DERBYSHIRE CCC will return to Abu Dhabi in 2015 for a pre-season tour.
The squad will fly to the United Arab Emirates on Saturday, March 7 and will spend nine days based at the state of the art Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium before returning on Monday, March 16.
Briggs of Burton are sponsoring the tour. The global engineering firm has pledged a five-year partnership with Derbyshire to become official sponsors of the pre-season tour in memory of the late Keith Poynton, father of Derbyshire wicketkeeper, Tom.
Derbyshire will compete in both red and white ball action against first-class opposition in Abu Dhabi.
Elite performance director Graeme Welch said: "We're really grateful to Briggs of Burton for making this possible. Getting outside and practising on grass, in top facilities, is the best possible way to prepare for the new season.
"During our great run at the end of last season, a lot of it was things coming together that we worked on in Abu Dhabi. It was a good trip last year and we are happy to be returning again.
"From the point of view of the spectators, it's also a great city, so come along and support us."
As well as 'Mabel the Linen Maid' the former coaching inn is believed to house many ghosts and a poltergeist in the dining room has been known to throw things around. A serving girl has been seen on many occasions dressed in 18th century clothes and is believed to have been murdered in 1745.
The Friar Gate building which housed condemned prisoners is said to have many ghosts – with apparitions appearing in the old cells and passageways of the building. Witnesses have reported hearing eerie banging and scraping noises.
In the 18th century a doctor is said to have had a body secretly delivered by body-snatchers which he began to dissect - only for the women to wake up from a coma and run around the cellar screaming before dying. Her screams can still be heard. A blue lady who had an affair with Dick Turpin and a child on the stairs are also said to appear.
A grey lady is said to wander the castle and an apparition of a man has been seen – who looks like a gamekeeper or gardener. The ghost of a maid has also been spotted in the kitchen area who killed herself after finding she was pregnant out of wedlock. 
A young girl called Wilhelmina Fitzherbert who died in 1862 when her nightdress caught fire is said to haunt the hall as well as a man dressed in black who appears in the cellar. Strange phantom noises have been heard and a bed has been known to shake of its own accord at night
In the 18th century Robert Revell, the Squire, was said to have been murdered in his own bed by two servants and guests have reported hearing furniture moving when the room is empty. Three apparitions of children in 18th century costumes are also seen at dusk in the garden.
Former staff members have reported seeing a figure around the morgue area. It is believed to be a Roman soldier who was killed nearby as the site was built on an ancient roman road.
There are several reported sightings of a female ghostly presence in the kitchen area and a child appears in a fireplace before disappearing.
The tunnels beneath are said to be haunted by ghosts including that of Alice Wheeldon. She was put on trial in 1918 for plotting to kill the Prime Minister, David Lloyd George but it came to light she had been set up.
She had been marched along the tunnels to her court case and now supposedly walks through them in the afterlife.
A man who appears to be a gardener is said to wander around the outside of the Friar Gate building and inside the house a child - thought to be one of the Pickford family - is seen dancing around. Strange noises are also heard from the kitchen area.
