Mon 29 June: MCC Universities Challenge Final

Latest:   Cardiff/Glamorgan UCCE beat Leeds/Bradford's 236/7 (50) by 3 wickets (8th wkt p'ship of 95)

Listen again University Challenge Matches Mark O'Leary is not only assistant coach for Cardiff UCCE (playing Leeds/Bradford in the Universities Challenge Final), but coach for the Best of the Rest XI - who were playing Loughborough Women's UCCE on the Nursery Ground. Commentator Ben Pheazey began by asking what it was like having to split his attention between both matches. LISTEN (3h28m, 1.6MB) Alexia Walker is cricket performance manager for Loughborough women's UCCE and standing in as coach for England's Nikki Shaw. She told Ben Pheazey about Loughborough's emphatic nine-wicket victory with 24 overs to spare. LISTEN (5h42m, 2.6MB) Cowdrey Lecture (24 June) Full event: Introduction by Derek Underwood (MCC President), ICC Hall of Fame - Chris Cowdrey accepts cap on behalf of his father Colin, followed by the 9th Cowdrey Lecture by Adam Gilchrist & discussion led by Mark Nicholas. (Commentary by Ralph Dellor)   LISTEN (1h42m, 47MB) Adam Gilchrist's lecture at Lord's   LISTEN (36m, 16.7MB) Discussion Chaired and introduced by Mark Nicholas LISTEN (43m, 19.9MB) ICC Hall of Fame Chris Cowdrey accepts a cap on behalf of his father Colin LISTEN (3m, 1.6MB)

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