Blythswooooooo celebrate their 11th anniversary at the Chiang Mai Sixes this year. We have come a long way from our humble origins at Dog Sh*t Park in 1947. We have dis-graced ourselves and brought the game into disrepute on many continents. The green (and brown !) fields of Essex, the rolling moors of Devon, frozen lakes in the Baltic states, Las Vegas, Ashes tours and of course the cabanas of the Gymkhana Club have all welcomed................and eventually evicted our club!
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Crumpy
“This is not my type of cricket!” But our accumulator and steadee ship was the first to lock and load his trip this year, for tour number #2. Our ex-smuggler, environmentalist and philanthropist spends his time travelling, telling storees and scoring. Martee scores on all types of wickets and at all different sort of venues?
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Hammer
The 150 game veteran for Pinjarra and 200 game veteran for numerous other clubs returns for tour #2. Hammer loves his cricket and his seafood. There’s onlee two things that . . . . . ! Hammers affinitee with crabs is multee pronged. Some of us he plays with are crabs, on the weekends he loves to go out and catch a few and as we all know a crab sandwich on a Sunday morning is delicious! Crabs in Chiang Mai are not often legal size but that’s why they have pharmacists
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JP
JP is apparentlee recovering from a broken arm. The cause of this injuree is still unknown. No doubt the truth will finalee come out at the Boundaree Bar, our cabana or at any other number of venues in Chiang Mai. Blythswood are currentlee in negotiations with the ICC do determine whether JP’s now 15.5 degrees of extension on deliveree will constitute a legal ball. Despite the judgment we all know JP will deliver. Witnesses are going to be called from the Loi Krah Rd. Rumours are they are queuing up to support JP. Forget red and yellow shirts, it will be blue shirts for JP
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Lovey
Lovee returns for tour number “all of them”. Not quite a resident of Chiang Mai yet but a very frequent visitor to the great city. Off-season, pre-season, any season, any excuse. Our diblee, doblee bowler and daquiree dasher will no doubt take up most of the cabana and commentate on every game - even though most of the time he will be talking to himself!
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Rodders
Our skippa’ and “spirit”ual leader who never shirks his responsibilitees at the fine sessions returns for tour 11 of 11. Raj’s favourite shot used to be the clip over mid-wicket but 10 years in Chiang Mai with the post match festivitiees has changed all that. He still keeps his elbow high and his head still, but the follow thru’ is now often on bended knee in the bathroom
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Dread
Our Technical Director of Cricket has been in Chiang Mai during the Xmas and New Year period to finalise preparations for the squad as well as keeping the local tailors busee
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Jas & Pindi
Jas and Pindi return to support the squad for another year delighted to hear that Randy will be an absentee as it will spare them a week of pretending to listen to his moans, groans and complaints!
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Randy
The hairdresser has promised he will not be touring this year – we can only hope this is one prediction he gets right. When the fun stops. STOP!
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Sarpanch
Sarpanch will be arriving fashionablee late in the week due to the number of two minute jobs he has to complete back in the UK
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Sid
He's one of our own! (from next door to Dog Sh*t Park)
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The Machine
Our Saudi Sultan of Sin cannot get here this year due to the change of dates. The Boundaree Bar will be much the poorer in the banana daquiree department but on the up side the umpires will not have to lift their arms to the horizontal position as often
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Tinkle
Sarbee is now our Technical Director of Coaching............for football ! This could explain the numerous extras notched up each year as he continues shouting to the bowlers from the touchline, "get it out wide!"
