ICC Global Cricket Academy will transform world game

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About ICC Global Cricket Academy
Based at Dubai Sports City, the ICC Global Cricket Academy will be the focal point of world cricket development, offering the best facilities enabling players, coaches, umpires and trainers at all levels to develop their skills.

The ICC Global Cricket Academy will provide state-of-the-art facilities with indoor and outdoor pitches, complimented by the latest technology to allow coaches to assess all areas of a player's game.

The facility will be home to some of the best cricket coaches in the world, who will work with visiting international teams as well as local players to improve the standard of cricket across the UAE.

As part of the plan to create the best training facility in the world, the ICC Global Cricket Academy is reproducing a variety of pitch types, which will replicate the playing surface conditions found in different countries. The work involves importing specific types of clay, soil and turf.

About Rod Marsh
Rod Marsh, MBE, is a former Australian wicket-keeper, who played 95 tests between 1970 and 1974, making a world record 355 wicket-keeping dismissals during his test career.

Marsh was also an excellent batsman scoring three Test centuries.

After retiring, Marsh became the head of the Australian Cricket Academy at Adelaide, overseeing players such as Ricky Ponting, Glenn McGrath and Brett Lee. He then moved to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to become Director of the National Academy.

About Dubai Sports City
Dubai Sports City (DSC), the cornerstone project of Dubailand, is a $4 billion, 50 million square feet mixed-use development which will be the world's first integrated purpose-built sports city.

The development will be built around five major sports venues and feature a series of major sports academy facilities. For further information, please visit www.dubaisportscity.com.

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