The Desert Springs Cricket Academy, conveniently located within the resort, within walking distance from team accommodations, comprises an international size world-class quality grass pitch complimented with floodlights, shower and changing facilities.
Cricket Academy training facilities comprise; twenty-four (24) grass wickets and run ups with nets, one (1) artificial wicket with nets, a full length artificial grass wicket, a Professional Bola Bowling Machine with 28 ball feeder, requisite training equipment and a specific hard standing area, which provides outside space for facilities such as a free weights gym, stretching mats and a medical area.
The cricket ground with an eighteen (18) wicket square, constructed to ECB standards and specifications will be ready for play in February 2018 and will be open all year round. Complimented by a Marquee pavilion, sightscreens, scoreboard, sprint strips, and associated facilities, it provides an outstanding facility to practice and play cricket.
The excellent standard of the Cricket facilities, first-rate organisation and service have made it the preferred venue of a number of high profile Professional, School, College & University teams; Lancashire CCC, Sussex CCC, Glamorgan CCC, Middlesex CCC, Somerset CCC, Yorkshire CCC, Solent University Cricket Club, Durham MCCU, MCC Women’s Young Cricketers, Trent & Radley College, Blundell’s & Whitgift School to name but a few, both for pre and winter-season training camps, team building and bonding, players re-habilitation and in the run-up to important matches and competitions.
In 2015, the Academy was host to the England Cricket team Pre-Ashes Training Camp and most recently hosted the England ODI team for a 4-day training camp prior to the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy Tournament.
Everything a cricket team requires is provided for, from the world-class quality of the Cricket Ground & Academy, resort accommodation of the highest standards, full catering services, a host of other activities such as golf and tennis, a fully equipped Sports and Fitness Centre… and the dedicated services of our highly experienced staff.
