Fareham teenager Francis Moore is hoping that the experience he has gained from spending a winter in Australia will enable him to play a prominent role in Burridge's ECB Southern Premier League championship defence this summer.
The 19-year old all-rounder is with the renowned Darren Lehmann Academy and playing at weekends for Adelaide, alongside in-bound Lymington left-armer seamer Liam Thompson.
"It's pretty strenuous stuff, loads of training and technical advice, four days of which is spent at the DLA, where I'm one of 20 or so UK scholars," explained Moore, who was among Mark Garaway's graduates at Millfield up until last summer.
"In addition to the DLA we spend concentrated sessions at Adelaide's own training sessions, so there's not too much downtime, save one day's beach day recovery, which is always welcome."
Injury has forced Moore out of Adelaide's current SACA Premier Division 2 match against Northern Districts - one he won't worry about too much as his team-mates chased 400-8 in the field !
Moore's Aussie summer began well enough with a five-wicket Fourth Grade return, since when he's made a Second Grade fifty.
But most of the time he's been playing First Grade, where "I feel like I’ve been able to compete each weekend with the bat and ball and hold my own."
Double winning Burridge skipper Joe Collings-Wells is looking forward to having Moore back in the Burridge ranks for the opening title defence at Havant on May 4, pointing out : "Francis was very important in our T20 last year.
"We certainly wouldn’t have won it without him. He turned the game against Sarisbury Athletic with a fast spell getting two of their key players out, and then got an important 30-odd in a low scoring game at Havant Park.
"He saw us over the line to prevent a potentially nervy finish against South Wilts with a couple of big hits. He had a few injury issues in the second half of the season so didn’t bowl much but finished batting at six.
"I'm sure he will have kept improving over the winter and looking forward to him having a good season with us."
The 19-year old all-rounder is with the renowned Darren Lehmann Academy and playing at weekends for Adelaide, alongside in-bound Lymington left-armer seamer Liam Thompson.
"It's pretty strenuous stuff, loads of training and technical advice, four days of which is spent at the DLA, where I'm one of 20 or so UK scholars," explained Moore, who was among Mark Garaway's graduates at Millfield up until last summer.
"In addition to the DLA we spend concentrated sessions at Adelaide's own training sessions, so there's not too much downtime, save one day's beach day recovery, which is always welcome."
Injury has forced Moore out of Adelaide's current SACA Premier Division 2 match against Northern Districts - one he won't worry about too much as his team-mates chased 400-8 in the field !
Moore's Aussie summer began well enough with a five-wicket Fourth Grade return, since when he's made a Second Grade fifty.
But most of the time he's been playing First Grade, where "I feel like I’ve been able to compete each weekend with the bat and ball and hold my own."
Double winning Burridge skipper Joe Collings-Wells is looking forward to having Moore back in the Burridge ranks for the opening title defence at Havant on May 4, pointing out : "Francis was very important in our T20 last year.
"We certainly wouldn’t have won it without him. He turned the game against Sarisbury Athletic with a fast spell getting two of their key players out, and then got an important 30-odd in a low scoring game at Havant Park.
"He saw us over the line to prevent a potentially nervy finish against South Wilts with a couple of big hits. He had a few injury issues in the second half of the season so didn’t bowl much but finished batting at six.
"I'm sure he will have kept improving over the winter and looking forward to him having a good season with us."