Cambridge University Cricket Club,established in 1820,is the representative cricket club for students of the University of Cambridge. Depending on the circumstances of each individual match,the club has always been recognised as holding first-class status. The university played List A cricket in 1972 and 1974 only. It has not played top-level Twenty20 cricket.
Cambridge UCCE had a good start to their 2005 first-class season,setting Essex a target of 270 to win,after declaring in their second innings on 255 for 4. They took 6 wickets in defending the total,although they lost to the county in the end. They then narrowly lost to Warwickshire before beating Yorkshire in their last game of the season against a first-class county. They also played two matches as Cambridge University against Oxford University,winning the one-day game,but falling by an innings and 213 runs in their final first-class game of the season.
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.
Stuart Andrew Wedge is an English first-class cricketer. A left arm medium-fast bowler who bats at or near the bottom of the order,he first played for the Worcestershire second team in the Second XI Championship against Warwickshire at the age of 17 in 2003,but in a match badly affected by the weather he bowled only three overs.
Christopher Charles Benham is an English cricketer. Benham is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born at Frimley,Surrey. He attended Yateley School across the county border at Yateley in Hampshire. Making his debut at the professional level for the Hampshire Cricket Board in 2001,he spent nine years playing for Hampshire,before being released by the county after the 2010 season. He is now playing club cricket for Wimbledon CC in the Surrey Championship Premier League whilst working as a financial planner at St James's Place Wealth Management.
Billy Ashley Godleman is an English first-class cricketer who most recently played for Derbyshire.
Adrian George Agustus Matthew McCoubrey is an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler,he has played 43 times for the Ireland cricket team since August 1999 including six first-class matches and twelve List A matches. He has also played first-class and List A cricket for Essex.
Richard Johan Anders Malcolm-Hansen,known as Johan Malcolm,is an English-born Danish cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler who has played domestic cricket for Denmark and first-class cricket for Loughborough University and Leicestershire County Cricket Club.
The Chester Road North Ground,often referred to simply as Chester Road or Kidderminster,is a cricket ground in Kidderminster,Worcestershire,England. It is the home of Kidderminster Cricket Club,and is currently used for Worcestershire County Cricket Club's Second XI matches. It was opened in 1870.
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.
Matthew Neil William Spriegel is an English former cricketer who played as a left-handed batsman and right-arm off break bowler for Loughborough UCCE,Surrey and Northamptonshire.
Arun Harinath is a former English cricketer,a top-order batsman who played at first-class level for Surrey,Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC),Leicestershire and Loughborough UCCE between 2007 and 2018. He was educated at Tiffin School,and then attended Loughborough University. Born to UK-based Sri Lankan parents Malathy Harinath and Harinath Suppaiah,he married Emily Hodgson in 2018,but they separated in 2021. He has a younger brother Muhunthan Harinath.
Mohammad Adnan Akram is an English first-class cricketer who played for Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence,the Essex Cricket Board and the British Universities cricket team between 2002 and 2005.
Matthew Thomas Coles is an English former professional cricketer. He played as a bowling all-rounder who bowled right-arm fast-medium pace and batted left-handed. He most recently was contracted to Essex County Cricket Club and has represented the England Lions cricket team. Coles played for Kent for two spells either side of spending 18 months at Hampshire in 2014. In 2016 he joined Bangladesh Premier League side Dhaka Dynamites for part of their season.
Philip Duncan Edwards is an English former professional cricketer. He was born at Minster on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent in 1984.
Duncan Phillip Bradshaw is an English cricketer. Bradshaw is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born in the Zimbabwean capital of Harare into a White Zimbabwean family of British descent and educated at Hilton College in South Africa,before moving with his family to England.
Richard Malcolm Wilkinson is an English cricketer. Wilkinson is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in Birkenhead,Cheshire.
James Edward Ord is an English cricketer. Ord is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He was born in Birmingham,Warwickshire.
Ruel Marlon Ricardo Brathwaite is a Barbadian cricketer. Brathwaite is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Bridgetown.
