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Overseas Tours

IZA tours started in regional NSW and then Interstate.  The drive to wander has seen IZA go ever further afield.  Long form tours have taken IZA to the UK, India & Sri Lanka, Nepal & New Zealand.  Short form tours of New Zealands North and South Islands have been frequent and popular. An IZA tourist will partake in some fabulous cricket against some of the worlds great amateur clubs at quaint, historic and memorable grounds.  A tour isn't just about the cricket; side tours, social evenings, sightseeing are all apart of the experience and this makes the tours especially appealing to partners and families.

Upcoming Tours

NZ- Christchurch

January 2024

India & SriLanka

Dec 24/Jan 25

More details to follow.

 

Register your interest in either of these tours by contacting the Club Secretary or Club Captain

Past Tours

Most recent England & Ireland
2023

Ireland: Dublin:

  • Phoenix Cricket Club at Phoenix Cricket Club

  • Merrion Cricket Club at Ballsbridge

 

England: Oxford

  • Gloucestershire Gipsies at Stowell Park

  • Stowe Invitational XI at St Edwards School - Oxford

  • St Edward's Martyrs at St Edwards School - Oxford

  • OUCC Harlequins at University Parks - Oxford

England: Windsor

MCC at St.Cross Cricket Club - Windsor

Eton Ramblers at Eton College - Windsor

Free Forresters at Ascott Cricket Club - Royal Ascot

England: Brighton & Kent

  • I Zingari at Arundel Castle - Arundel

  • Chiddingly Cricket Club at Rickling Green

  • The Grannies Cricket Club at Shefield Park

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England - North & South
2018

21 Cricketers and 28 supporters, 2 Umpires embarked on this tour of Yorkshire,Oxfordshire, Kent & London.

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India - Mumbai, Rajistahn, Hyderabad
2015/16

Testimony to the popularity of the India Tour IZA returned to Mumbai and traversed the centre of India to Hyderabad, again playing at some fine and world renound grounds and Clubs.

 

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New Zealand
Short Form Tours 2017,16,15,12,09,08 

The long weekend tour to NZ is very popular and with frequent and reciprocated visits  IZA has formed great bonds with many Clubs and Schools in Auckland, Canterbury and Otago.   Good food, wine, terrific social events and  stunning scenery has made this of interest to players and partners. Fixtures included

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England & Wales
2011

Sri Lanka at this point was an un-toured destination of IZA and on many a bucket list.  It presented another opportunity to visit Clubs it knows well in Mumbai

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India (Mumbai) & Sri Lanka

2004/05

Sri Lanka at this point was an un-toured destination of IZA and on many a Members bucket list.  It presented another opportunity to visit Clubs known well in Mumbai

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Northern India & Nepal
2000/01

IZA's second tour of India thorugh the city of Mumbai the historic Rajistahn, Old Delhi and Kolcutta cricket at the roof of the world

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India (Mumbai & Southern Central India)
1997/98

IZA first tour to India through Bombay, Bangalore, Mysore & Kerela where the Club were treated to fine hospitality, truly unique Indian cricketing experiences ranging from the city cricket of Bombay to the tea plantations of Anamallais

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United Kingdom
Scotland & England
1994

IZA first trip to Scotland and third to England was full of fixtures throughout the Emerald Isle including Yorkshire, Hampshire, Dorset, Wessex, Sussex, London

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United Kingdom
(Centenary Tour)
1988

IZA Centenary Tour saw 21 games organised across England, returning to some familiar fixtures and opening up new

  • Gemini CC at Sunningdal

  • Rickling Green CC at Rickling Green

  • Old Merchant Taylors CC at Rickmansworth

  • Capt R.H Hawkins XI at Daventry

  • Sth Oxfordshire Amateurs CC at Oxford

  • The Free Foresters CC at Henly-on-Thames

  • CEB Clive-Ponsonby-Fanes XI at Yeovil

  • Hugh G Friends XI at Blandford

  • Dorset Ranges CC at North Perrot

  • Devon Dumpligs' CC at Knightshayes

  • Bluemantle's CC at Langton Green

  • Chiddingstone Village CC at Chiddingstone

  • Hampshire Hogs CC at Warnford

  • A Lancing College XI at Lancing College

  • Lavina, Duchess of Norfolk's XI at Arundle

  • MCC at South Hampstead

  • I Zingari at Stanstead Park

  • Charterhouse Friars at Charterhouse School

  • Romany CC at Hounslow

  • Buccaneers' CC at Ashstead

  • The Cricketers' Club of London 

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Golden Oldie
Tournaments

IZA has sent several teams to Golden Oldie Tournaments over the years including:

  • Christchurch, New Zealand 1984

  • Vancouver, Canada 1990

  • New Zealand 1992

  • Sydney, Australia 1996

  • Barbados, West Indies 2017

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1982
South East Asia - Thailand, Hong Kong & Malyasia

The first and only Tour  (to date) to South East Asia at some of the great sporting clubs of the region

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1977
United Kingodm

The first IZA tour of England was an ambitious affair covering 

  • Royal Miliilitary Academy , Sandhurst

  • Sussex Martlets at Arundle

  • The Arabs at HorrisHill

  • Yellowhammers at Tonbridge

  • Hugh Friends XI at Blandford

  • Old Merchant Taylors at Croxley Green

  • Windsor Great Park CC at Windsor

  • Eton Ramblers at Witham

  • Free Forresters at Roehampton

  • I Zingari at Woolwhich

  • Gemini CC at Eton

  • Rickling Green CC at Rickling Green

  • Green Jackets Club at St.Cross

  • Hampshire Hogs CC at Warnford

  • The Guards CC at Burton Court

  • Sydenhurst Ramblers CC, Woolmer Hill

  • Cricketers Club of London at Eastcote

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Inaugural Overseas Tours were to New Zealand - 1965 &1971

The first international tours were to New Zealand where IZA Member and renound New Zealand Cricketer Martin Donnelly introduced the Club to many fine Clubs and Cricketers of the day.  Fixtures included games at Eden Park, the quaint Valley of Peace and many more. 

Since then IZA have gone further afield..........

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