2018 Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches
| Dates | 1 April 2018 – 15 April 2018 |
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| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | First-class |
The 2018 Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches were a series of cricket matches 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 were scheduled to play one fixture against a MCCU side ahead of the start of the 2018 County Championship. All the fixtures in the competition were affected by bad weather, with matches either ending in a draw, due to play not being possible because of rain, or in some cases, abandoned with no play possible across all three days.
Fixtures
Round 1
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1–3 April 2018
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- Cardiff MCCU won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on day 2 due to a wet outfield.
- Brad Evans, Joseph Ludlow, Harry Allen, Alexander Woodland, Lorenzo Machado and Sam Pearce (Cardiff MCCU) all made their first-class debuts.
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1–3 April 2018
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- Oxford MCCU won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on day 2 due to a wet outfield.
- Harry Adair, James Seward, William Robertson and Steven Green (Oxford MCCU) all made their first-class debuts.
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1–3 April 2018
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- Sussex won the toss and elected to bat.
- No play was possible on day 2 due to rain.
- Oliver Soames, Nick Hammond, Andrew Rishton, Chris Sanders, Will Rollings and William Pereira (Loughborough MCCU) all made their first-class debuts.
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1–3 April 2018
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- Durham MCCU won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on day 2 due to rain.
- Matthew Plater, Freddie Ruffell, Vicram Sohal, James Sookias and Mungo Russell (Durham MCCU) all made their first-class debuts.
Round 2
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7–9 April 2018
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- Essex won the toss and elected to bat.
- No play was possible on days 2 and 3 due to rain and a wet outfield.
- Ben Seabrook, Jack Keeping, Sam Handley, John Bowers, Jordan Bulpitt (Cambridge MCCU) and Jack Plom (Essex) all made their first-class debuts.
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7–9 April 2018
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- Cardiff MCCU won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on days 2 and 3 due to rain and a wet outfield.
- Shailen Assani (Cardiff MCCU) made his first-class debut.
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7–9 April 2018
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- Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat.
- No play was possible on days 2 and 3 due to rain and a wet outfield.
- Jhathavedh Subramanyan, Charlie Nicholls and EWF Fenwick (Durham MCCU) all made their first-class debuts.
Round 3
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13–15 April 2018
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- Durham MCCU won the toss and elected to bat.
- No play was possible on days 1 and 2 due to a wet outfield.
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13–15 April 2018
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3/0 (0.2 overs)
Michael Carberry 3* (2) |
- Loughborough MCCU won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on day 1 due to a wet outfield.