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Hampshire all-rounder Andrew Neal makes plea to resurrect MCCU funding

Andrew Neal’s breakthrough at Hampshire has underlined the value of the MCCU pathway – and the 26-year-old fears English cricket could pay the price after funding for the university programme was cut.
Andrew Neal has made it to Hampshire’s first team after playing MCCU cricket

By Richard Edwards

Andrew Neal has graduated from this year’s Metro Bank One-Day Cup campaign with flying colours – but the man himself fears that English cricket could pay a heavy price for turning its back on the University programme that helped to hone his skills and those of countless others.
Neal – who was handed a lifeline back into the professional game by Hampshire during their One-Day Cup campaign last summer – came through the system with Leeds/Bradford.
And he’s far from alone.
A quick scan of team sheets in this summer’s One-Day Cup reveals that plenty of others did too, notab...

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