English County Cricket Season 2014

Close Day 3 - CC Div 1 = Middlesex trail Sussex by 224 runs with 9 wickets remaining - Prior 125 Finn 6-80

Thanks. What does MCCU stand for?[/b]

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(08-04-2014 21:42 )Boomerangutangangbang Wrote:  

(08-04-2014 00:21 )mikedafc Wrote:  What are these MCCU matches that are being played this week?

April 7-9
Cambridge MCCU V Essex
Durham V Durham MCCU
Gloucester V Cardiff MCCU
Kent V Loughborough MCCU
Warwickshire V Oxford MCCU
Somerset V Leeds/Bradford MCCU

(08-04-2014 23:21 )mikedafc Wrote:  Thanks. What does MCCU stand for?[/b]

It used to be UCCE, which stood for University Centres of Cricketing Excellence. For some reason they changed it to MCCU but its basically combined University teams from the area preceding MCCU.

MCCU stands for Marylebone Cricket Club Universities which prior to 2010 they were University Centres of Cricketing Excellence (UCCE).The MCC helps fund the 6 university cricket academies.

County Championship Division 1

Sussex beat Middlesex by an innings & 127 runs

Notts beat Lancashire by 45 runs

County Championship Division 2

Hampshire drew with Worcestershire

Glamorgan beat Surret by 10 wickets.

After trailing Surrey by 71 runs on 1st innings Glamorgan bowled Surrey out for 81 with Wagg 6-29 & Hogan 4-31.
Rees 75 not out & Bragg 72 not out knocked off the runs.

It was the case, until about 15 years ago, that the counties would start their season against either Oxford or Cambridge universities. These were the only two university sides that attained first-class status. They would only play from April until the end of June as their players were then participating in end of year/term academic examinations.

With Liverpool and Man City meeting today and the London Marathon the second round of County Championship matches could easily get overlooked. So hats off to the BBC who provide comprehensive coverage (including ball by ball of every single game this season via the web, a "top" match on BBC Five extra and many updates on local radio)
Middlesex v Nottinghamshire BBC London 94.9
Northants v Durham BBC R5 live sports extra and BBC Radio Northampton
Somerset v Yorkshire BBC Somerset
Warwickshire v Sussex BBC Cov & Warks
Essex v Derbyshire BBC Essex
Gloucestershire v Hampshire BBC Gloucestershire
Worcestershire v Kent BBC Hereford & Worcester

I agree. Also, all these commentaries are available on the BBC Sports online service.

^ Yes although fining which BBC "Live event" it is on before the first ball is bowled can be a challenge at times.