The MCC University matches in 2005 are games played between the University Centre of Cricketing Excellence ("UCCEs") and first-class opposition. This is the first year the games are called "MCC" University matches,after the MCC announced a funding plan to support the development of student cricket.
Dominic Gerald Cork is a former English county and international cricketer. Cork was a right-handed lower-order batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium,and was renowned for his swing and seam control. In 1995,he took the best figures for an England bowler on Test debut,with 7 for 43 in the second innings against the West Indies.
Stuart Grant Law is an Australian-born cricket coach and former cricketer. He was a part of the Australian squad which finished as runners-up at the 1996 Cricket World Cup.
Rikki Clarke is a retired English cricketer,who last played for Surrey. He was educated at Broadwater School and then Godalming College. Clarke began his career as a professional cricketer with Surrey in 2000,making his list A debut in 2001 and First Class debut in 2002,and the following year made his One Day International debut for England;later in 2003 he played his first Test match. Between 2003 and 2006 he played two Tests,both against Bangladesh and 20 ODIs.
Jacobus Andries "Jacques" Rudolph is a former South African cricketer who played for Yorkshire,Glamorgan and in South Africa with Titans.
Thomas Christopher Smith is a former English cricketer who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club. He had also been a member of the England Academy team. In 2008,he played for Leicestershire on loan because he was unable to break into Lancashire's first team. He is an all-rounder,bowling right-arm medium and batting left-handed. At the start of the 2009 season,Smith was promoted to open the batting,having previously batted in the lower order,and secured his place there. In 2011,the year Lancashire won the County Championship for the first time since 1950,Smith became the first Lancashire player to score a century and take four wickets in the same one-day match. In 2011/12 Smith played for the Matabeleland Tuskers in Zimbabwe as an overseas player in the domestic twenty20 competition.
Cricket is one of the most popular sports in England,and has been played since the 16th century. Marylebone Cricket Club,based at Lord's,developed the modern rules of play and conduct. The sport is administered by the England and Wales Cricket Board and represented at an international level by the England men's team and England women's team. At a domestic level,teams are organised by county,competing in tournaments such as the County Championship,Royal London One-Day Cup,T20 Blast and the Women's Twenty20 Cup. Recent developments include the introduction of a regional structure for women's cricket and the establishment of The Hundred for both men's and women's cricket. Recreational matches are organised on a regional basis,with the top level being the ECB Premier Leagues.
Ajmal Shahzad is an English cricket coach and retired cricketer. He was a member of the England team that won the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.
James William Arthur Taylor is an English former cricketer and cricket selector who played for Nottinghamshire and England. A right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm leg break bowler,Taylor made his debut in first-class cricket in 2008 for Leicestershire and made major impressions in his first county seasons. He is noted as being a fine fielder in the covers. He became the youngest Leicestershire one-day centurion and first-class double centurion. In 2009,Taylor also became the youngest player in Leicestershire's history to score 1,000 championship runs in a season. A promising talent in his 34 white-ball appearances for England,Taylor was forced into retirement at just 26 years of age due to a previously undiagnosed heart condition.
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1898 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for twenty-seven years. It was their fourth season in the County Championship and they won three matches to finish ninth in the Championship table.
Zafar Shahaan Ansari is a former British cricketer who played for Surrey County Cricket Club and the England national team. A spin-bowling all-rounder,he bowled left-arm orthodox spin,and batted left-handed. He now works as a lawyer in London.
Shivsinh Jaysinh Thakor is an English cricketer who most recently played for Derbyshire County Cricket Club.
Thomas Richard Hardman was an English cricketer. Hardman was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Bury,Greater Manchester and was educated at St Joseph's RC High School,Heywood and Holy Cross College,Bury.
Haseeb Hameed is an English professional cricketer who has played internationally for the England Test cricket team. In domestic cricket,he represents Nottinghamshire,having previously played for Lancashire. Hameed made his Test debut in 2016. He plays as a right-handed opening batsman.
In 2012,Kent County Cricket Club competed in Division Two of the County Championship,Group C of the 40-over Clydesdale Bank 40 and the South Group of the Friends Life t20. Kent also hosted a first-class match at the St Lawrence Ground against the touring South Africans. At the start of the season,Kent played a three-day MCC Universities match at Oxford MCCU,but this match did not have first-class status. It was the first season in charge for new head coach Jimmy Adams after the departure of Paul Farbrace who had been the club's Director of Cricket for two seasons. The club captain was former England batsman Rob Key who had been club captain since 2006. Brendan Nash joined Kent as their overseas player.
The 2017 Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches were a series of first-class cricket matches played between the eighteen County Championship teams and the six Marylebone Cricket Club University teams (MCCU) of England and Wales. Each county side played one fixture against a MCCU side ahead of the start of the 2017 County Championship. Following Leicestershire's match against Loughborough MCCU,bowler Charlie Shreck was found guilty of using obscene language or gestures. This was Leicestershire's fifth fixed penalty in 12 months,resulting in them being deducted 16 points for the 2017 County Championship season.
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. The first two rounds of fixtures were classed as first-class matches. Each county side played one fixture against an MCCU side ahead of the start of the 2019 County Championship.
Samuel Conners is an English cricketer. He was born in Nottingham and attended George Spencer Academy in Stapleford,Nottinghamshire. In July 2018,he played for the England under-19 cricket team against South Africa,before signing a two-year deal with Derbyshire.
Taylor Ryan Cornall is an English cricketer. He made his first-class debut on 26 March 2019,for Leeds/Bradford MCCU against Derbyshire,as part of the Marylebone Cricket Club University fixtures. He has also played for the Lancashire 2nd XI team. He made his List A debut on 5 August 2021,for Lancashire in the 2021 Royal London One-Day Cup.
Joshua Michael de Caires is an English cricketer,and the son of former England cricket captain Michael Atherton. He made his first-class debut on 5 July 2021,for Middlesex in the 2021 County Championship.
