Ian Bell to captain MCC side at Emirates T20 tournament in Dubai
Thursday 11 February 2016 15:54, UK
Ian Bell will captain an MCC side featuring Kumar Sangakkara in next month's Emirates T20 tournament in Dubai.
The one-day event, on Friday, March 18, sees the MCC compete alongside Lancashire, Yorkshire and the United Arab Emirates.
New Warwickshire skipper Bell had already been named MCC skipper for their four-day Champion County match against Yorkshire in Abu Dhabi, which gets under way two days after the Emirates T20 event.
Former Sri Lanka Test batsman Sangakkara will be making the second appearance of his career for the MCC, having played in a Tsunami Relief Fund match in 2005 at Lord's.
MCC head of cricket John Stephenson said of the pair recruited for the T20 event: "In Kumar and Ian Bell we have two of the best players of their generation so I'm sure we'll stand a good chance in the tournament, and hopefully it will make for an entertaining spectacle."
