American Express
Private Bank Phuket Invitational Cricket Sixes 2004
The inaugural American Express Private Bank Phuket
Invitational Cricket Sixes 2004 lived up to it's billing of ‘Fun in the Sun’ at
the Karon Stadium in Phuket, both on and off the field.
A powerful Surrey Vagrants side featuring former Essex
captain Paul Pritchard saw off the challenge of Trevor Chappell's Moonshine
Warathais from New South Wales to take the first Phuket Sixes Cup title. Pritchard
put in excellent performances over the three days and was awarded the Player of
the Tournament (Open).
In a noisy Bowl final, Lamma CC of Hong Kong defeated a
spirited Green Man Sweepers side, just managing to defend their 89 against some
powerful Green Man hitting and barracking from the Green Man supporters! Local
teachers from Dulwich College stormed off with the Spoon title defeating the
surprise package Blythswood Beckhams from England in the final. The start of
the final day’s play was delayed due to overnight rain. But with a fair amount
of effort and no little ingenuity, the coconut matting wicket was made ready
with a minimal effect on the schedule.
“We’ve had really positive feedback from the teams about
this first Phuket Cricket Sixes,” said Tournament Director Doug Hedley. “Phuket
has all the ingredients as a superb location for a Sixes tournament. We’ve had
three days of enjoyable cricket, our sponsors are happy and hopefully now we’ve
helped to put cricket on the map in Phuket. We really appreciate the support we
received from the Thailand Cricket League, the Governor of Phuket and we’re
also grateful to Dr Paes of the Asian Cricket Council who played in the
competition. There now seems to be a groundswell of support for growing local cricket
in Phuket and that’s fantastic to see. We’re looking forward now to building on
the success of this first Phuket Sixes as we prepare for the 2005 tournament.”
The American Express
Private Bank Phuket Invitational Cricket Sixes 2004 was sponsored by:
American Express Private Bank
Coca-Cola
Bangkok Phuket Hospital
The Andaman Seaview Resort
The Green Man Pub
Kookaburra
Details:
Tournament Dates: Thursday 1st
to Saturday 3rd April 2004
Venue: Karon
Stadium, Karon Beach, Phuket, Thailand
Competing Teams:
Blythswood (UK)
PALPA (Pakistan)
Callmate (India)
Perth Postels (Australia)
Surrey Vagrants (UK),
Lamma CC (Hong Kong)
Moonshine Warathais (Australia)
Bangkok Postels (Thailand)
Green Man Sweepers & Guzzlers (Thailand)
Dulwich School (Thailand)
Title Sponsors:
American Express Private Bank
Support Sponsors:
Bangkok Phuket Hospital
Haadthip (Coca Cola)
Kookaburra
Phuket Ceramics
Organisers:
Mr Udomsak Usawarangkura, Governor of Phuket (Organising
Committee Chairman) Asian Cricket Sixes Tour
The Green Man Pub
Officials:
Scorers:
Rhonda Vincent
Kim Leung
Tournament Schedule:
Ian Liddell
Event Director:
Poonpun Jangrugsa (Nui)
Tournament Director:
Doug Hedley
Star Players:
Atul Wassan (India)
Trevor Chappell (Australia)
Paul Pritchard (ex-Essex skipper)
Franklin Hinds (West Indies)
The Awards:
Cup Champions: Surrey
Vagrants
Cup Runners Up: Moonshine
Warathais
Bowl Champions: Lamma CC
Bowl Runners Up: Green Man
Sweepers
Spoon Champions: Dulwich
College
Spoon Runners Up: Blythswood
Beckhams
Best Batsman Open: Paul
Pritchard (Vagrants)
Best Batsman Spoon: Tim Creber
(Dulwich)
Best Bowlers Open: Paul
Pritchard, Cameron Eve, Franklin Hinds (Vagrants)
Best Bowler Spoon: Binepal
(Blythswood)
Most Sixes Open: Paul
Pritchard (Vagrants)
Most Sixes Spoon: Daryl
Orchard (Dulwich)
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