2019 Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches
# 2019 Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches

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.

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. The opening round also saw Somerset beat Cardiff MCCU by 568 runs, a record margin for a first-class match in England. 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.

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.

## Fixtures

### Round 1

* 26–28 March 2019 Scorecard
* Derbyshire won by 336 runs County Cricket Ground, Derby Umpires: Hassan Adnan and Steve O'Shaughnessy
* 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 Scorecard
* Durham won by 296 runs Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Umpires: Neil Mallender and Neil Pratt
* 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 Scorecard
* Essex won by 286 runs FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge Umpires: Paul Pollard and Paul Baldwin
* 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 Scorecard
* Leicestershire won by an innings and 220 runs Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: Tim Robinson and Ian Ramage
* 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.
* 26–28 March 2019 Scorecard
* Match drawn Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood Umpires: Ben Debenham and Russell Warren
* 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 Scorecard
* Somerset won by 568 runs County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Jeff Evans and Ian Blackwell
* 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 Scorecard
* Yorkshire won by an innings and 151 runs Weetwood Playing Fields, Leeds Umpires: Neil Pratt and Peter Hartley
* Leeds/Bradford MCCU won the toss and elected to bat.
* Duanne Olivier (Yorkshire) took his 400th first-class wicket.
* Matthew Waite (Yorkshire) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
* 31 March–2 April 2019 Scorecard
* Match drawn The Parks, Oxford Umpires: Tom Lungley and Nick Cook
* 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 Scorecard
* Match drawn County Cricket Ground, Northampton Umpires: Ian Ramage and Rob Bailey
* 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 Scorecard
* Match drawn County Cricket Ground, Hove Umpires: Billy Taylor and Mark Newell
* 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 Scorecard
* Match drawn FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge Umpires: James Middlebrook and Neil Bainton
* 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).
* 31 March–2 April 2019 Scorecard
* Match drawn St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: Martin Saggers and Chris Watts
* Loughborough MCCU won the toss and elected to field.
* Fred Klaassen (Kent) made his first-class debut.

### Round 3

* 4–6 April 2019 Scorecard
* Match drawn The Oval, London Umpires: Hassan Adnan and Mike Burns
* Durham MCCU won the toss and elected to field.
* 5–7 April 2019 Scorecard
* Match drawn Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Umpires: Alex Wharf and Rob White
* Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat.
* No play was possible on day 1 due to rain.
* 5–7 April 2019 Scorecard
* Match drawn County Ground, Bristol Umpires: Mark Newell and Jeremy Lloyds
* Oxford MCCU won the toss and elected to field.
* 5–7 April 2019 Scorecard
* Match drawn Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough Umpires: Michael Gough and James Middlebrook
* Lancashire won the toss and elected to bat.
* 5–7 April 2019 Scorecard
* Match drawn FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge Umpires: Ben Debenham and Chris Watts
* Cambridge MCCU won the toss and elected to field.
* 5–7 April 2019 Scorecard
* Warwickshire won by 530 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Graham Lloyd and Tom Lungley
* Warwickshire won the toss and elected to bat.
