Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) cricket team has concluded a two-week tour of Pakistan.
During their visit, they played several matches in Islamabad, Lahore, Abbottabad and other cities across the country.
They played against several military teams, including the PMA Cricket Team in Abbottabad; the Army X Corps Young Officers in Islamabad and the Pak Army IV Corps team in Lahore. The team also played the British Council’s DOSTI team at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore and the British High Commission team in Saidpur.
The DOSTI program aimed to create a difference by going beyond social barriers to promote community engagement through sport. It is directed towards youth in Karachi.
It facilitates youth development in select locations in Karachi by working through schools, local sports clubs, civil society partners and other stakeholders to engage both in-school and out-of-school youth in activities. The program intends to promote intergroup understanding and interaction in the youth.
The program uses national and local resources as well as UK expertise to build the capacity of partners and participants.
The RMAS cricket team fully supported the initiatives of the UK Government and witnessed for themselves the impact they had created.
UK Deputy High Commissioner, Richard Crowder, said, “I am delighted that we could welcome the cricket team of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, only a month before the Cricket World Cup is hosted in England and Wales.”
“The morning which the team spent with participants from the British Council’s DOSTI program was particularly important,” he added.
Crowder expressed pleasure at this demonstration of the power of sport to help young people in Pakistan unleash their potential.
“DOSTI stands for friendship, something which defines the relationship between our two countries,” he maintained.
The deputy HC noted, “It has been a pleasure to see the Sandhurst team tour Pakistan as cricket is a shared love for our two countries.”
” I hope one day soon I can welcome the English cricket team back to Pakistan too,” he concluded.