Congratulations to 1st XI skipper Alfie Cooper who has been selected for the first MCC Overseas Tour of the year.
The MCC squad, captained by Ireland men’s Test skipper Andy Balbirnie, this week headed to Hong Kong where the MCC will play in a cricket festival celebrating the 175th Anniversary of The Hong Kong Cricket Club.
The festival will see MCC play in a 50-over format triangular tournament vs The Hong Kong Cricket Club and Melbourne Cricket Club.
The squad will then fly to Mumbai where MCC will play matches against the Global Cricket School, Cricket Club of India & Bombay Gymkhana Club.
As is customary with MCC tours, there will be various coaching sessions during the trip, with the Club also using the opportunity to educate umpires and officials on the Laws.
Tour Manager for the trip is Head of Cricket at MCC, Fraser Stewart, and the umpire will be the former England seamer Angus Fraser.
The squad for this tour is:
Fraser Stewart (Tour Manager)
Andrew Balbirnie (Captain)
Sam Burge
Ravan Chahal
Luke Chapman
Alfie Cooper
Fionn Hand
Peter Hatzoglou
Abhishek Kulkarni
Tomás Murphy
Marcus O’Riordan
Sam Perry
Patrick Rowe
Tarandeep Toor
Angus Fraser (Umpire)
Fixtures:
Saturday 4 April
MCC v Melbourne CC
Sunday 5 April
Hong Kong CC v MCC
Monday 6 April
Potential Final
Tuesday 7 April
Reserve Day for Final OR President’s XI Match
Wednesday 8 April
MCC v Melbourne CC
Saturday 11 April
Bombay Gymkhana v MCC
Monday 13 April
Global Cricket School v MCC
Tuesday 14 April
Cricket Club of India v MCC
