Bashers Cricket Club

The long awaited photos from the Great Bashers Weigh-In. Apologies for the quality of the photos, they were taken on an iPhone.

[Show as slideshow]

If you go to a football game in a strange land, get drunk and fraternize with the locals always advisable to use a pseudonym.

Bashers Cricket in Inner Mongolia

“Hi, I’m Richard, do you want to see my underpants?”

What better way for a Basher to greet the Million Tree Project representative Heather Wigmore on arrival at Kun Lun Qi, Inner Mongolia, a town of 50,000 in one of China’s poorest areas  The Bashers trio of Parrot, Pusher and Woodstock had just traversed 200km of arid zone, invigorated by fresh air, sunshine, blue skies, and a third place at the Frank’s Place pub quiz the previous night. Parrot was understandably euphoric after making up severe deficiencies in his  underwear ensemble during a snack stop on the way from TongLiao airport.  The Bashers faced a busy few days in the desert, and it was not the time for wardrobe malfunctions.

(more…)

Here is today’s Global Times Shanghai Metro Section coverage of the Bashers; of special note, Circus’ respect for the family values of the newspaper and a long quote from our newest American cricketer, James McCloud [sic].

And we still have Bashers Day to come!

I think i’ve already said enough so i’ll leave to to all of you to recount your tales of the night below in the comments. i have included a few pictures to speak a few thousand words and maybe jog some memories

(more…)

Photos from the final: (more…)