About the Phuket Cricket Week

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The Phuket Cricket Week is run by the Asian Cricket Sixes Tour (ACST) (www.cricketsixes.com)

The ACST continues to organise superb club cricket events at fantastic locations across Asia Pacific since it was founded in 2000.

The Phuket Cricket Week comprises of the ICC Award Winning Phuket International Cricket Sixes and the Thalang International 7's (formerly known as the Kata International 7's)

The Sixes were first held in 2004, while the 7's made its first appearance in 2012. Both events have helped raise substantial sums through the kindness of its worldwide participants to assist in the next generation of Thais falling in love with the game through the Phuket Cricket Group's Junior Development Fund. The ACST would like to thank the PCG for their continued and invaluable support as the Phuket Cricket week continues to flourish.

All enquiries for anyone wishing to come along and make friendships through the game, whether as a team or individuals should contact the ACST Chairman, Michael 'Cat' Maher at mmaher.padmir@bigpond.com or by telephone on +61 407 385 481.

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Sunday, December 20, 2015

2010. Daily Reports & Video

Phuket International Cricket Sixes 2010
Daily Reports & Media
A video of the tournament by Wayne Morrison

Gauhati Town Lift the Cup at the 7th Phuket Cricket Sixes
Finals Day Wrap - Sunday 18th April 2010
Twenty four teams have been competing in this year’s Phuket International Cricket Sixes and Finals Day saw a fantastic culmination of cricket skills, entertainment and action.
The Cup semi finals threw up an absorbing match between CBB Postels and Corner Tigers. CBB Postels reached 54/2 following a good bowling session from the Tigers from Pakistan. It was an exciting run chase though which came down to the last ball, the Postels fighting hard all the way. Five runs was required from the last ball and the Tigers only had one wicket remaining. The unlucky bowler however conceded a wide which left just one run to win for the Tigers (4 runs for a wide in this tournament) which they duly stroked to triumphant cheering from their supporters.
The other Cup semi saw tournament favourites Gauhati Maroon demolish Lamma CC of Hong Kong, featuring Trevor Chappell, when they chased down 32 runs in the third over.
It was a mouth watering Phuket Sixes Cup final which pitted former champions the Corner Tigers of Pakistan against Gauhati Town Maroon from India. The Tigers batted first and posted a gettable 60 following some fearsome Gauhati bowling (Haroon 30 not out). In truth it was a valiant effort given that the Tigers lost 2 wickets in the first over. The reply from Gauhati was nearly as deadly and won the final with 3 balls to spare despite some inspiring bowling, especially from Tigers captain Haroon who conceded just 5 runs from his over, who was later made Man of the Final. The winning run was followed by a pitch invasion of the jubilant Gauhati supporters and player’s families.
The Plate final was an all Australian affair featuring St Francis de Sales of Melbourne versus the Leeming Spartans from Perth. The Spartans amassed 78 runs in their innings (Geezer 34*) against St Francis who were making their debut at the Phuket Sixes. The Spartans earned bragging rights for Western Australia when they held St Francis down to just 36/4 in reply with some superb bowling, to lift the Plate.
In the Bowl final the Power Packers from India, featuring former Indian international Vivek Razdan, took on Toorak Prahan of Melbourne, Australia. Batting first the Packers put on a decent 77/3, Sukhi top scoring with 25 not out. Toorak took the match down to the wire with excellent innings from Jeremy Skiba (20) and Kristian Fahey (22), but fell just 7 runs short following some excellent bowling from the Packers. Sukhi was awarded the Player of the Final trophy.
Spoon Final action saw the Singapore Slingers ladies team pitted against the Custom Cockatoos ladies, who feature former Australian captain and ICC World Player of the Year Karen Rolton in their number, both teams having downed men’s sides to reach the final. The Slingers put on a modest 55/2, which the Toos overtook in the third over, Rolton smashing 25 not out, as the Cockatoos ran out winners of the Spoon.
ACST Player of the Day was awarded by the tournament panel to Russell Parsons of Curtin Victoria Park from Australia.
The Spirit of Cricket Award was presented to the Singapore Slingers ladies team.
The Phuket Sixes has been using Duke’s cricket balls throughout the tournament and they performed excellently, especially the orange coloured balls, which were easily visible and very well received.
“It’s been a fantastic tournament here in Phuket again!” said Tournament Director Brad Tarr.
"So many families and supporters have come to Phuket this year to cheer on their teams it’s been wonderful to see. Great cricket, superb weather and incredible spirit, it’s what cricket is all about,” Mr Tarr continued. “It was also really exciting to see the Thai boys team play cricket so well during the tournament,” said Mr Tarr.

Roll of Honour: Phuket International Cricket Sixes 2010

 Cup Winners: Gauhati Town Maroon (India)
 Runners Up: Corner Tigers (Pakistan)

 Plate Winners: Leeming Spartans (Australia)
 Runners Up: St Francis De Sales (Australia)

 Bowl Winners: Power Packers (India)
 Runners Up: Toorak Prahan (Australia)

 Spoon Winners: Custom Cockatoos Ladies (Australia)
 Runners Up: Singapore Slingers Ladies (Singapore)

Bangkok Post. Monday 19th April 2010.



Action Hots Up as Semi Final Berths Booked at Phuket Sixes

Day Three Wrap - Saturday 17th April 2010

Action on Day Three of the Phuket International Cricket Sixes being played at Karon Stadium, Phuket, Thailand resulted in most of the semi-final berths being confirmed in Cup, Plate, Bowl and Spoon Divisions.

It will be a multinational battle for the Cup as the four teams contesting the top division all hail from four different countries, namely Pakistan, India, Australia and Hong Kong as the Corner Tigers, Gauhati Town Maroon, CBB Postels and Lamma CC today won through to the Cup semis.

Lamma CC defeated Curtin Park Redbacks with an over to spare to earn their place; the Redbacks enter the Plate semi-finals. Former champions the Corner Tigers downed Australian outfit St Francis de Sales, appearing in their first Phuket Sixes, with nearly two overs to spare chasing a modest total of 41. Mustafa top scored for the Tigers with 20 not out and took 2 wickets for 4 runs, including an amazing wicket when the ball struck the non striking batsman on the full and the ball popped up for him to take a caught and bowled chance. CBB Postels gained a win over Royal Maratha, last year’s beach cricket champions, by 28 runs, Stefan of the Postels hitting 26 not out. Gauhati Maroon, look favourites for the title when they ended Leeming Spartans Cup challenge by winning the match with more than two overs to spare, Subrajit top scoring for the Sixes regulars from Gauhati with 22.

The Power Packers had a good day at the office as they powered their way to the Bowl semi final with strong performances against Aussie teams from Bennett Hotel and Normanhurst Warrawee. The Packers won their match versus Bennett Hotel comfortably by 18 runs, GP Singh retiring on 30. Only Jarves of Bennett Hotel managed to put up resistance to the Packers bowling with a solid 25 not out. Against Normanhurst the powerful Packers won by the massive margin of 50 runs after scoring a challenging 87/2 then putting in a miserly bowling performance which restricted the Australian side to just 37 runs .

The closest match of the day featured both of these Australian sides, battling for a place in the Bowl semis. Bennett Hotel put on 65/1 in their overs, which Normanhurst overtook on the last ball of the match , Mike (22*) and Ryan (30*) pacing their innings perfectly to gain the win. However both sides were eliminated as the Power Packers went through to the Bowl semis on superior bonus points.

ACST Player of the Day was awarded by the tournament panel to Sukhinder Singh of the Power Packers, for his unplayable bowling , as only 6 runs were hit off his two overs today.

Play continues tomorrow at 9am with the final qualifying matches for the Bowl semi finals with fixtures featuring Toorak Prahan versus the Wild Men from Borneo and Karon Sea Sands versus the Perth Postels. With so many strong sides being matched up together on Finals Day, the Phuket Sixes 2010 is building up to a very exciting climax.

Entry to the Karon Stadium ground for spectators during the tournament is free and refreshments are available.

Women Cricketers in Action at Karon Stadium
Thai boy’s team makes great first showing

Day Two Wrap Friday 16th April 2010

The plot became clearer at the end of Round One in Cup, Plate, Bowl and Spoon Divisions and women’s cricketers were in the thick of the action on Day Two of Phuket International Cricket Sixes 2010

Twenty four teams, including eight sides new to the tournament, are contesting this seventh annual Phuket International Cricket Sixes at Karon Stadium, Phuket, Thailand.

It has been an action packed day at Karon Stadium, which saw Custom Cockatoos of Adelaide, featuring former Australian captain Karen Rolton, take on the Singapore Slingers in a ten over women’s Cup match. Batting first the ‘Toos put on a challenging 128/1. In reply the Slingers reached 88/3, Rajesh hitting a stylish 20 not out.

In an entertaining encounter the Darwin Stubbies took on the PCDC Natives, a team of local Thai boys. The Stubbies made 70/1 in their innings following some containing bowling from the Natives who made 47 run in reply, with Duong scoring an unbeaten 23 runs.

The Natives also gave the experienced sixes unit the Leeming Spartans 1 a run for their money. Leeming put on 84/1 with Hacky retiring on 34. There was a strong reply from the Thai boys who fell 10 runs short of their target, Mack retiring on 31. They were very encouraging performances from the young Thais who are coached by Michael Way a local school teacher and cricket enthusiast.

ACST Player of the Day was awarded by the tournament panel to Dhanam of the Singapore Slingers, one of the women’s teams competing in the Phuket Sixes, after she took two wickets in one over against St Francis de Sales from Australia.

Round One was completed today and in the Cup, Lamma CC of Hong Kong lead the pack in first place following their two wins on Thursday, closely followed by former champions the Corner Tigers from Pakistan. Of teams new to the tournament, St Francis de Sales from Australia are highest placed in 7th, with Curtin Victoria Park placed 8th. The top eight teams are in the Cup & Plate Divisions, the next twelve ranked sides play in the Bowl and the bottom four teams play off for the Spoon Trophy. Interestingly the Custom Cockatoos Ladies team placed higher than their men's team.

Play continues tomorrow at 9am with a Bowl Division match up of the Power Packers from India against the Bennett Hotel Centurions of Australia.

Entry to the Karon Stadium ground for spectators during the tournament is free and refreshments are available.


Fixtures and Seedings after Round One

Lamma CC
Corner Tigers
CBB Postels
Leeming Spartans 1
Gauhati Town Maroon
Royal Maratha
St Francis De Sales
Curtin Victoria Park
Power Packers
10 Gauhati Town White
11 Leeming Spartans 2
12 Baulkham Hills
13 Bennett Hotel Centurions
14 St Georges River
15 Toorak Prahan
16 Karon Seasanders
17 Normanhurst Warrawee
18 Custom Cockatoos Ladies
19 Wild Men From Borneo
20 Perth Postels
21 PCDC Natives
22 Singapore Slingers Ladies
23 Custom Cockatoos
24 Darwin Stubbies


Chappell and Rolton Show their Class at the Phuket Cricket Sixes 

Day One Wrap - Thursday 15th April 2010


Former Australian team internationals Trevor Chappell and Karen Rolton were in fine form today at Karon Stadium on day one of the four day Phuket International Cricket Sixes.

Against Lamma CC from Hong Kong, recently retired Australian women’s captain and former ICC World Player of the Year Rolton took 1 wicket for just 6 runs in her over and then hit 30 runs off 10 balls for the Custom Cockatoos Ladies. It was in a losing cause however as Lamma managed to defend their total of 74/2 (Dixie Joy 31 not out), the Toos falling 11 runs short of their target.

Former Australian international Trevor “TC” Chappell, a regular at sixes tournaments in Thailand, later showed his class with an array of classic and improvised shots as he steered Lamma CC to a win over tournament newcomers Normanhurst Warrawee from Australia. Chappell made 28 not out as Lamma chased down Normanhurst’s modest total of 44/4 with more than an over to spare. The debutantes had struggled for runs, particularly against “TC” who conceded just 2 runs off his over.

Twenty four teams, including eight sides new to the tournament, are contesting this seventh annual Phuket International Cricket Sixes on the recently relaid ground at Karon Stadium. The tournament won a major award from the International Cricket Council in 2005 for promoting the ‘spirit of cricket.’

Gauhati Town Whites from India featured in a closely fought match against Phuket addicts the Wild Men from Borneo. Gauhati posted a reasonable 65/2 (Devajit 28, Amarjit 27) which the Wild Men, powered by their elixir ‘jungle juice’ nearly chased down. Stirlo smashed 21 for the Wild Men before falling to a good catch and Borneo men fell 6 runs short of their target.

Yesterday, Gauhati had triumphed at the popular Kenny Jackson Beach Cricket tournament held at Karon Beach.

ACST Player of the Day was awarded by the tournament panel to Al Fildes of the Darwin Stubbies who, at the age of 73, today made his debut in a cricket sixes tournament.


A T20 match under floodlights featuring the best players in the tournament will be staged on Friday evening from 6.30pm to raise funds for cricket development in Phuket.

Round One of the tournament continues tomorrow at Karon Stadium at 9am.

Entry to the Karon Stadium ground for spectators during the tournament is free and refreshments are available.


2010 Points System

3 Points for a win
2 Points for a tie
1 Point for a loss

Bonus Points

·       1 Point for Score of 85 and upwards
·       1 Point for a team taking 4 or more wickets
·       1 Point for chasing down a total by the end of the 4th over
·       1 Point for losing team getting within 80% of opponents total
·       1 Point for side bowling second taking the game into the final over

Please note: A losing side can only pick up a maximum of 1 bonus point.

The Bonus Point system will be used in Round One and also in Round Two for the Bowl and Spoon Matches







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