2018 Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches

2018 Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches
Dates1 April 2018 (2018-04-01) – 15 April 2018 (2018-04-15)
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket formatFirst-class
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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]

  1. ^ "MCC Universities". Lord's. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  2. ^ "MCCU Fixtures released". Lord's. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches: Fixtures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Warwickshire Bears pray for break in weather". Birmingham Mail. 5 April 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Berkshire's Andy Rishton first-class debut Loughborough University". Reading Chronicle. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Flood warnings in place and bank holiday matches cancelled as yet more rain hits Cambridgeshire". Cambridge Independent. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Yorkshire CCC match against Leeds Bradford MCCU abandoned". Cricket World. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Cricket: Worcestershire v Leeds-Bradford MCCU is washout". Worcester News. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Essex County Cricket Club: Wet conditions hinders Essex preparations as university challenge is abandoned". Yellow Advertiser. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Glamorgan's final friendly v Cardiff MCCU is rained off". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 April 2018.