Stuart Broad to captain MCC against Surrey in Champion County match

The fixture is a four-day match set to take place on Sunday, March 24 in Dubai, with the squad that Broad will captain being announced at a later date...

England seam bowler Stuart Broad has been announced as the player who will captain MCC against Surrey in the annual Champion County match.

The fixture is a four-day match set to take place on Sunday, March 24 in Dubai.

This will not be Broad's first go as a captain. He led England's T20I team in 27 matches between 2011 and 2014, and took charge in three ODIS in 2014.

The squad to take on the champions and which Broad will captain will be announced at a later date.

^{Stuart Broad as England T20I captain in 2011}

"We are thrilled that Stuart has agreed to captain the side for the Champion County match against Surrey," said MCC's assistant secretary John Stephenson.

"He is not only a player of the very highest class, but his experience of over 100 Test matches will be invaluable to the younger players in the squad, and I am sure that they will be eager to learn from one of England's greatest ever bowlers.

"Surrey were undoubtedly the best side in last season's County Championship and have an extremely strong squad, so it will be a tough challenge for Stuart and his side but one I am sure they will relish."

MCC beat the 2017 County Champions Essex by an innings and 34 runs in last year's fixture, with Warwickshire's Sam Hain and Somerset's Dom Bess scoring centuries.