Below, the basic information for the 2016 Champion County cricket match in Abu Dhabi, the annual curtain-raiser on the English county cricket season which has been played in the UAE capital since 2010.
What
Marylebone Cricket Club v Yorkshire in the 2016 Champion County match
MCC play 2015 English first-class champions Yorkshire in a four-day match to launch the new English county season.
Where
Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi. The ground lies along the Abu Dhabi-Al Ain road and just beyond where Khaleej Al Arabi turns into International Airport Road. It can only be reached however via a service road after exiting the E22 Abu Dhabi-Al Ain road coming from the Al Ain direction, or by exiting International Airport Road coming from the Airport direction. The service road can also be reached via the street that runs past Sas Al Nakhl Village and at the end of the street that runs past Al Forsan Sports Resort.
*For a map, see the bottom of this page
When
The match plays Sunday March 20-Wednesday March 23, a day/night affair with each day’s play beginning at 10.30am.
Who
MCC and Yorkshire will both play in the Emirates T20 one-day tournament in Dubai on Friday, March 18 ahead of this match. Their announced touring squads are:
MCC
Ian Bell (Warwickshire, captain); Jake Ball (Nottinghamshire); Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire); Nick Browne (Essex); Rory Burns (Surrey); Rikki Clarke (Warwickshire); Ben Foakes (Surrey); Graham Onions (Durham); James Tredwell (Kent); Tom Westley (Essex)
*Kumar Sangakkara and Scott Borthwick have withdrawn
Yorkshire
Gary Ballance, Jack Brooks, Tim Bresnan, Karl Carver, Ben Coad, Matthew Fisher, Andrew Gales, Ryan Gibson, Andrew Hodd, Jack Leaning, Alex Lees, Adam Lyth, Steve Patterson, Jonathan Read, Will Rhodes, Ryan Sidebottom, James Wainman, Matthew Waite
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