Cricket Camps
Melbourne & London
Academy coaching on real turf in Melbourne or London, with an MCG tour. Ages 12 to 18.
Contact UsWhat the camp includes
Two cricket camps, offered as separate options rather than one tour. Melbourne runs in the Australian summer, November to February, with academy sessions on real turf and a Melbourne Cricket Ground tour attached. London sits in the northern summer instead, on slower seaming surfaces. Most families pick one; a few do the second a year later. Both are built around coaching first and sightseeing second.
- Daily academy sessions on Australian turf, coached on technique, footwork and match temperament by qualified staff.
- Batting and bowling filmed and analysed frame by frame, the action compared against the coaching points made that morning.
- A guided tour of the Melbourne Cricket Ground and its museum, standing where Boxing Day Tests get decided.
- Fitness and fielding work built on the sports-science methods Australian academies have spent decades refining.
- Live cricket in the Australian summer, then a next-morning debrief on field settings and decision-making.
- Turf net sessions in London on slower, seaming surfaces, a deliberate contrast to Melbourne’s pace and bounce.
- A coach’s written report on each player’s game, with a clear list of what to build next.
Melbourne or London- Ages 12–18
- 2–3 Weeks
- Priced to Your Brief
- Academy & Campus Stays
- Turf-Wicket Coaching
Why send your child
A player who has scored runs all season in Chennai has only ever solved one set of conditions. Send him somewhere the ball bounces four inches higher and a season of habit starts coming apart usefully. That unpicking, done under coaches who have no history with him, is the actual product here.
- Foreign conditions — Melbourne’s pace and bounce, or London’s late seam movement, expose the technical shortcut that home pitches have been quietly forgiving for years.
- A filmed record — every session leaves the player with footage of their own action, which argues the coaching point better than any coach repeating it.
- Coaches who read the habit — several of our staff at both bases are of Indian origin and know precisely which technique a player brought from home, and why.
- Safety that is arranged, not improvised — one chaperone per eight players including a female chaperone, vetted first-aid certified staff, physio and doctor-on-call at base.
- Parent visibility — an evening WhatsApp update with photographs and headcounts, plus hotels and transport inspected before the group lands in the country.
Who it’s for
Cricketers aged twelve to eighteen who already play school, club or district cricket and have a settled technique to work on. It suits a batter or bowler curious enough to be told their method is inefficient and stubborn enough to rebuild it inside ten days. Reasonable fitness matters, because Australian sessions are longer and hotter than most Indian juniors expect.
It is not a selection trial or a scouting platform. No selectors attend and no contract sits at the end of it, and a player who arrives expecting either will waste the trip. It is also not the right first tour for a beginner or for a child who has never travelled without family. And the two camps sit in opposite hemisphere seasons, so only one will fit any single holiday.
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How are players looked after on tour?
One Picknic chaperone per eight players, always including a female chaperone, working alongside safeguarding-checked academy coaches. All our staff are vetted and first-aid certified. Physio and doctor-on-call cover is arranged at the base, hotels and transport are inspected before the group lands, and parents get an evening WhatsApp update with photographs and headcounts.
Is this a selection trial or a scouting platform?
Melbourne or London, and can we do both?
When should we book, and how do the visas work?