UCT team to tour S. Africa from July 5

The United Cricket Training (UCT) team will start its tour of South African from July 5.

Ali Akbar, the coach and manager of the team said: "We go regularly on foreign tours to give exposure to our players. This year we have chosen South Africa.

"We have a good bunch of junior players and we will be playing eight matches in South Africa. The matches will be held in Johannesburg and our side will be led by Sharan Kumar, the Emirates Cricket Board under-17 player. Shaikh Rizwan Azhar will be his deputy."

The team will leave for South Africa by Kenyan Airlines flight on July 5 from Dubai and will play their first match on July 6 against Defleys.

On July 7 and 8 the UCT will play against Gaunting under-17 and under 15 teams respectively at the Gaunting ground.

On July 10 they will take on Eastern under-17 team and on July 11 they will play Gaunting under-15 team again, but at Pirates ground.

The next two matches will be at Valls against under-17 and under-15 teams. The last match will be played at the Oval Academy ground against Oval Juniors team.

The team was given a send off at a function attended by Saif Abdullah Moini, President of the United Cricket Training, and Nasir Akram from the Emirates Cricket Board.

The team:

Sharan Kumar (captain), Shaikh Rizwan Azhar (vice-captain.), Swaraj Thakker, Siddarth Thakker, Usman Saleem, Kenneth Anthony Joseph, Surjit Singh, Faiz Imtiaz, Syed Muhammed Fauad, Kaizad Jehangir, Vineet Joshi, Avtar Singh, Roshan Shankar, Hemant Kumar, Ali Akbar (coach and manager).