News Items
Dateline: | 20th February 2024 | |
Source: | Desert Springs Resort | |
Subject: | Cricket at Desert Springs | |
Title: | Cricket Scotland Women and Sunrisers Cricket to play pre-season fixtures at Desert Springs Resort | |
Cricket Scotland Women and Sunrisers Cricket will be holding a joint seven (7) day pre-season Training camp at Desert Springs Resort and ICC accredited Cricket Ground & Academy between Monday 26th February – Sunday 3rd March 2024.
Returning for the first time in 2024, having qualified from the ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifiers held at Desert Springs and played ODI and T20I fixtures against Cricket Ireland in 2023, Cricket Scotland are heading to Desert Springs Resort in preparation for the ICC T20 Cricket World Cup final qualifiers in Abu Dhabi. Scotland bring a squad of squad of sixteen (16) players and four (4) staff. Sunrisers Cricket also return having visited for a pre-season training camp in March 2023 and bring a squad of thirteen (13) players and seven (7) staff. Both Cricket Scotland and Sunrisers Cricket will be involved in a mixture of high performance training, spending their time completing a specific and carefully planned programme of numerous training sessions each day covering technical skills, bowling and batting, strength and conditioning and both individual and group activity. Alongside training at both the Cricket Academy Nets and on the Cricket Match Ground three T20 matches will be played between the sides, the schedule can be seen below.
The players and coaches will be accommodated in some of the privately-owned apartments at Desert Springs and the resort’s executive chef will be on hand to cater for the special dietary requirements of individual players dining at both El Torrente Restaurant and the Crocodile Club.
For the match schedule please see below:
Thursday 29th February 2024: T20 Game 1 – 14:00hrs
Cricket Scotland v Sunrisers Cricket
Friday 1st March 2024: T20 Game 2 – 14:00hrs
Mixed team friendly
Saturday 2nd March 2024: T20 Game 3 – 14:00hrs
Cricket Scotland v Sunrisers Cricket
As always spectators are welcome to attend the fixtures and are encouraged to bring your parasols and deck chairs and enjoy the spectacle. We are looking forward to some intense battles between these teams and some great entertainment on our superb cricket ground.
To view the video of the Desert Springs Cricket Academy Click Here
For further information contact:
Peter Scott
+44 (0) 7518 295 810
ps@desertspringscricket.com
Dateline: | 16th March 2023 | |
Source: | Desert Springs Resort | |
Subject: | Cricket at Desert Springs | |
Title: | Sunrisers choose Desert Springs | |
The Sunrisers Squad will be completing a six (6) day warm weather pre-season training and match play camp at the Desert Springs Cricket Ground and Academy between Thursday 23rd – Tuesday 8th March 2023.
The Sunrisers squad will comprise fifteen (15) players and seven (7) coaches and staff, all of whom will be spending their time completing a specific and carefully planned programme of numerous training sessions each day covering technical skills, bowling and batting, strength and conditioning and both individual and group activity.
During their stay Sunrisers will undertake grass net practice which will take place at the Cricket Academy; two 50 over matches and a T20 fixtures with SE Stars and Northern Diamonds on the ICC accredited match ground at Desert Springs Resort; as always spectators are more than welcome to take in the action.
Match Schedule:
Friday 24th March
- Match 1: Diamonds v SE Stars (T20) – 14:30hrs
Saturday 25th March
- Match 2: Sunrisers v Stars (50 Over) – 10:30hrs
Sunday 26th March
- Match 3: Sunrisers v Diamonds (50 Over) – 10:30hrs
Monday 27th March
- Match 4: SE Stars v Diamonds (50 Over) – 10:30 hrs
Tuesday 28th March
- Match 5: SE Stars v Sunrisers (T20) – 10:30 hrs
The players and coaches will be accommodated in some of the privately-owned Apartments and townhouses at Desert Springs and the resort’s executive chef will be on hand to cater for the special dietary requirements of individual players dining in the Crocodile Club Restaurant.
To view the video of the Desert Springs Cricket Academy Click Here.
For further information contact:
Peter Scott
+44 (0) 7518 295 810
ps@desertspringscricket.com
SE Stars v Western Storm on the Desert Springs Cricket Ground; April 2022