Earlier this week, SACA were at Wanstead Cricket Club for a day of trials, where two pre-selected trialist sides were invited to take on SACA Second XI sides, giving the trialists the opportunity to put their skills to the test in competitive match situations against SACA players, in the hope of impressing the SACA coaching and management staff watching on. SACA’s main sponsor, Remitly, were also in attendance, offering help, advice and guidance to spectators wishing to benef

The eagerly awaited 2026 SACA Remitly Festival got underway last week, played out across Wednesday and Thursday, as the best of SACA talent from across the country came together for its annual showpiece intra-squad tournament. The build-up to the event was laden with challenges, as firstly the venue for the opening day of the two-day festival needed changing, when it was confirmed to us at short notice that the initial venue of Wanstead Cricket Club was in fact not available

Make sure you join us this Thursday at Wormsley Cricket Ground, for SACA's annual showcase of cricket - the brilliant SACA Remitly Festival. It promises to be an incredible day of fun for all the family, with three cricket matches, music, entertainment and food all laid on for spectators to enjoy! Gates open at 9am and we can't wait to see you there! ENTRY IS FREE FOR ALL - SO HEAD ON DOWN AND ENJOY THE FUN. All the information you'll need on the day can be seen on the p

This week, two of SACA’s coaching staff enjoyed the opportunity to work with the Sunrisers Leeds squad, as they prepared for tomorrow’s crucial Hundred clash against Birmingham Phoenix at Edgbaston. The opportunity arose thanks to Kadeer Ali, Phoenix’s Assistant Coach, who invited both Adeel Shafeeq and Shozair Ali from the SACA coaching group into the Sunrisers' coaching environment to experience life as a coach inside the world of Hundred franchise cricket. The pair were fo

RESULT: SACA WON BY 189 RUNS VIEW SCORECARD SACA’s Men’s squad got back to winning ways today in the fifty-over format of the game, securing a comprehensive victory over Glamorgan at Panteg Cricket Club in Griffithstown. In the six fifty-over matches SACA have played in the height of the summer this season, they’ve beaten first-class county opponents on no fewer than four occasions, with today’s win over Glamorgan following impressive victories over Surrey, Northamptonshire a

Last night, in the media centre at Lord’s Cricket Ground, the auction and draft for the 2026 SACA Remitly Cup took place. The SACA Remitly Cup is SACA’s showcase annual tournament, when three sides of thirteen are selected from SACA’s entire squad of over 60 players, with the three teams then competing in a hotly contested intra-club competition - with the round-robin group matches taking place at Wanstead Cricket Club on 12th August, followed by the eliminator clash and fina

Today, SACA are delighted to announce that all-rounder Hishaam Khan has signed professional terms with Surrey County Cricket Club to represent the Kia Oval based side throughout the remainder of this season’s Metro Bank One-Day Cup campaign. Nottingham-born Khan, 26, is a left-arm seamer and left-handed batter, and on signing for Surrey becomes the third SACA player, of the nineteen to have earned professional contracts with first-class counties, to re-sign for another county

RESULT: GLOUCESTERSHIRE WON BY 83 RUNS VIEW SCORECARD Having secured three wins out of four matches against first-class county opposition in the last fortnight, comprehensively beating Surrey, Gloucestershire and Northamptonshire, SACA’s Men’s squad were back in action again today, taking on Gloucestershire at Leamington Cricket Club. MATCH REPORT On a scorching hot day in the midlands, with barely a cloud in the sky and baking sun, it came as no surprise when Gloucestershire

RESULT: SACA WON BY 5 WICKETS VIEW SCORECARD SACA’s Men’s squad were back in fifty-over action again today, in the first of two back-to-back clashes against county opponents this week, when they took on Northamptonshire at Campbell Park in Milton Keynes ahead of a clash against Gloucestershire tomorrow at Leamington Spa Cricket Club. The county side were no match for SACA on the day, as the Academy wrapped up a comprehensive win by the margin of 5 wickets, seeing them secure

VIEW SCORECARD RESULT: Durham Women won by 5 wickets (DLS method) Today, SACA Women took on Durham Women in a friendly encounter at Sedgefield Cricket Club, with the hosts coming away with a 5-wicket win via the DLS method in a match reduced to forty overs per side. MATCH REPORT Batting first, the SACA batters found the going tough from the get go, with openers Maryam Faisal (9) and Fiza Asif Iqbal (1) both falling early for single figures scores. Riva Pindoria, batting at th

SACA is delighted to announce that Mohammed Rizvi has signed professional terms with Leicestershire County Cricket Club and will represent the Foxes in the forthcoming Metro Bank One-Day Cup. Rizvi, a right-handed leg spinning all-rounder was one of the original cohort of players to join SACA when it was established in 2022, and in August last year became the 17th player to graduate from SACA into the professional ranks, when signing for Kent on a Metro Bank One-Day Cup conta

SACA is thrilled to announce that Savin Perera has become the 19th graduate of the Academy, signing professional terms with Somerset County Cricket Club to represent the Wyverns in their 2026 Metro Bank One-Day Cup campaign. Now 27, Perera, is the epitome of hard-work, belief and resilience, and like the 18 SACA graduates before him, Perera’s journey through the game has been far from straightforward. In his case, it’s been one of dogged determination and perseverance that

RESULT: YORKSHIRE WON BY 3 WICKETS VIEW SCORECARD Having already beaten first-class opponents Surrey and Gloucestershire this week, SACA’s Men’s squad travelled to Leeds looking to make it three wins on the bounce, as they took on Yorkshire at Weetwood Sports Ground. Alas, against a very strong Yorkshire side, featuring a number of experienced first eleven professionals, SACA fell short, as the hosts came out on top to secure a three-wicket victory. It was another good run ou

RESULT: SACA WON BY 94 RUNS VIEW SCORECARD SACA’s Men’s squad made it back-to-back victories over first-class county opponents today, when they came out on top again in their second fifty-over clash of the week, beating Gloucestershire at Swindon Cricket Club. Today’s victory comes after SACA had demolished a strong Surrey side on Tuesday by 8 wickets, taking down a Surrey eleven that included six players boasting over 200 first team caps between them! Whilst today’s Gloucest

THE COUNTRY’S LEADING RUN SCORER IN PREMIER LEAGUE CRICKET Dogged, elegant, fluent, poised, powerful, prolific and destructive – just a few of many things that easily roll of the tongue when asked to describe Savin Perera, the mild-mannered, stocky and compact left-handed top-order batter, who, for the last four seasons has been plying his trade with SACA, the South Asian Cricket Academy, whilst tirelessly trialling across the county game, in the hope of securing the professi

RESULT: SACA WON BY 8 WICKETS VIEW SCORECARD SACA’s Men’s squad were in fifty-over action for the first time this season today, and they headed to New Malden’s LSE Sports Ground to take on Surrey. An outstanding display from SACA saw Surrey completely dominated with both bat and ball, with SACA securing victory a little after 3.15pm, needing only 21.1 overs to chase down the target Surrey had earlier set them. MATCH REPORT Winning the toss and electing to bat first, hosts Sur

MATCH ONE RESULT: THE BLAZE WON BY 27 RUNS VIEW SCORECARD MATCH TWO RESULT: THE BLAZE WON BY 8 WICKETS VIEW SCORECARD SACA Women were back in action again today, taking on The Blaze, at Lady Bay Sports ground in Nottingham, in two back-to-back T20 encounters. It turned out to be a tough day for the SACA Women’s side, formed only earlier this year, who came out on the wrong end of both results, although there were plenty of notable individual performances to celebrate. GAME ON

MATCH ONE RESULT: SACA WON BY 7 RUNS VIEW SCORECARD MATCH TWO RESULT: NO RESULT VIEW SCORECARD SACA were back in T20 action again yesterday, with a double header on the cards against Lancashire, played at the first-class county’s new state-of-the-art ‘second ground’ and high-performance training centre at Farington in Preston. After coming out on the wrong end of some close T20 encounters in recent weeks, SACA were keen to get back to winning ways... GAME ONE MATCH REPORT SAC

MATCH RESULT: HAMPSHIRE WOMEN 2ND XI WON BY 149 RUNS VIEW SCORECARD Today, SACA Women played their first ever fifty-over encounter, and travelled down to Southampton to take on Hampshire Women’s Second Eleven on the Utilita Bowl Nursery Ground. An uncontested toss saw the hosts batting first, and they opened up with Scotland international, Pippa Sproul, and the experienced Megan Sturge, currently on loan to Hampshire from Kent, and the pair asserted themselves from the get go

Last night in the Vitality Blast, SACA graduate, Zen Malik, set a new record for Warwickshire - smashing the Bears’ fastest ever half-century in the Vitality Blast. The right-handed batter, 28, became the tenth SACA player to sign professional terms with a first-class county when he joined Warwickshire in August 2024, and has since established himself as an important part of the Bears’ squad in all three formats of the game. Batting first at Edgbaston last night against the W