Denly & Malan to play for MCC in Dubai

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  23 January 2013

  Middlesex's Joe Denly and Dawid Malan have been confirmed for the MCC team which will take on Sussex and Warwickshire in Dubai in March, in a competition which also features 2011 County Champions Lancashire.

  The Emirates Airline t20 is the first leg of MCC's Champion County trip, the four-day season curtain raiser against last year's winners Warwickshire, played for the fourth consecutive year in Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Zayed Stadium, being the main event. Once again the fixture will be a day-night first-class match, using a pink ball - which will be provided by manufacturer Kookaburra.

  Dale Benkenstein, the 38-year-old former South Africa batsman, leads an experienced team on the trip, with many of the squad having played in the Champion County fixture in the recent past.

  Players confirmed include veteran seamers Steve Kirby and Alan Richardson, who have both represented MCC in the Champion County clash, and Middlesex's Dawid Malan, who played alongside Kirby in 2010.

  Simon Kerrigan meanwhile enjoyed considerable success against MCC last year, taking a match-winning 8/96 as Lancashire completed a comfortable six-wicket win. Other names confirmed include Somerset's Peter Trego, Hampshire skipper Jimmy Adams, Sam Northeast of Kent and Malan's county teammate, opener Joe Denly. The remaining squad members will be confirmed shortly.

  MCC Squad

  Name	Team
  Dale Benkenstein (Capt)	Durham & South Africa
  Joe Denly	Middlesex
  Rahul Dravid (t20 only)	Rajasthan Royals & India
  Simon Kerrigan	Lancashire
  Dawid Malan	Middlesex
  Sam Northeast	Kent
  Steve Kirby	Somerset
  Alan Richardson	Worcestershire
  Shaun Tait (t20 only)	Rajasthan Royals & Australia
  Peter Trego	Somerset

  Itinerary

  Date	Match	Location
  Fri 22 March	Emirates Airline t20	Dubai
  Mon 25- Thu 28 March	MCC v Warwickshire	Abu Dhabi

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