2017 Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches

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| administrator = England and Wales Cricket Board

| cricket format = First-class

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| previous_year = 2016

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| next_year = 2018

| next_tournament = 2018 Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches

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The 2017 Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches were a series of first-class cricket matches played between the eighteen County Championship teams and the six Marylebone Cricket Club University teams (MCCU) of England and Wales. Each county side played one fixture against a MCCU side ahead of the start of the 2017 County Championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/mcc-university-matches-2017/content/series/1068073.html?template=fixtures |title=MCC University Matches: Fixtures |accessdate=29 March 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} Following Leicestershire's match against Loughborough MCCU, bowler Charlie Shreck was found guilty of using obscene language or gestures.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2017/content/story/1090758.html |title=Leicestershire given 16-point penalty after Shreck offence |accessdate=6 April 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} This was Leicestershire's fifth fixed penalty in 12 months, resulting in them being deducted 16 points for the 2017 County Championship season.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/39521424 |title=County Championship: Leicestershire deducted 16 points on eve of season opener |accessdate=6 April 2017 |work=BBC Sport}}

Fixtures

=Round 1=

{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 28–30 March 2017

| team1 = Nottinghamshire

| team2 = Cambridge MCCU

| score-team1-inns1 = 339 (101.3 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Steven Mullaney 89 (162)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Luke Chapman 6/78 (32 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 123 (49.1 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Tim Moses 25 (42)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Samit Patel 5/43 (13 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 207/2d (56 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Riki Wessels 90* (107)

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Tim Moses 1/19 (8 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 79 (32.4 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = Joe Tetley 42 (58)

| wickets-team2-inns2 = Harry Gurney 4/28 (8 overs)

| venue = FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge

| toss = Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to bat.

| umpires = Ben Debenham and Steve Garratt

| motm =

| rain =

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1068507.html Scorecard]

| result = Nottinghamshire won by 344 runs

| notes = Luke Chapman, Akil Greenidge, Callum Guest, Misem Zaidi, Tim Moses and Sam Rippington (Cambridge MCCU) all made their first-class debuts.

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{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 28–30 March 2017

| team1 = Gloucestershire

| team2 = Durham MCCU

| score-team1-inns1 = 405/7d (101.4 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = William Tavaré 110 (234)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Alex McGrath 4/108 (29 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 238 (64.4 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = James McCollum 64 (115)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Graeme van Buuren 4/18 (7.4 overs)

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| venue = County Ground, Bristol

| toss = Durham MCCU won the toss and elected to field.

| umpires = Mike Burns and Tom Lungley

| motm =

| rain =

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1068509.html Scorecard]

| result = Match drawn

| notes = Abhiraj Singh, Joe Cooke, William Fraine, Benedict Graves, Matthew Jahanfar, Alex McGrath, Jason Marshall, James McCollum, Xavier Owen (Durham MCCU) and Oliver Currill (Gloucestershire) all made their first-class debuts.

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{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 28–30 March 2017

| team1 = Kent

| team2 = Leeds/Bradford MCCU

| score-team1-inns1 = 370/6d (94 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Darren Stevens 115 (152)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Oliver Bocking 2/55 (16 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 204 (77 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Ben Shoare 47 (116)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Adam Ball 2/10 (7 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 156/5 d (44 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Adam Ball 50 (89)

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Oliver Bocking 4/52 (15 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 110 (51.2 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = Craig Wallace 23 (47)

| wickets-team2-inns2 = Will Gidman 3/0 (1.2 overs)

| venue = St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury

| toss = Kent won the toss and elected to bat.

| umpires = Mark Newell and Martin Saggers

| motm =

| rain =

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1068510.html Scorecard]

| result = Kent won by 212 runs

| notes = Martin Andersson, Oliver Bocking, William Cook, Seb Feszczur-Hatchett, Oliver Graham, Peter McDermott, Jack Potticary and Ben Shoare (Leeds/Bradford MCCU) all made their first-class debuts.

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{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 28–30 March 2017

| team1 = Glamorgan

| team2 = Cardiff MCCU

| score-team1-inns1 = 342/7d (89.2 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Jacques Rudolph 142 (230)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Oliver Pike 3/82 (19.2 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 149/5d (72 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Jeremy Lawlor 50* (129)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = David Lloyd 2/21 (10 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =

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| venue = Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

| toss = Cardiff MCCU won the toss and elected to field.

| umpires = Jeff Evans and Russell Warren

| motm =

| rain =

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1068519.html Scorecard]

| result = Match drawn

| notes = Andrew Brewster, Connor Brown, Oliver Pike and Jack Scriven (Cardiff MCCU) all made their first-class debuts.

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{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 28–30 March 2017

| team1 = Surrey

| team2 = Oxford MCCU

| score-team1-inns1 = 335/7d (91 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Dominic Sibley 104* (208)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Jack McIver 2/60 (25 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 172 (60 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Malcolm Lake 48 (106)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Mark Footitt 4/15 (10 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 142/5d (49 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Dominic Sibley 60* (96)

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Alex Wilkinson 3/35 (15 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 64/5 (28 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = David Scott 18 (26)

| wickets-team2-inns2 = Gareth Batty 2/2 (4 overs)

| venue = The Parks, Oxford

| toss = Surrey won the toss and elected to bat.

| umpires = Nigel Cowley and Chris Watts

| motm =

| rain =

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1068512.html Scorecard]

| result = Match drawn

| notes = Tom Heathfield, Reece Hussain, David Scott, Daniel Wells, Alex Wilkinson (Oxford MCCU) and Ollie Pope (Surrey) all made their first-class debuts.

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{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 28–30 March 2017

| team1 = Leicestershire

| team2 = Loughborough MCCU

| score-team1-inns1 = 194 (57 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Ned Eckersley 49 (82)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Basil Akram 5/54 (14 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 278 (95.4 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Hassan Azad 80 (231)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Tom Wells 4/46 (11.4 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 113/3 (30 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Mark Cosgrove 40* (58)

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Bobby Gamble 2/16 (6 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =

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| venue = Grace Road, Leicester

| toss = Leicestershire won the toss and elected to bat.

| umpires = James Middlebrook and Steve O'Shaughnessy

| motm =

| rain =

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1068511.html Scorecard]

| result = Match drawn

| notes = Gavin Griffiths (Leicestershire), Sam Cook, Sam Evans, Ben Ladd-Gibbon and Adam Tillcock (Loughborough MCCU) all made their first-class debuts.

}}

=Round 2=

{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 2–4 April 2017

| team1 = Warwickshire

| team2 = Oxford MCCU

| score-team1-inns1 = 285/4d (86 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Jonathan Trott 130 (193)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Alex Wilkinson 2/89 (17 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 215 (67.4 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Bruno Broughton 46 (89)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Keith Barker 3/44 (14 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 241/5d (78 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Sam Hain 81 (124)

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Malcolm Lake 1/33 (14 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 62/6 (31 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = Jack McIver 22 (54)

| wickets-team2-inns2 = Oliver Hannon-Dalby 3/8 (8 overs)

| venue = The Parks, Oxford

| toss = Warwickshire won the toss and elected to bat.

| umpires = Nick Cook and Paul Pollard

| motm =

| rain =

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1068515.html Scorecard]

| result = Match drawn

| notes = Sukhjit Singh (Warwickshire) made his first-class debut.

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{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 2–4 April 2017

| team1 = Northamptonshire

| team2 = Loughborough MCCU

| score-team1-inns1 = 435/6d (83 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Rob Newton 166 (211)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Basil Akram 2/106 (15 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 553 (144.3 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Nitish Kumar 141 (145)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Saif Zaib 6/115 (36.3 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 185/0d (46 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Alex Wakely 104* (124)

| wickets-team1-inns2 =

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| venue = County Ground, Northampton

| toss = Loughborough MCCU won the toss and elected to field.

| umpires = Rob Bailey and David Millns

| motm =

| rain =

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1068516.html Scorecard]

| result = Match drawn

| notes = Max Holden, Miles Richardson and Gareth Wade (Northamptonshire) all made their first-class debuts.

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{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 2–4 April 2017

| team1 = Essex

| team2 = Durham MCCU

| score-team1-inns1 = 333 (85.4 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Adam Wheater 102 (130)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Xavier Owen 3/55 (17.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 187 (76.1 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Abhiraj Singh 44 (107)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Jamie Porter 4/35 (17 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 356/5d (74 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Nick Browne 113 (124)

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Darrel Williams 2/82 (15 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 124/2 (51 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = Jason Marshall 41* (90)

| wickets-team2-inns2 = Matt Dixon 2/22 (8 overs)

| venue = County Ground, Chelmsford

| toss = Essex won the toss and elected to bat.

| umpires = Neil Bainton and Chris Watts

| motm =

| rain =

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1068517.html Scorecard]

| result = Match drawn

| notes = Freddie Simon and Seb Stewart-Taylor (Durham MCCU) both made their first-class debuts.

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{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 2–4 April 2017

| team1 = Hampshire

| team2 = Cardiff MCCU

| score-team1-inns1 = 289 (63.3 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Michael Carberry 100 (121)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Neil Brand 3/7 (4.3 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 98 (36.3 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Kamau Leverock 21 (28)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Asher Hart 3/17 (6.3 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 271/6d (66 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = James Vince 90 (114)

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Neil Brand 1/2 (3 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 110/2 (56 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = Neil Brand 44* (102)

| wickets-team2-inns2 = Sean Ervine 1/10 (9 overs)

| venue = Rose Bowl, Southampton

| toss = Cardiff MCCU won the toss and elected to field.

| umpires = Ian Blackwell and Billy Taylor

| motm =

| rain =

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1068518.html Scorecard]

| result = Match drawn

| notes = David O'Sullivan (Cardiff MCCU) and Asher Hart (Hampshire) both made their first-class debuts.

}}

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{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 2–4 April 2017

| team1 = Lancashire

| team2 = Cambridge MCCU

| score-team1-inns1 = 338/6d (88 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Alex Davies 80 (165)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Adam Barton 3/75 (24 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 62 (43 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Nipuna Senaratne 31 (110)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = James Anderson 5/10 (11 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 120/7d (32 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Alex Davies 50* (56)

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Adam Barton 5/31 (12 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 56 (37.4 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = Tim Moses 18 (41)

| wickets-team2-inns2 = Jordan Clark 3/11 (6 overs)

| venue = FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge

| toss = Cambridge MCCU won the toss and elected to field.

| umpires = Paul Baldwin and Tim Robinson

| motm =

| rain =

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1068513.html Scorecard]

| result = Lancashire won by 340 runs

| notes =

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{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 2–4 April 2017

| team1 = Leeds/Bradford MCCU

| team2 = Yorkshire

| score-team1-inns1 = 137 (64.1 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Oliver Graham 41 (131)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Steven Patterson 3/25 (15 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 543/5d (120 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Adam Lyth 194 (278)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Oliver Graham 2/90 (22 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 182 (60.4 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = William Cook 42 (73)

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Tim Bresnan 3/12 (8 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =

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| venue = Headingley, Leeds

| toss = Yorkshire won the toss and elected to field.

| umpires = Stephen Gale and Steve Garratt

| motm =

| rain =

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1068514.html Scorecard]

| result = Yorkshire won by an innings and 224 runs

| notes = Daniel Houghton (Leeds/Bradford MCCU) made his first-class debut.

}}

=Round 3=

{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 7–9 April 2017

| team1 = Middlesex

| team2 = Cambridge MCCU

| score-team1-inns1 = 392 (105 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Dawid Malan 116 (145)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Sam Rippington 5/91 (28 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 123 (39.5 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Akil Greenidge 65 (88)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Ollie Rayner 2/14 (5 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 175/4d (35 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Ollie Rayner 91 (90)

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Callum Guest 1/14 (3 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 111 (39 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = Akil Greenidge 52 (54)

| wickets-team2-inns2 = Ollie Rayner 4/9 (7 overs)

| venue = FP Fenner's Ground, Cambridge

| toss = Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat.

| umpires = Russell Evans and Russell Warren

| motm =

| rain =

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1068523.html Scorecard]

| result = Middlesex won by 333 runs

| notes =

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{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 7–9 April 2017

| team1 = Durham

| team2 = Durham MCCU

| score-team1-inns1 = 404/5d (84.2 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Jack Burnham 150 (157)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Alex McGrath 2/69 (17.2 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 152 (58.3 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Benedict Graves 38 (62)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Graham Onions 4/21 (16 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 270/6d (53 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Cameron Steel 82 (86)

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Benedict Graves 3/35 (9 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 63 (33.2 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = Joe Cooke 22 (80)

| wickets-team2-inns2 = Graham Onions 4/3 (8 overs)

| venue = Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street

| toss = Durham won the toss and elected to bat.

| umpires = Tom Lungley and Neil Mallender

| motm =

| rain =

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1068508.html Scorecard]

| result = Durham won by 459 runs

| notes =

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{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 7–9 April 2017

| team1 = Sussex

| team2 = Cardiff MCCU

| score-team1-inns1 = 317/8d (86 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Laurie Evans 84 (123)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Kamau Leverock 3/57 (16 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 141 (50.4 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Yuvraj Odedra 44 (67)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Jofra Archer 5/35 (14.4 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 414 (95.1 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Chris Nash 103 (120)

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Aron Nijjar 3/113 (27 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 86/3 (30 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = Neil Brand 29 (36)

| wickets-team2-inns2 = Jofra Archer 2/25 (10 overs)

| venue = County Cricket Ground, Hove

| toss = Sussex won the toss and elected to bat.

| umpires = Jeremy Lloyds and Mark Newell

| motm =

| rain =

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1068520.html Scorecard]

| result = Match drawn

| notes =

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{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 7–9 April 2017

| team1 = Leeds/Bradford MCCU

| team2 = Worcestershire

| score-team1-inns1 = 162 (58.2 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Martin Andersson 33 (70)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Jack Shantry 3/36 (17 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 453/4d (95.5 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Joe Clarke 109 (125)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Oliver Bocking 2/74 (21 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 249 (80.4 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Ben Shoare 43 (55)

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Charles Morris 3/36 (12 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =

| runs-team2-inns2 =

| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| venue = Weetwood Playing Fields, Leeds

| toss = Worcestershire won the toss and elected to field.

| umpires = Peter Hartley and James Middlebrook

| motm =

| rain =

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1068521.html Scorecard]

| result = Worcestershire won by an innings and 42 runs

| notes =

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{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 7–9 April 2017

| team1 = Derbyshire

| team2 = Loughborough MCCU

| score-team1-inns1 = 363/8d (79 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Gary Wilson 106 (120)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Sam Cook 3/51 (18 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 388 (111.4 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = James Bracey 104 (183)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Luis Reece 3/22 (10.4 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 255/2d (58 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Wayne Madsen 80* (71)

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Adam Tillcock 2/65 (10 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =

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| venue = County Cricket Ground, Derby

| toss = Loughborough MCCU won the toss and elected to field.

| umpires = Jeff Evans and Graham Lloyd

| motm =

| rain =

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1068522.html Scorecard]

| result = Match drawn

| notes =

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{{Two-innings cricket match

| date = 7–9 April 2017

| team1 = Somerset

| team2 = Oxford MCCU

| score-team1-inns1 = 452/8d (73.4 overs)

| runs-team1-inns1 = Roelof van der Merwe 209 (166)

| wickets-team1-inns1 = Steven Green 3/79 (14 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 72 (26.2 overs)

| runs-team2-inns1 = Reece Hussain 20 (28)

| wickets-team2-inns1 = Craig Overton 3/18 (9 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 277/6d (53.2 overs)

| runs-team1-inns2 = Peter Trego 161 (139)

| wickets-team1-inns2 = Jack Grundy 2/35 (7 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 151 (30.5 overs)

| runs-team2-inns2 = Malcolm Lake 65 (37)

| wickets-team2-inns2 = Craig Overton 3/14 (5.5 overs)

| venue = County Ground, Taunton

| toss = Somerset won the toss and elected to bat.

| umpires = Ian Blackwell and Alex Wharf

| motm =

| rain =

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1068524.html Scorecard]

| result = Somerset won by 506 runs

| notes =

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