Tour to India 2025
TOUR UPDATE
The good news is that so far there are nineteen players and five partners who are interested in going.
But there is still room for more if anyone would like to join the group.
We are waiting for exact details of what the airlines can offer by way of flights which should be within the next couple of weeks.
Please get in touch if you want to come.
Below are links to a couple of photos of possible grounds in Kerala.
But there is still room for more if anyone would like to join the group.
We are waiting for exact details of what the airlines can offer by way of flights which should be within the next couple of weeks.
Please get in touch if you want to come.
Below are links to a couple of photos of possible grounds in Kerala.
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It is now eight years since we last left England to play cricket on foreign fields. Previous trips have left those who took part with fond and happy memories of Cricket played in glorious settings against a wide range of fellow cricketers drawn from all over the World.
And so the Club is proposing put together another such outing, to take place in that most fervent hotbed of the game - India.
Above is a LINK TO A PROSPECTUS put together by Inspiresport.com. The core of the proposal is at page 6.
There would be five games spread over 14 nights, three in Mumbai and two in Kerala. Also a net session, given that we will not have played for several months by January. We might get to play on the Maidan, the iconic venue in the heart of Mumbai where so many of India’s greatest stars started their career.
It is integral to the quote that we are playing appropriately age-matched teams.
The timing is partly because a spell in the sunshine in January/February is always welcome but also England will be on tour then, playing ODI and T20 games. This means that that there is the possibility that we could thread in a visit to one of the games if the time and venue were right.
Even if this does not work out, there is so much cricket going on that a visit to a lesser game in Cochin or Mumbai might be possible.
The basis of B&B is because eating out in India is not expensive but there would always be the option, for those who preferred, to eat in the Hotel.
Inspire say that once the flight schedules are published, we need to confirm numbers by the end of February. The exact dates are not yet set and will be refined to fit in with the best flights that are available. At this stage I imagine members do not have a lot in the diary for 2025.
Realistically, we need 14/15 players to fulfil the five games planned. One difference between India and Sri Lanka is that there is not the same humidity in India that was so sapping in Sri Lanka.
Mumbai and Cochin are both on the coast and benefit from sea breezes.
It is never clear what the future will be for the Club, but this is possibly a last chance to experience cricket in a totally different and exhilarating way in a country that always offers a vast panorama of colour and challenge.
Please direct any questions to
PAUL BERMAN either at :
devonseniorscricket@gmail.com
or 07842 233672
And so the Club is proposing put together another such outing, to take place in that most fervent hotbed of the game - India.
Above is a LINK TO A PROSPECTUS put together by Inspiresport.com. The core of the proposal is at page 6.
There would be five games spread over 14 nights, three in Mumbai and two in Kerala. Also a net session, given that we will not have played for several months by January. We might get to play on the Maidan, the iconic venue in the heart of Mumbai where so many of India’s greatest stars started their career.
It is integral to the quote that we are playing appropriately age-matched teams.
The timing is partly because a spell in the sunshine in January/February is always welcome but also England will be on tour then, playing ODI and T20 games. This means that that there is the possibility that we could thread in a visit to one of the games if the time and venue were right.
Even if this does not work out, there is so much cricket going on that a visit to a lesser game in Cochin or Mumbai might be possible.
The basis of B&B is because eating out in India is not expensive but there would always be the option, for those who preferred, to eat in the Hotel.
Inspire say that once the flight schedules are published, we need to confirm numbers by the end of February. The exact dates are not yet set and will be refined to fit in with the best flights that are available. At this stage I imagine members do not have a lot in the diary for 2025.
Realistically, we need 14/15 players to fulfil the five games planned. One difference between India and Sri Lanka is that there is not the same humidity in India that was so sapping in Sri Lanka.
Mumbai and Cochin are both on the coast and benefit from sea breezes.
It is never clear what the future will be for the Club, but this is possibly a last chance to experience cricket in a totally different and exhilarating way in a country that always offers a vast panorama of colour and challenge.
Please direct any questions to
PAUL BERMAN either at :
devonseniorscricket@gmail.com
or 07842 233672