ICC Global Cricket Academy
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The ICC Global Cricket Academy (GCA) at Dubai Sports City
was scheduled to open in 2008 and Rod Marsh
has been appointed as the Academy's Director of Coaching.
The GCA's facilities will include two ovals, each with 10 turf pitches, outdoor turf and synthetic practice facilities, indoor practice facilities including Hawk Eye technology and a cricket specific gym
nasium. The opening was delayed until 2009. This Academy
is planned and Managed by the International Cricket Council
(ICC). The two cricket grounds are installed with floodlights which will allow cricket playing even during night and this academy is called World Class by local people.
The GCA was finally opened by Sharad Pawar
, President ICC, Sir Alan Isaac, VP, ICC and members of Dubai Sports City
on October 2010.
Dubai Sports City
The Dubai Sports City is a $4 billion, mixed-use sports city currently being constructed in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The city will consist of apartment buildings as well as several sports facilities. The first structures opened in late 2007...
was scheduled to open in 2008 and Rod Marsh
Rod Marsh
Rodney William Marsh MBE is a former Australian wicketkeeper.A colourful character, Marsh had a Test career spanning from the 1970–71 to the 1983–84 Australian season. In 96 Tests, he set a world record of 355 wicketkeeping dismissals, the same number his pace bowling Western...
has been appointed as the Academy's Director of Coaching.
The GCA's facilities will include two ovals, each with 10 turf pitches, outdoor turf and synthetic practice facilities, indoor practice facilities including Hawk Eye technology and a cricket specific gym
Gym
The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, that mean a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men...
nasium. The opening was delayed until 2009. This Academy
Academy
An academy is an institution of higher learning, research, or honorary membership.The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece. In the western world academia is the...
is planned and Managed by the International Cricket Council
International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...
(ICC). The two cricket grounds are installed with floodlights which will allow cricket playing even during night and this academy is called World Class by local people.
The GCA was finally opened by Sharad Pawar
Sharad Pawar
Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar , popularly known as SAHEB , is the president of the Nationalist Congress Party which he founded in 1999, after separating from the Indian National Congress...
, President ICC, Sir Alan Isaac, VP, ICC and members of Dubai Sports City
Dubai Sports City
The Dubai Sports City is a $4 billion, mixed-use sports city currently being constructed in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The city will consist of apartment buildings as well as several sports facilities. The first structures opened in late 2007...
on October 2010.