Founded in 1969, Darjeeling Cricket Club is the oldest amateur cricket club in the United Arab Emirates. Primarily a western expat club, with cricketing members from all over the world.
Darjeeling are one of the few teams that have been participating in the Chiang Mai Sixes since its inception. 2014 saw Darjeeling win the Bromley Shield with a hard fought encounter with the Clifton Hill Stray Cats, our most successful year to date.
In 2023 and 2024 we finished 3rd in the Cup, joint 3rd in 2024 if you're being pedantic. Dom regularly reminds us that he was the only Darjeeling player to return with silverware in 2024, thanks to his transfer to the Red Lion Wombats and their success in the Plate...
After a fantastic turnout in 2024, our numbers have dwindled in 2025, but selection porblems will be signficantly reduced!
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Alfie Lyons
A massive virgin, it will also be his first time on tour. Currently on a exchange programme with the Hilton Hotels and seconded to Dubai, didn't even bother to arrange a nice hotel for the boys...
A little sporadic with bat and ball and frankly horrible at catching. Excited to play cricket in the country he least expected to play cricket in,
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Bradley "Brad" Wissink
What can we say about club favourite Brad that hasn’t been said about him already: the best test cricketer to ever have played a 6’s tournament, and also just a terrific bloke.
A regular at the Chiang Mai Sixes, Brad is as exicted as ever to renew his love affair with Chiang Mai, leaving his beuatiful new wife at home on her own...
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Brendan "Ninja" Jones
The silent assassin of Darjeeling best known for his best selling book “The Accidental Invasion of Baghdad Zoo” (Still available on Amazon), returns for his second appearance. It seems there are more hills for him to still hike up...
Gentle at heart but extremely elusive he is one of the nicest people you have ever met, unless you are an opposition bowler where he is known to ruin your self belief when he has willow in hand.
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Charlie "Chuck" Norris
The fridge sized son of Chuck may be returning to the Chiang Mai 6’s, this time without the gorgeous Georgina to look after him. Having taken voluntary redundancy and spending most of the time since the last 6's playing golf or cricket, he has finally decided he needs a job, so his appearance is dependant on whether he finds one!
A man who definitely goes out to bat for a good time and not a long one but when he connects, it goes a long way.
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Kieran Linger
Having built a reputation as the slowest fast bowler in the UAE, his pace of the pitch is only matched by his glacial speed in the field.
Tour Virgin Kieran debuts in Chiang Mai with 3 things in mind, beer, wickerts and how often he can wear his blazer.
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Saeed "Sid" Ahmed
Uncle Sid returns for his second appearance and remains the tour manager, however, with lack of squad depth, is likely to be required to actually play a game or two (or all!) this year.
Since becoming the elected Club Captain, Uncle Sid has been likened to many famous historical figures including Chairman Mao, Pol Pot, Stalin and Mussolini. We expect that he will manage the tour in his usual iron-fisted manner, which saw the squad well behaved in OMG bar, in bed by 10pm and never late for a meet in 2024...
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Sonny Rosha
Sonny has 3 loves in his life Cricket, travel and AI.
Extremely intelligent on all of these subjects, if you start speaking to him about one on the first day of the tour the conversation may be finished by finals day.
A genuine all rounder, who has been a regular at Chiang Mai and any other cricket tour the club has organised in recent years, good enough to put fear in the hearts of any opposition that comes his way.
