England's Graham Gooch and New Zealand's Martin Crowe have taken on junior blind cricketers in a friendly game at Rushutters Bay, Sydney.

The cricketing greats are in Australia to participate in the beach cricket tournament, but managed to sneak in a game against the vision-impaired kids organised by the Advanced Hair Studio.

The former English captain says he was astounded by the younger players' ability.

"They have a special ball which has a sort of bell inside of it, and you roll the ball along the ground," he explained.

"And when they hear the ball coming toward them they play the shot and it's amazing how much contact they actually get on the ball."