The floggers and robbers, a team that may be as old as Lords cricket ground will be looking to defend the Plate trophy this year. What they lack in depth on the field they make up for in the bar.
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Ant ‘Filthy, horrible, scummy, selfie-loving, Albino Chippendale’ Robertson
Over the years, Ant has solidified his reputation as filthy, scumbag around pretty much every amateur sporting event around South East Asia. His newfound lifestyle of pumping iron, coupled with his self-imposed Auschwitz diet has further bolstered this image. Claiming his self-appointed position of Wicket keeper in the team his nickname should be “Iron gloves” as catching the ball seems to be beyond his abilities. With that said, and having been rejected from most other teams in the tournament, he was a natural pic for the Floggers… We just hope he can hit the ball a hell of a lot better than he does on the golf course.
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Aydan ‘The Hipster’ Stuart
Again a local here in Chiang mai, People have noticed that Aydan puts more work into his haircut than he does on the field. This being his second tournament be sure to see some horrendous bowling and lady like fielding. Although Aydan is a newcomer he is blending in to the cricket team wonderfully. He never says no to a drink and is more committed in the bar than on the field. Hopefully we see a change this year.
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Cameron ‘Piss-cat’ Mallett
Cameron, Again being a local and this only being his second tournament, Also being a decent cricketer excels more off the field mainly taking the gold medal in the bar for his Light weight ability to take a slammer. Non the less a promising talent on and off the field, lets hope he can keep up
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Dave ‘ Ol’ Father Time ’ Hird
The last surviving member of the ‘Originals’, an ill-fated expeditionary force sent to Chiang Mai from MaaBritish via Zimbabwe in The Year of our Lord Lord Eighteen hundred and six to open trade routes to the oriental and find potential settlements for a colony of lily-white cricketers. Contact was lost sometime in 1809 with all presumed lost or gone troppo / feral. What superlatives can be said about this man that haven’t already been said?? A fearless leader of men, the glue that binds, the spine of the team…
… If that spine belonged to a 98 year old man, had curvature, had been broken multiple times, and had degenerative and herniated discs.
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Jay-Jon ‘I am GOAT’ Strifler
Probably the most famous of the team, if you have not heard of him, he is all over google. This High diving Multi talented Film star gave up his Hollywood career to pursue his lifelong dream on the cricket field. This Canadian born cricket enthusiast is a quick learner, he will be seen constantly taking slammers at the bar and signing autographs, you may also see him prancing around on the cricket field.
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John ‘The Hobbit ’ Wood
This Lilly white Welshman has been part of the floggers and robber for some time now. He too can turn the arm over with his extremely short run up “some say mirroring his size” will be seen on the field only by binoculars. If you think we are short a player you are mistaken, he is on the field somewhere. But besides this his talents on and off the field are nothing short of spectacular. You will notice him off the field after a few slammer sessions as you will be able to hear him from Bangkok with his fog-horn like voice after a few too many.
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Leandro ‘Caveman’ Silveira
Weighing in at 350 pounds (his arms) in the Brazilian corner we have the Caveman Leandro, His immaculate bowling technique is something to be feared countrywide, and by country wide I mean you should be wearing a helmet even in the stands because he is so erratic. His abilities on and off the field are something to be admired globally, from arm wrestling to languages skills, the list is endless
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Mike ‘haam kiew’ Green (Zimbabwe) – Spiritual Leader
With rule number 1 being ‘Never let the ice melt in your drink before you finish’ this Zimbabwean man is a force to be reckoned with. Legend has it he brought down a small army in a single slammer session. With an Arm like a major league baseball pitcher Green balls talents are limitless. If you do not see him on the field turning the arm over you will most certainly see him of the field throwing a few slammers your way.
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Neil Rasmussen (Rasputin)
Locally based South African raised, Neil talents include, bowling and leopard crawling home after a 9 bottle of vodka slammer session in last year’s sixes tournament. Growing up in South Africa has proved that Neil is more than capable with the bat and ball proves in-capable on the slammer front, we wish Neil all the best in the slammer sessions to come.
