April 2019
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- Leeds/Bradford MCCU won the toss and elected to bat.
- Duanne Olivier (Yorkshire) took his 400th first-class wicket.[14]
- Matthew Waite (Yorkshire) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.[15]
31 March–2 April 2019
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- Oxford MCCU won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on day 3 due to rain.
- Mo Rizvi (Oxford MCCU) made his first-class debut.
31 March–2 April 2019
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- Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to bat.
- No play was possible on day 3 due to rain.
- Joe Emanuel, Nicholas MacDonagh and William Francis Angus (Durham MCCU) all made their first-class debuts.
31 March–2 April 2019
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- Cardiff MCCU won the toss and elected to field.
- Matthew Foster and Jack Gibbs (Cardiff MCCU) both made their first-class debuts.
31 March–2 April 2019
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- Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to bat.
- No play was possible on day 3 due to rain.
- Ben Duckett scored the fastest first-class double century by a Nottinghamshire batsman, in terms of balls faced (168).[16]
31 March–2 April 2019
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- Loughborough MCCU won the toss and elected to field.
- Fred Klaassen (Kent) made his first-class debut.
Round 3
5–7 April 2019
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- Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat.
- No play was possible on day 1 due to rain.
5–7 April 2019
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33/0 (10 overs)
Miles Hammond 28* (33) |
- Oxford MCCU won the toss and elected to field.
5–7 April 2019
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19/0 (8 overs)
Alex Moen 14* (31) |
- Cambridge MCCU won the toss and elected to field.
References
- ^ "MCC Universities". Lord's. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- ^ "MCCU Fixtures released". Lord's. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ "Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches: Fixtures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ "Sussex's 2019 Specsavers County Championship and Royal London One-Day Cup fixtures revealed". Brighton and Hove Independent. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ "Worcestershire 2019 fixtures announced". Shropshire Star. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ "Sussex CCC 2019 Championship and One-day Fixtures Announced". Cricket World. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- ^ "Alastair Cook: Ex-England captain scores century in first innings since Test retirement". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ^ "Sir Alastair Cook scores century in first home knock since retirement, knighthood". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ^ "No first-class honours for Cardiff MCCU in record 568-run defeat". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ "Craig Overton takes 6-24 as Somerset enjoy record-breaking win over Cardiff MCCU". Bridgwater Mercury. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ "Haseeb Hameed reignites England hopes with double-century in Lancashire warm-up". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ "Universities set to lose first-class status". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ "Javid and Azad set second wicket record". Leicestershire CCC. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ "Waite high five is highlight for Yorkshire against students". York Press. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "All-rounder Waite stakes claim with a miserly five-wicket haul". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "Youthfull Notts Exciting for Double Centurion Duckett". Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. Retrieved 1 April 2019.