Occidental Cricketers

Congratulations to the 3 Occidental Cricketers named in the West Indies over-60s side for the IMC Over-60s World Cup, to be held in Toronto in August.

Harvey Mohamed has been on many Occies tours, Raj Chetana came on the very first one (to India in 2015) and Roy Singh came to South Africa in 2018.

Good luck, guys!

Here is the itinerary for the Occidental Cricketers' Great Australia Tour of 2026, and what a three weeks it promises to be!

We'll kick things off in the vibrant, cosmopolitan, cricket-mad city of Melbourne, where we will play 4 games on great grounds.

Then we head out through the Victorian and South Australian countryside - including world-famous wine country - to the town of Mt Gambier, where we will stay for 4 nights, playing two games, including one in the crater of an old volcano.

After that, we continue on to charming Adelaide (recently named the world's most beautiful city) for 5 more games, and we will end the tour with two days at the Australia vs New Zealand Test match at the iconic Adelaide Oval.

Playing spots are filling up quickly, as you might imagine, so if you are keen to join, let Jim know by email ([email protected]) or WhatsApp (+64-21-111-4059).

If you can't make the full tour, you can come for the part(s) that suit you.

Non-players are very welcome as well.

The Occidental Cricketers are a World XI-style wandering team comprised of players from all over the world. We welcome cricketers of any nationality, background, and age. We have been on epic tours to India (twice), Sri Lanka, Australia/NZ, South Africa, the West Indies, Southeast Asia, Zimbabwe/Namibia, and the UK. Everything is organised, so all you have to do is show up.

Don't miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

Here we go ... the Occidentals are off again, this time to beautiful Australia in November/December.

This will be our 10th epic overseas tour and our second trip Down Under.

We will start in the buzzing city of Melbourne, playing 4 games, then work our way down the world-famous Great Ocean Road, playing a couple of games along the way, through South Australian wine country to Adelaide. There we will play 5 more games (that's a total of 11 on the tour!) and finish up with Days 1 and 2 of the Test match between Australia and New Zealand at the iconic Adelaide Oval.

Even if you aren't a cricketer, you are very welcome to come as a non-player.

This promises to be one of the Occies' best tours yet. Spots are limited and are already filling up, so contact Jim to get more info or register your interest: [email protected] or (+64) 021 111 4059.

While we await the announcement regarding the next tour, here are the batting and bowling averages from the Occidentals' recent tour to India.

Thanks very much to PPhil Weirs son for putting these together!

A second straight win has us on an upward trend as we approach the end of the Great India Tour of 2026.

We played the Agra Legends again at St. John's School and won by 17 runs.

Our innings of 199/9 featured a bunch of 20s and 33 to Sanju Varughese (plus quite a few extras!).

The local team fought hard after losing two wickets in the first over, but we came away victors by 17 runs.

Here is the scorecard: https://cricheroes.com/scorecard/22227440/vci-50-plus-series/the-occidental-cricketers-vs-agra-lagends/scorecard

We also visited a little place called the Taj Mahal, which wasn't too bad.

It has taken a while, but we have finally recorded our first win on tour!

The shift to Agra seems to have been a good omen, as the team recorded a comprehensive 49-run win over the Agra Legends.

Phil Weir was the Occies' star, hitting a fluent 74 (79 balls) and then taking 3/9 from 4 overs opening the bowling.

Kenny Girdharry scored 61 from 62 balls, adding 125 for the 3rd wicket as we posted a good score of 197/5 from our 30 overs.

After Weir knocked the top off the home side to have them 31/3 it was mostly plain sailing and we celebrated a win for the first time in two tours. Well done, boys!

Scorecard: https://cricheroes.com/scorecard/22189367/vci-50-plus-series/the-occidental-cricketers-vs-agra-lagends/summary

It has been an eventful few days for the Occidentals as our tour of India continues.

We are still searching for our first win, as we have come up against some very able, aggressive masters cricketers, but we have learned a lot about how to play in Indian conditions.

We played three games in Delhi and just finished our third game in Dehradun.

Today we came extremely close to our first win, playing at Goyenka School in Dehradun, a nice hill town about 6 hours out of Delhi. Chasing 250 from 30 overs, we were well on target at 134/0 after 15 overs but we lost a bit of momentum and sadly fell just 7 runs short. Tom Robertson was the star, blasting 98 from 82 balls.

Here is the scorecard: https://cricheroes.com/scorecard/22094307/individual/india-11-vs-world-11/live

It was our third game in three days, so there are a few tired bodies around, but we are in good spirits.

We have been very well entertained by our hosts and are enjoying ourselves thoroughly.

Tomorrow is a rest day and we will explore Rishikesh and Haridwar and take a boat ride on the Ganges, before heading to Agra on Monday.

We took advantage of a rest day to explore Delhi. We started out at Qutab Minar, then did a spot of shopping and finished up with a cycle rickshaw tour around the chaotic streets of Old Delhi.

Well, we went down again today, but it was a much-improved effort, even though the scorecard probably doesn't reflect it.

This was a day/night game - only our second ever - at the Jamia Milia University, Verinder Sehwag's old ground. Tom Robertson won the toss again but we were quickly in deep trouble at 10/4, with the pink ball doing all sorts.

Newcomer Kenny Girdharry righted the ship with an excellent 61 from 77 balls, and he got some support from Fazil Jahoor (17). A late flourish took us to what we thought was a competitive 153/9 from our 30 overs.

It did indeed look competitive when Kenny G and Phil Weir reduced the home team to 17/3. However, our lack of day/night experience - particularly bowling with a dewy ball and then seeing that ball in the lights - counted against us and former first-class player Sanjay Ranjan scored a composed 50* to guide his team home.

Despite a couple of early losses, we are buoyant and looking forward to a city tour today - India's Republic Day, no less - and then back into it tomorrow.

Scorecard:
https://cricheroes.com/scorecard/21956658/northern-occidental-cricket-series/the-occidental-cricketers-vs-delhi-dashers/scorecard