2013. Sixes Daily Reports

Phuket International Cricket Sixes 2013

Daily Reports

Melbourne Super Kings Win 10th Asia Escape Phuket International Cricket Sixes

New tournament venue is a hit with the teams

Finals Day Wrap - Sunday 21st April 2013

The Melbourne Super Kings were crowned Cup champions at the 10th annual Asia Escape Phuket International Cricket Sixes following a brutal demolition of defending champions MG7 from Kuwait in the Cup final. In other tournament divisions there was silverware for MG Warriors in the Bowl, Phuket Cricket Group in the Plate and Lamma CC in the Spoon.

Eighteen teams from around the world have been competing in glorious sunshine over the last four days at the new Alan Cooke Ground in Phuket, Thailand in the ICC award winning, Asia Escape Phuket International Cricket Sixes. All teams played on Finals day of the six-a-side cricket competition, and some incredible cricket skills were firmly in evidence at the picturesque venue.

The Spoon final was an all Hong Kong duel between experienced sixes campaigners, Lamma CC, and the hot shot team of the Hong Kong Cricket Festival, the Hong Kong Blues. Batting first, despite a ferociously quick first over, Lamma put on a score of 68 without loss. They drew on all of their many years of accumulated cricket wisdom to defend their total and the Blues fell short of the target, Lamma taking the Spoon in Phuket for the first time. Mark "Monty" Burns was presented with the 'Player of the Final' award for his 25 not out and 1 wicket for 7 runs.

The Plate final proved a popular win for the local players of the Phuket Cricket Group who had played hard competitive cricket throughout the tournament and defeated Pinjarra from Australia in the Plate final. David Watson was made Player of the Final for his 33 not out and 1 wicket for 5 runs from his over.

Mahmood Abdullah again arranged for two teams from Kuwait to fly in to Phuket and compete at the Sixes, and both sides reach finals. Up first were the MG Warriors who played Southern Stars from Victoria, Australia in the Bowl final. Both teams had been going great guns throughout the tournament and featured match winning players. In the end the Kuwaitis deservedly triumphed after a controlled bowling display restricted the Aussies to a modest 57 runs which MG Warriors knocked off relatively comfortably led by some breezy shots from Johnny, for a popular victory. Mitch Younger of the Stars picked up the Player of the Final award for his performance of 23 not out and 11 runs from his over.

The other Kuwaiti side in the tournament, defending champions MG7, scored a fantastic victory over the CBB Wolfpack in the Cup semi final when they bludgeoned and defended 98 off the fancied Australian side featuring Aussie international indoor cricketer, Will 'Alter Boy' Badger, to send them into the Cup final. They were up against the Melbourne Super Kings making their debut at the Phuket Sixes. The Aussie outfit batted first and devastated the Kuwaiti bowling attack, racking up 98 runs which they then capably defended despite the best efforts of MG7. It was a classy match full of top drawer shots and power bowling, and Melbourne were good for their Cup victory. Player of the Final was awarded to Ramesh of the Super Kings.

Mark Stirling of the Wild Men From Borneo, who featured two sides in the tournament and the largest shot box ever seen, was awarded the prestigious Spirit of Cricket Award.

A fantastic awards dinner 'under the stars' was held for all teams and officials at the fabulous Kata Beach Resort.

Four days of cricket style 'fun in the sun' was played and enjoyed for the first time at the fabulous Alan Cooke Ground in Phuket. The ground features a great clubhouse with changing and shower facilities, a bar and a good quality outfield. Both the teams and the tournament organisers, the Asian Cricket Sixes Tour, were appreciative of the opportunity to play the Phuket Sixes, now in its 10th year, at the ACG.

Roll of Honour - Asia Escape Phuket International Cricket Sixes 2013

Cup

Winners - Melbourne Super Kings

Runners Up - MG7

Player of the Final – Ramesh

Bowl

Winners - MG Warriors

Runners Up - Southern Stars

Player of the Final - Mitch Younger

Plate

Winners - Phuket Cricket Group

Runners Up - Pinjarra

Player of the Final - David Watson

Spoon

Winners - Lamma CC

Runners Up - Hong Kong Blues

Player of the Final - Mark Burns

Player of the Tournament - Cess Newey (CBB Wolfpack)

Spirit of Cricket Award - Mark Stirling

ACST Players of the Day:

Thursday - Nuwan (Melbourne Super Kings)

Friday - Faisal (MG7)

Saturday - Jacob Latter (Lamma CC)

Sunday - Naveed (Corner Tigers) and Jay (PCG Youth Team)

Wild Men From Borneo stun opposition on Day One of the Sixes

Day One Wrap - Thursday 18th April 2013

The tenth annual Phuket International Cricket Sixes is being played by eighteen teams at the fantastic Alan Cooke Ground (ACG) in Phuket, Thailand.

It’s the first time the ICC award winning cricket sixes tournament has been played at the ground which boasts good sized boundaries, snooker table outfield and multi-storey clubhouse facilities.

On a glorious day basking in sunshine the Wildmen from Borneo, regular competitors at the Phuket Sixes and this year boasting two teams, found an extra gear when their Wildmen 2 team blitzed the opposition in their charge towards unexpected glory.

Martin Stirling, making his début for the Wildmen, was the star of the show when, in his first ever over in sixes cricket he took wickets with his first two balls, finishing his over as a double wicket maiden and helping to restrict CricGlobal to a modest 60/2 off their five overs. 

Kumar from Cricglobal was the talisman of their innings with an unbeaten 33. The Wildmen went berserk and knocked off the required total to post their first victory of the day.

Teams from all around the world are competing at this tenth edition of the Phuket International Cricket Sixes, hailing from Hong Kong, Kuwait, Australia, Thailand, Malaysia and UK.

In their second match of the day the Wildmen were up against the Phuket Cricket Group Youth Development team, which features Boom a former Thai women's international cricketer. It was a tougher ask for the Wildmen in this match and it went right down to the wire. Batting first the shotbox kings of Borneo posted 66 runs for 3 wickets, constantly pegged back by accurate bowling from the Thai players. The PCG guys came close to grabbing victory with Pao reaching 27* and Boom 21* as the development side fell an agonizing 7 runs short of their target.