CRICKET - 2012 County fixtures announced

Thursday 8 December 2011

The 2012 First class fixtures were announced by the ECB on Tuesday; Essex, Lancashire and Gloucestershire will provide the county opposition for Rob Woolley's MCCU men this coming summer.

Essex, potentially including the record-breaking Alastair Cook, as they did at the beginning of the 2011 season, as well as other International stars such as Ravi Bopara, James Foster and the recently signed Charl Willoughby, will be at Fenner's from Saturday 31st March until Monday 2nd April.

LV County Champions Lancashire will warm up for the defence of their title by visiting Cambridge the next weekend; Friday 6th April is the first day of that match.

Gloucestershire complete the county line up at Fenners in 2012, arriving on Friday 18th May, the third of what promises to be three high quality weekends of Cricket.

Having beaten Surrey in 2011, as well as securing a highly creditable draw against Essex, the MCCU squad will be looking forward to testing themselves against county opposition once again.

The MCCU 2-day and BUCS fixtures will be announced shortly, as will the dates for the three Varsity matches, with announcements made on www.cucc.net