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Loughborough UCCE aim for clean sweep in UCCE One-Day Challenge Final ECB Media Release - 1 July 2002
Loughborough UCCE will aim for a second consecutive clean sweep of University cricket trophies when the team plays Oxford UCCE in the One-Day Challenge Final at Lord's tomorrow, (Tuesday 2 July). Last year Loughborough won the BUSA Championship, UCCE Championship and UCCE One-Day Challenge competitions and this year it is looking to emulate the treble-winning achievement. Loughborough UCCE head coach, former England paceman Graham Dilley, said, "We won all three last year and have already won the BUSA Championship, beating Durham in the final, and the UCCE Championship this year, so we want to make sure we retain the third title as well." Of Loughborough's 14-man squad, 10 of the players are under county contract, the only absentee from a full-strength line-up being the Hampshire-contracted John Francis, who is injured. The Oxford UCCE side, meanwhile, boasts three county contracted players, and coach Graham Charlesworth is confident his side can upset the odds and beat Loughborough. "Loughborough has probably been the best side amongst the UCCEs this season and they certainly have strength in depth," said Charlesworth, "but we have a few guys - Jamie Dalrymple who is a very experienced player, Hugh Jones, and Tom Mees, who is the quickest bowler in university cricket, amongst others - who can turn a game and we will certainly be looking to put one over them." The two sides gained the right to contest the final by finishing respectively first and second in the 2002 UCCE Championships. The game will be a 50-over contest played to Benson & Hedges Cup regulations.
Oxford UCCE Squad: (contracted to.. / representative of..) 1. JJ Sayers (Yorkshire) 2. HR Jones 3. JWM Dalrymple (capt) (Middlesex) 4. N Millar 5. JRS Redmayne 6. SH Dalrymple 7. PP Evans (wk) 8. TC Hicks 9. T Mees (Warwicks) 10. TJ Sharpe (Hants Academy) 11. IJ Hilsum 12. WOF Howard Coach: Graham Charlesworth © ECB 2002
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