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2018 English cricket season
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The '''2018 English cricket season''' will run between 1 April and 27 September. It will be the 119th in which the [[County Championship]] has been an official competition and will feature [[first-class cricket|first-class]], [[List A cricket|one-day]] and [[Twenty20]] cricket competitions throughout England and Wales.
The season will see international tours by [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]], [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] and [[India national cricket team|India]], with Pakistan and India playing [[Test cricket|Test matches]] against [[England cricket team|England]]. The 18 first-class counties will compete in the [[2018 County Championship]], [[2018 Royal London One-Day Cup|One-Day Cup]] and [[2018 Vitality Blast|T20 Blast]] competitions, whilst women's teams will compete for the [[2018 Women's Cricket Super League]] and for the [[Women's County Championship]]. The [[2018 Minor Counties Championship]] and [[MCCA Knockout Trophy]] will be competed for by the [[Minor counties of English and Welsh cricket|Minor Counties of England and Wales]] and club cricket will be played throughout both countries.
==International Tours==
Three international sides will tour England and Wales during the season, Pakistan, Australia and India.<ref name=ecb5sep17>[https://ift.tt/2vHwAzp England schedule for 2018 confirmed], [[England and Wales Cricket Board|ECB]], 2017-09-05. Retrieved 2018-04-02.</ref> Pakistan will also [[Pakistani cricket team in Ireland in 2018|visit Ireland]] and will play the [[Ireland national cricket team|Irish team's]] first [[Test cricket|Test match]] at [[Malahide]] near Dublin.<ref name=rte12oct17>[https://ift.tt/2pZROTz Ireland set to make Test debut against Pakistan next spring], [[RTÉ]], 2017-10-12. Retrieved 2018-04-02.</ref>
==MCCU matches==
The season began on 1 April with the first of three rounds of matches between first-class counties and the six Marylebone Cricket Club University teams. Each first-class county will play one [[first-class cricket|first-class]] match against a university side before the start of the County Championship season later in the month.<ref name=mccu>[https://ift.tt/2Gv5rVC Fixtures], Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches, [[CricInfo]]. Retrieved 2018-04-02.</ref>
==References==
2018
[[Category:English cricket seasons from 2001]]
[[Category:2018 in English cricket| ]]
The season will see international tours by [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]], [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] and [[India national cricket team|India]], with Pakistan and India playing [[Test cricket|Test matches]] against [[England cricket team|England]]. The 18 first-class counties will compete in the [[2018 County Championship]], [[2018 Royal London One-Day Cup|One-Day Cup]] and [[2018 Vitality Blast|T20 Blast]] competitions, whilst women's teams will compete for the [[2018 Women's Cricket Super League]] and for the [[Women's County Championship]]. The [[2018 Minor Counties Championship]] and [[MCCA Knockout Trophy]] will be competed for by the [[Minor counties of English and Welsh cricket|Minor Counties of England and Wales]] and club cricket will be played throughout both countries.
==International Tours==
Three international sides will tour England and Wales during the season, Pakistan, Australia and India.<ref name=ecb5sep17>[https://ift.tt/2vHwAzp England schedule for 2018 confirmed], [[England and Wales Cricket Board|ECB]], 2017-09-05. Retrieved 2018-04-02.</ref> Pakistan will also [[Pakistani cricket team in Ireland in 2018|visit Ireland]] and will play the [[Ireland national cricket team|Irish team's]] first [[Test cricket|Test match]] at [[Malahide]] near Dublin.<ref name=rte12oct17>[https://ift.tt/2pZROTz Ireland set to make Test debut against Pakistan next spring], [[RTÉ]], 2017-10-12. Retrieved 2018-04-02.</ref>
==MCCU matches==
The season began on 1 April with the first of three rounds of matches between first-class counties and the six Marylebone Cricket Club University teams. Each first-class county will play one [[first-class cricket|first-class]] match against a university side before the start of the County Championship season later in the month.<ref name=mccu>[https://ift.tt/2Gv5rVC Fixtures], Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches, [[CricInfo]]. Retrieved 2018-04-02.</ref>
==References==
2018
[[Category:English cricket seasons from 2001]]
[[Category:2018 in English cricket| ]]
April 02, 2018 at 05:33PM
