“But we’ve got a good squad,” he adds. “We know where our strengths are, we’ve got 13 lads who can seriously play cricket.”

However, training for such an event has proved problematic, with the winter weather far from conducive to any sort of cricket practise.

The club has been limited to indoor nets sessions and ensuring their fitness is as high as it can be ahead of their group fixtures, which start on Sunday, 3 March as they take on the champion sides from Switzerland, Portugal, Turkey and Bulgaria.

“You just go out and smash it as hard and as far as you can,” says Duckett.

“It’s certainly something that’s completely different.

“We had one year of playing a T10 tournament a couple of years ago, which we did very well in actually – I believe we made the final – so the boys have experienced it before and obviously the lads who have been out there got that experience.

“We’re the first group game of of our of our group, so there will be a little bit of rust to get off.

“But I think once that first ball starts flying around, everyone will be straight back into it and it won’t be an issue for us I should hope.”

And Duckett thinks the shaded experience of having all been to the same school can only stand his side in good stead when they take to the field at the Cartama Oval.

“We’ve all experienced the same things at school,” he says.

“We’ve all grown up playing cricket together, certainly for the last few years.

“It’s definitely like of one big family, if you can put it that way, and the boys are very close, everyone gets on really well with each other.”

The European Cricket League was founded in 2018 to encourage the playing of the sport across Europe.

In 2023, French side Dreux beat England’s Hornchurch CC in the final.