# 2017 Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches

The 2017 Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches were a series of first-class cricket matches played between the eighteen County Championship teams and the six Marylebone Cricket Club University teams (MCCU) of England and Wales. Each county side played one fixture against a MCCU side ahead of the start of the 2017 County Championship. Following Leicestershire's match against Loughborough MCCU, bowler Charlie Shreck was found guilty of using obscene language or gestures. This was Leicestershire's fifth fixed penalty in 12 months, resulting in them being deducted 16 points for the 2017 County Championship season.

## Fixtures
### Round 1

* 28–30 March 2017 Scorecard
* Nottinghamshire won by 344 runs FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge Umpires: Ben Debenham and Steve Garratt
* Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to bat.
* Luke Chapman, Akil Greenidge, Callum Guest, Misem Zaidi, Tim Moses and Sam Rippington (Cambridge MCCU) all made their first-class debuts.
* 28–30 March 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn County Ground, Bristol Umpires: Mike Burns and Tom Lungley
* Durham MCCU won the toss and elected to field.
* Abhiraj Singh, Joe Cooke, William Fraine, Benedict Graves, Matthew Jahanfar, Alex McGrath, Jason Marshall, James McCollum, Xavier Owen (Durham MCCU) and Oliver Currill (Gloucestershire) all made their first-class debuts.
* 28–30 March 2017 Scorecard
* Kent won by 212 runs St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: Mark Newell and Martin Saggers
* Kent won the toss and elected to bat.
* Martin Andersson, Oliver Bocking, William Cook, Seb Feszczur-Hatchett, Oliver Graham, Peter McDermott, Jack Potticary and Ben Shoare (Leeds/Bradford MCCU) all made their first-class debuts.
* 28–30 March 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Umpires: Jeff Evans and Russell Warren
* Cardiff MCCU won the toss and elected to field.
* Andrew Brewster, Connor Brown, Oliver Pike and Jack Scriven (Cardiff MCCU) all made their first-class debuts.
* 28–30 March 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn The Parks, Oxford Umpires: Nigel Cowley and Chris Watts
* Surrey won the toss and elected to bat.
* Tom Heathfield, Reece Hussain, David Scott, Daniel Wells, Alex Wilkinson (Oxford MCCU) and Ollie Pope (Surrey) all made their first-class debuts.
* 28–30 March 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: James Middlebrook and Steve O'Shaughnessy
* Leicestershire won the toss and elected to bat.
* Gavin Griffiths (Leicestershire), Sam Cook, Sam Evans, Ben Ladd-Gibbon and Adam Tillcock (Loughborough MCCU) all made their first-class debuts.

### Round 2

* 2–4 April 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn The Parks, Oxford Umpires: Nick Cook and Paul Pollard
* Warwickshire won the toss and elected to bat.
* Sukhjit Singh (Warwickshire) made his first-class debut.
* 2–4 April 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn County Ground, Northampton Umpires: Rob Bailey and David Millns
* Loughborough MCCU won the toss and elected to field.
* Max Holden, Miles Richardson and Gareth Wade (Northamptonshire) all made their first-class debuts.
* 2–4 April 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn County Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: Neil Bainton and Chris Watts
* Essex won the toss and elected to bat.
* Freddie Simon and Seb Stewart-Taylor (Durham MCCU) both made their first-class debuts.
* 2–4 April 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: Ian Blackwell and Billy Taylor
* Cardiff MCCU won the toss and elected to field.
* David O'Sullivan (Cardiff MCCU) and Asher Hart (Hampshire) both made their first-class debuts.
* 2–4 April 2017 Scorecard
* Lancashire won by 340 runs FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge Umpires: Paul Baldwin and Tim Robinson
* Cambridge MCCU won the toss and elected to field.
* 2–4 April 2017 Scorecard
* Yorkshire won by an innings and 224 runs Headingley, Leeds Umpires: Stephen Gale and Steve Garratt
* Yorkshire won the toss and elected to field.
* Daniel Houghton (Leeds/Bradford MCCU) made his first-class debut.

### Round 3

* 7–9 April 2017 Scorecard
* Middlesex won by 333 runs FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge Umpires: Russell Evans and Russell Warren
* Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat.
* 7–9 April 2017 Scorecard
* Durham won by 459 runs Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Umpires: Tom Lungley and Neil Mallender
* Durham won the toss and elected to bat.
* 7–9 April 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn County Cricket Ground, Hove Umpires: Jeremy Lloyds and Mark Newell
* Sussex won the toss and elected to bat.
* 7–9 April 2017 Scorecard
* Worcestershire won by an innings and 42 runs Weetwood Playing Fields, Leeds Umpires: Peter Hartley and James Middlebrook
* Worcestershire won the toss and elected to field.
* 7–9 April 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn County Cricket Ground, Derby Umpires: Jeff Evans and Graham Lloyd
* Loughborough MCCU won the toss and elected to field.
* 7–9 April 2017 Scorecard
* Somerset won by 506 runs County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Ian Blackwell and Alex Wharf
* Somerset won the toss and elected to bat.