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Maryleborne names touring party

Maryleborne challenge: The local side will face UK based Maryleborne
 
Maryleborne challenge: The local side will face UK based Maryleborne

The visitors open their tour with a T20 match against Botswana Under-21 side at the BCA Oval on Friday night.

Maryleborne, housed at the home of cricket, Lord’s Cricket Ground, arrive on Wednesday, and the following day start off with a coaching session in Ramotswa.

On Friday, before the opening game, the English team will take aspiring cricketers at Mogobane through the paces. 

On Saturday, the visitors play a 50over match against the senior Botswana squad.

The UK side concludes its tour with a T20 night match against the senior side on October 4, before flying back home the following day.

MCC squad: Toby Drummond (captain), Stuart Davidson, Adam Miles (wicket keeper), Jonathan Steele, Julian Russell, William Vanderspar, Robert Haxby, Ben Trotman, Luke Ryan, Charles Leonard, Naz Gauri, Anthony Wilkinson, Thomas Kopelman Graham Monkhouse (team manager), Russell Evans (umpire)

                                        Fixtures

T20  BCA Oval I

MCC vs Botswana Under-21 Friday, 26 6:30pm

50 over match

BCA Oval I

 

MCC vs Botswana Under-21

Saturday, 27 9:30am

50 over match 9.30am

BCA Oval I

MCC vs Botswana Sunday, 28 9:30am

BCA Oval I

MCC vs Botswana Tuesday 30, 9:30am

Coaching session Thursday, 02 October

TBC (pm) Molepolole

T20 night match

6.30pm

BCA Oval I

MCC vs Botswana Thursday,

02 October 6:30pm

 

Coaching session

Saturday October, 04 9.00am

BCA Oval 1 & 2

T20 night match

BCA Oval I

MCC vs Botswana Saturday

04 October, 6.30pm