Specialist Cricket Program
Specialist Cricket Program
For those who follow the progress of our alumni cricket students, see the WA Today article recently featuring the amazing Cooper Connolly.
Malaysia Cricket Tour 2024
On Saturday, 22 July 2024, Year 11 and 12 students from our specialist cricket program were finally able to experience the long-awaited senior school International Cricket Tour, travelling to Kuala Lumpur in the heart of Malaysia for eleven amazing days of cricket and immersion in cultural education.
The first day commenced with the 272 staircase of the Batu Caves - an amazing colourful climb with the only worry that the monkeys liked to take food and phones from unsuspecting travellers on the way up to the caves!
Following this, we travelled to the Kings Palace, viewed some cultural landmarks and the national gardens which were not far from our accommodation. A busy first day, but very enjoyable, especially with our wonderful tour guide Ali who ended up becoming an honorary member of the Belridge Cricket Academy by the end of the tour!
The next five days were jam packed with cricket matches against an Under 19’s school cricket academy where our two teams played the majority of T20 cricket games. Little did we know that our amazing hosts had turned this into a mini tournament and organised trophies and a presentation at the end of the games. Students experienced elite facilities and played on grounds that normally host international games for Malaysia with the standard of our opposing players providing great challenges and experience for our cricketers. At the end of the five days of playing, our hosts prevailed with the trophy, with Belridge Secondary College only managing to win 3 out of our 8 games, with some nail-biting finishes including one day where one team won off the last ball, and the other team lost on the last ball.
Our last two days were more restful and included activities such as Go Karting followed by more sightseeing, including the Patronus Twin Towers (one of the tallest buildings in the world). Students travelled up to the 40th floor to take in the views from the Shy Bridge and then bravely up another 40 floors to the top of the building. Luckily not too many were afraid of heights.
One of the last days was spent at Sunway Lagoon - Malaysia’s premier water park. We all agreed that it was one of the best water parks we have experienced. Our final day was spent packing our bags, going to some markets, and then heading to the airport.
Each international cricket tour is unique and fantastic, but this is certainly one that will go down as one of the best tours we have done to date. Thank you to all staff, students and parents that made this trip possible. A special mention and sincere thanks Mr Hollows and Mrs Hall for accompanying students and their support in making this incredible experience possible.
Scott Ogilvie
Special Cricket Coordinator