LANCASHIRE League grounds will play host to the MCC this summer - with Bacup landing the prize of a major representative game.

The MCC will face a Lancashire League U21 team at Lanehead in an attractive fixture on Friday, August 5.

East Lancashire's Alexandra Meadows also stages a game with a team from HQ as QEGS face the MCC on May 12.

That game comes in a week of games with schools as Lowerhouse's Liverpool Road is the venue for a game between the MCC and Thomas Whitham Sixth Form (May 10) before the MCC play at Stonyhurst College the day after.

They finish off the week at Bolton-by-Bowland CC on Friday, May 13, against Clitheroe RGS.

The Northern League's U21s also face the MCC at a venue to be appointed on July 15.

MCC out games
Tuesday, May 10: Thomas Whitham Sixth Form v MCC, Lowerhouse Cricket Club
Wednesday, May 11: Stonyhurst College v MCC, Stonyhurst College
Thursday, May 12: Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn, v MCC, East Lancs CC
Friday, May 13: Clitheroe Royal Grammar School v MCC, Bolton-by-Bowland CC
Wednesday, May 18: Myerscough College v MCC, Garstang CC
Friday, July 15: Northern League U21 v MCC (TBC)
Friday, August 5: Lancashire League U21 v MCC, Bacup CC