In this episode, we chat with the father of Bas de Leede, the Dutch all-rounder and one of the Vipers’ new recruits for season two. We decided to have a chat with Tim de Leede about Bas’s background and how his son has risen to become one of the most exciting young all-rounders in world cricket today.
In this episode of Vipers Voices, Adam Hose joined us for a chat while he was in the UAE for the T10 tournament prior to heading off to Australia to play in the Big Bash League, and in a wide-ranging conversation, he explained why he thinks red ball cricket has helped his white-ball form, his own motivations and what he thinks he can bring to the table for the Vipers in the coming season.
In the blog last week we talked about the importance of carbon emissions measurement. In follow up this week in our first first guest blog, we hand over to the experts from Carbon Happy World to provide their own view on the exercise that we went through together. Ben Hardy-Jones provides the Dubai Sustainability Spotlight, detailing his experience with Ethara at the Formula 1 Etihad Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Pakistan pace ace Shoaib Akhtar and ILT20 CEO David White lend support to the Vipers Community outreach tournament the Viper Cup
The inaugural edition of the Viper Cup saw the Pakistani legend, Shoaib Akhtar grace the occasion with his presence. Joining him was the trio of our UAE players, Rohan Mustafa, Karthik Meiyappan, and Aryan Lakra who were also present at the event.
Sport has a unique power in creating change because of the passion that humans have for their favourite teams and athletes. This is particularly true for cricket, which is impacted by climate change more than any other outdoor sport. Recently, climate has been a topic of discussion in the cricket press as players at the men’s World Cup have detailed the challenges they faced in performance owing to environmental factors. We want to be part of the solution, not an addition to the problem.