Outdated Imperials Cricket Membership (OICC), a thriving alumni membership fashioned by current Imperial School London graduates, is embarking on a ten-day tour to Mongolia this September.
That includes two matches towards the Mongolian Nationwide Team, the tour celebrates the rise of cricket in one of many world’s latest cricketing nations and is believed to be the primary of its variety by a UK cricket membership.
Mongolia turned an Affiliate Member of the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) in 2017, and the sport has since grown quickly by way of sustained grassroots growth.
In opposition to this backdrop, the 20-strong Outdated Imperials squad will play three matches, together with two towards the Mongolian nationwide crew and one towards a neighborhood consultant facet.
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Off the pitch, the membership will ship teaching classes for kids in Ulaanbaatar, attend occasions with the British Chamber of Commerce, and expertise Mongolia’s wealthy cultural heritage.
Cricket is a recreation with out borders, and this tour goals to rejoice the folks, communities and cultures driving the game’s development throughout Mongolia.
Based in 2023 by the committee behind a post-2019 Cricket World Cup resurgence at Imperial School Cricket Membership, Outdated Imperials Cricket Membership was established to offer alumni with a pathway to proceed taking part in aggressive cricket after commencement.
The membership has since grown from power to power, now bringing collectively 60+ female and male members for twenty-four video games a season, together with a pedigreed Sunday fixture listing and aggressive midweek league cricket.
This would be the membership’s third abroad tour, most not too long ago having toured to Slovenia in 2025.
Distinctive alternative
Occasions & Tour Secretary Charles Deane stated: “When the Mongolian Cricket Affiliation replied to my preliminary e-mail, I used to be genuinely stunned – I hadn’t anticipated such a optimistic response.
“Since then, he has been extremely welcoming and supportive in serving to us organise the tour.
“It is a distinctive alternative for our gamers to expertise cricket in a rustic the place the sport continues to be creating, whereas additionally immersing ourselves in a tradition that many people have by no means encountered earlier than.”
Chairman Achal Srivastav added: “Outdated Imperials and Mongolian cricket share lots of the identical values.
“We’ve each grown by way of formidable folks, take power in group, and maintain a deep respect for the spirit of the sport.”
Battulga Gombo, President of the Mongolian Cricket Affiliation, remarked: “Our imaginative and prescient is to make cricket accessible to each baby in Mongolia whereas constructing a sustainable pathway for future nationwide groups.
“The go to by Outdated Imperials Cricket is a big milestone for Mongolian cricket, strengthening worldwide friendships, inspiring our gamers and demonstrating how cricket can join folks and cultures.”
Supporters can observe the build-up, and tour updates on Instagram (@oldimperials) and on-line through oldimperials.cc.
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