ICC Academy Ground Pitch Report and Stats

After the senior men’s, it’s time for the young boys to grace the field in Asia’s premier cricket tournament, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) U19 Asia Cup 2025. The tournament will be played in Dubai and today we take a look at the ICC Academy Ground pitch report for the tournament.

The U19 Asia Cup 2025 will commence on December 12 and the final match to be played on December 21. This tournament will feature 8 Asian cricket teams, 5 full member nations like India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Pakistan, while Nepal, UAE and Malaysia qualified through the playoffs.

ALSO READ: U19 Asia Cup 2025 Schedule, Teams, Squad and Winners List

The Under 19 Asia Cup 2025 lasting over a week, will be played across two different venues in ICC Academy Ground and the Sevens Stadium in Dubai. Today in this article, we look into the ICC Academy Ground pitch report and try to figure out how the pitch might play during the tournament, will it be batting friendly or bowling friendly.

ICC Academy Ground Pitch Report, Batting Friendly or Bowling Friendly?

The ICC Academy Ground is located in the Dubai Sports City. The venue includes indoor and outdoor pitches and has two grounds, both with floodlights installed. It was also one of the venues for the 2014 U19 World Cup.

The ICC Academy Ground pitch report suggests that it is mostly a balanced surface ground which equally favours the batters and bowlers.

Batters will enjoy their best times at the crease mostly during the early overs of the game, when the pitch is hard. The ball will come nicely on the bat, allowing for the batters to time the ball. But the bowlers will come into the game as the match progresses.

• The pitch at the Academy Ground offers a balanced surface for batters and bowlers.
• Batters will enjoy the early overs of the game. The bounce and pace will allow the ball to come nicely on the bat and batters can time the shot well.

ICC Academy Ground Pitch Report: Pace Bowling or Spin Bowling Friendly?

The Academy Ground in Dubai might be a balanced pitch, but it is a little bit over on the bowlers side. According to the ICC Academy Ground pitch report, the surface gets slower and cracks start to appear as the game progresses which helps the spin bowlers in the middle overs.

As for fast bowlers, they have the best chance to make some impact with the new ball and in the death overs. There will be swing and bounce on the offer with the new ball while the ball will hold-up in the death overs, allowing for the pace bowlers to use change of pace as a weapon.

• Pace bowlers can influence the game mostly with the new ball and in the death overs.
• Spin bowlers will be able to make their impact in the game during the middle overs. The ball will grip more, the pitch tends to slow down and cracks help the spin bowlers.

Overall, the ICC Academy Ground pitch report sums-up that the surface will be balanced that equally helps the batters and bowlers. The new ball will help the batters to score runs freely because of the pace and bounce on the offer.

Pace bowlers can still influence the game with the new ball with the surprise element of bouncers and seam movement and in the death overs, the ball will hold and change of pace can be crucial for the pacers.

Meanwhile as the game progresses, the pitch gets slower helping the spin bowlers. The ball grips and the surface holds the ball giving spin bowlers significant advantage in the middle overs.

ICC Academy Ground Records – U19 Youth ODI

Category	Value
Matches Played	15
Batting First Won	9
Bowling First Won	6
1st Inning Average Score	235