MCC to tour Argentina
Date released: 29 January 2008
MCC, the world’s most active cricket-playing club, is sending a 15-man party to Argentina for a two-week tour.
The squad, captained by Somerset’s Peter Trego, will depart from London bound for Buenos Aires.
They will play seven games – including three one-day games and a two-day game against the Argentine national side, plus matches against an Argentina Colts XI and an Argentina Presidents Cricket XI.
"I am delighted to have been asked to captain this tour, which once again sees MCC face the Argentine national side." Trego said.
MCC captain for the tour to Argentina - Peter Trego "This will be a fantastic opportunity for me to get good match experience in different conditions ahead of a busy County season.
"We take with us two promising players from the MCC University Centres of Cricketing excellence, Loughborough’s Richard King and Oxford’s Will Mottram, who are combining their cricketing and academic ambitions with the help of MCC’s funding of the UCCEs."
The MCC squad in full:
Paul Bedford (Manager) | Peter D Trego (Captain) | Rob F Wycherley (WK) |
George S Brooksbank | Guy Bulpitt | W Mark George |
Steve Gibson | Richard King (UCCE Loughborough) | Martin Laidler |
Will J Mottram (UCCE Oxford) | Martin G O’Reilly | Rob E Walker |
B R Wigley (WK) | R J Woods | Steven Garratt (Umpire) |
This marks the start of a busy year for MCC, with tours to Uganda, Germany, St Kitts & Nevis, Denmark and Fiji & Samoa planned for the coming months.
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