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]
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31 March–2 April 2019 Scorecard |
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5–7 April 2019 Scorecard |
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33/0 (10 overs) Miles Hammond 28* (33) |
5–7 April 2019 Scorecard |
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19/0 (8 overs) Alex Moen 14* (31) |