9 players, accompanied by their families participated in our second England cricket tour in early August of this year. This tour was headed to Leicester City, 2 hours north of London. Our hosts were the well-renowned City Cricket Academy, the largest cricket academy in the Leicestershire county. By Sunday 6th August, all players and families had checked into our accommodation at Holiday Inn, Leicester with the excitement level peaking and everyone looking forward to the next 5 days of cricket! The U13s cricket tour kicked off with an indoor practice session on Sunday morning. We arrived at our host’s indoor facility where we commenced an indoor net session, followed by a centre wicket session at the picturesque countryside ground Houghton-on-the-Hill, which had a cow paddock just behind the square leg boundary. It was a great way for the team to prepare for their T20 tournament starting the next day. We woke up early Monday morning, had our buffet breakfast and were in the minibus by 8 am ready to make our journey to our tournament venue, the prestigious – Leicester Grammar School. The tournament started with a bang as our opening bowler Prabhmann Singh took a wicket on his first ball of Match 1, followed by another first ball wicket in Match 2! The match pitches were beautiful English grass turf wickets and they initially proved challenging for our lesser experienced players, but each player learnt and adapted to the conditions, of which I am very proud! The next 4 days flew by as we won some matches, and lost some close games but all our boys put in their best efforts. Our team unfortunately did not make it to the finals but we are so proud of our young boys! Following the tournament, families departed Leicester and some continued their trip with a family holiday in Paris, Amsterdam and London, enjoying the beauty and history that Europe offers.