Tokyo Wombats team photo, 2006

TOKYO WOMBATS return for their 3rd tour, and are desperately hoping to finally add to some Chiang Mai silver to the trophy cabinet. Best try the night market.

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MARTIN CHARLTON - Once paid to patrol Gold Coast beaches, Marty now has the tough task of managing an island resort in Queensland. No wonder he never stops smiling - except when he gets diamond ducks. Looks and acts like Barney Rubble, though is probably a marginally better cricketer.

IAN GASON - Cultivated the Club's first mullet, and consistently in the Top One positions for Worst Dressed Wombat. Curly denies his continued selection has anything to do with him being the only player holding a Japanese drivers' license. Statistics don't lie.

LUKE RAY - A death metal guitarist employed by Hello Kitty. The Freak suffers recurring nightmares of his last ball cannoning into the sightscreen in his Chiang Mai debut. Also traumatized by having the captain in his ear, literally. Will happily knock off any un-attended lunches.

BJORN PEDERSON -  Dr B Love is researching the alarming rate with which Isaan buffalo become suddenly unwell, and whether farang are responsible for the spread of "me buffalo he sick" disease. Like most quacks, happy to dispense medical advise while shouting the bar. Keep an eye out for the arm.

ANDREW HALL - After a shoulder op, medical advise was there was no way he could bowl last year. The docs were right. After somehow finding the pitch with 6 donkey drops, he was hidden behind the stumps. Can't hide him at night though. Found at respectable family establishments such as Spiceys' and Bubbles.

DANIEL ANLEY - Disastrous calamities - wrong hotel, robbed, lost phones, lost credit cards, found credit cards- on his '06 tour saw he win the Golden Thong (biggest idiot award) for the 2nd time. Will again be hidden behind the stumps. Gave new meaning to the words "Team Liaison Officer."

JARRAD SHEARER -  Has developed a reputation for sending stumps cart-wheeling (with his foot) and depositing the Kookaburra way over the ropes (bat, not ball). Expect to see (and hear) him sparring with The Viking while batting. Received a trans-continental sledge in '05 Sixes, from his own team-mate. Will also be hidden behind the stumps.