Budding cricketers of Desert Cubs Academy will test themselves against their Australian peers when they embark on their tour of Down Under later this month.
Their Under-12, U-14 and U-16 teams will play a minimum of five 50-over matches, one two-day game, as well as a T20 during their 13-day stay in Brisbane and Gold Coast. Their opposition will include some promising Australian youngsters who feature in Brisbane’s junior district teams.
On top of that, Desert Cubs will also field an adults side that will play a series of games during their tour.
It will be the second time the Sharjah-based academy will travel to Australia following their visit in 2015 and head coach Presley Polonnowita believes the tour will be great learning curve.
“It’s a dream for most of the young cricketers from the sub-continent to play either in England or Australia at least once in their cricketing career,” he said.
“Pitches which offer lightning pace, bounce and extra swing makes it different from other cricketing nations around the world.
“This experience and the exposure at an early part of their career will provide these young lads a great opportunity to understand the expectations in their senior level future cricketing challengers.
“This in a way is a great advantage for Emirates Cricket Board where their future Under-16, 19 & senior cricketers are getting a great and valuable experience in one of the world’s top ranking cricket-playing countries. The whole idea of the tour is to provide our cricketers something different, unique and challenging at the end of their long season in UAE which runs from September to end of June.”
