Cricket - MCC Champion County Match

Barbados will host a festival of English cricket next spring, with both the North-South Series and the MCC’s Champion County Match against Essex to break new ground in the Caribbean.

The 2018 Champion County match between MCC XI and Essex will begin on March 27 at the Kensington Oval, Barbados. The day-night first-class fixture will take place across four days in Bridgetown and will be played with pink Duke balls.