# Cardiff MCC University

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{{Short description|Student cricket team in Wales}}
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{{Infobox cricket team
|         name = Cardiff South Wales MCC University
|          image = Cardiff MCC logo.jpg 
|          coach = 
|        captain = 
|         colors = 
|        founded = 2001<ref name=cricarchive>{{Cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/1/1574/Other_Matches.html |title=Cricket Archive |access-date=2017-11-03 |archive-date=2019-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703102202/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/1/1574/Other_Matches.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|         ground = 
|       capacity = 
|      first_fc = [Somerset](/source/Somerset_County_Cricket_Club)
|      first_fc_year = 2012
|   first_fc_venue = [Taunton Vale](/source/Taunton_Vale_Sports_Club_Ground)<ref name=wisden>''[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack)'' (2013) p 607</ref>
|        website = [http://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/about/sport/students/Pages/Cardiff-South-Wales-MCCU.aspx Cardiff South Wales MCCU]
}}
'''Cardiff South Wales MCC University''', formerly '''Cardiff University Centre of Cricketing Excellence''', commonly abbreviated to Cardiff MCCU, is one of six [University Centres of Cricketing Excellence](/source/MCC_Universities) supported by the [Marylebone Cricket Club](/source/Marylebone_Cricket_Club) (MCC). It comprises [Cardiff University](/source/Cardiff_University), the [University of South Wales](/source/University_of_South_Wales) and [Cardiff Metropolitan University](/source/Cardiff_Metropolitan_University).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/about/sport/students/Pages/Cardiff-South-Wales-MCCU.aspx |title=Student Sport Cardiff South Wales MCCU |publisher=Cardiffmet.ac.uk |access-date=2017-07-03 |archive-date=3 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703102158/http://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/about/sport/students/Pages/Cardiff-South-Wales-MCCU.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Cardiff MCCU play three matches a year against first-class counties. For the first time, in 2012 two of these three matches were given [first-class](/source/first-class_cricket) status.<ref>[http://www.lords.org/latest-news/news-archive/first-class-for-cardiff-leeds,2243,NS.html "First-Class for Cardiff & Leeds"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120804124649/http://www.lords.org/latest-news/news-archive/first-class-for-cardiff-leeds,2243,NS.html |date=2012-08-04 }}</ref> The first of these first-class matches was against Somerset, a regular early season fixture;<ref name=wisden/> it was held at [Taunton Vale](/source/Taunton_Vale_Sports_Club_Ground), additionally making it that ground's debut in holding first-class cricket.<ref name=wisden/>

The former Cardiff University Centre of Cricketing Excellence team did not play first-class cricket. As Cardiff Marylebone Cricket Club University, the team has played eight first-class matches from 2012 to 2015 (i.e., two per season in early April).

In March 2019, during the [Marylebone Cricket Club University fixtures](/source/2019_Marylebone_Cricket_Club_University_Matches), Cardiff MCCU lost to [Somerset](/source/Somerset_County_Cricket_Club) by 568 runs, a record margin for a first-class match in England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8798/report/1167346/somerset-vs-cardiff-mccu-6th-match-marylebone-cricket-club-university-matches |title=No first-class honours for Cardiff MCCU in record 568-run defeat |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=28 March 2019}}</ref>

==See also==
* [List of Cardiff MCCU players](/source/List_of_Cardiff_MCCU_players)

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/student-life/sports/performance-sport Cardiff MCCU]
*[https://www.lords.org/mcc/youth-cricket/mcc-universities/ The MCC Universities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627072613/https://www.lords.org/mcc/youth-cricket/mcc-universities/ |date=27 June 2018 }}

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