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Phuket International Cricket Sixes 2015

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Kuwait Eagles take Cup Final in the 

12^th Annual Phuket International Cricket Sixes 2015

Finals Day Wrap - Sunday 19th April 2015

The 12th Annual Phuket International Cricket Sixes 2015 Finals Day at the Republic Ground was very exciting in hot and humid conditions.

The day commenced with the semi-finals of the Plate, Bowl and Cup Divisions.

In the first semi-final of the Plate Bats 69 from India proved too strong for Sedgwick Cricket Club (SICCO’s), which featured three generations of the Austin family. In the other semi-final the Southern Stars from Australia ended what has been a brilliant campaign from the Sharifally Huzifers.

In the Bowl Division the CBBs won a close tussle with the Mungoorbada Bushrangers from the Northern Territory in Australia with the CBBs’ Jack Joy again retiring on the maximum score of 35. In the other semi-final the strong batting of Indian team Guahati Town proved too much for Baulkham Hill LOBATS.

The Cup first semi-final saw two famous clubs compete. The Narayanganj Club from Bangladesh beat Hong Kong Cricket Club to advance to the Cup Final. In the other semi-final the all-Kuwait affair between the Eagles and Hawks saw the Eagles win an entertaining match.

In the Shield Final Lamma Cricket Club of Hong Kong defeated an All-Star team in a close contest. It took a brilliant final over from Lamma’s Nilesh Jhaveri to win an exciting game.

The Plate Final was dominated by the Southern Stars who easily beat Bat 69. The Southern Stars’ Ron Elliot first retired with the bat and then bowled a very tight and effective over. 

Jack Joy again retired with the bat to lead the CBBs to an imposing score of 98 to take out the Bowl for 2015 against Gauhati Town.

Then came the match everyone had been waiting for, the Cup Final between the Kuwait Eagles and Narayanganj from Bangladesh. Some attacking tactics paid off for the Eagles with Mahmoud Abdullah taking a fantastic catch behind to dismiss Joshi off Murad. Narayanganj never fully recovered even though Rubayet played a wonderful innings of 34 not out to take the score to a defendable 60.  This was enough to win him the Player-Of-Final Award. However, with Amir retiring on 33, the Eagles were able to pass the score easily to be crowned the Cup Champions for 2015.

Later that evening the Presentation Awards Dinner was held in the gardens of the lovely Kata Beach Resort where Amir Javed was presented with the Player of Tournament Award 2015.

The very important “Spirit of Cricket Award” was presented to the Munghoorbada Bushrangers from the Northern Territory, Australia as a Team Award for their wonderful goodwill and friendship during the Phuket International Cricket Sixes 2015.

Phuket International Cricket Sixes 2015 is presented by the Asian Cricket Sixes and sponsored by Kata Group Resorts Thailand.

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Narayananj go big on Day Three at the ACG

Day Three Wrap - Saturday 18th April 2015

Thirteen games were played in an action-packed day three of the 12th Annual Phuket International Cricket Sixes 2015.

Highlights of the day included Narayananj scoring 119 against Bat 69; and the Sharifally Huzifers’ The Boss and Babs’ opening partnership of 76 in their game against Gauhati.

Southern Stars vs Kuwait Eagles

The Southern Stars’ Justin Triffett faced the first ball of the day and responded by hitting a four straight to the boundary. In a fast scoring game, the Stars scored 58 after four overs. The Stars were out for 66 after the Kuwait Eagles claimed Gary Mathieson’s wicket for a duck after replacing Jake Write who retired after scoring 32 runs. The Kuwait Eagles responded strongly with two sixes scored off Gary Mathieson’s over. Amir Javed retired on 35.

Bat 69 vs Narayananj

Narayananj’s Joshy starred again and Narayananj posted a total of 119. Sharif retired on 31. Jack Joy retired on 35 but Narayananj won the game by 51 runs.

Lamma vs Sedgwick (SICCOs)

SICCOs fielded first with Lamma’s Brad Tarr retiring on 33. Lamma’s Ben Cooper scored the first duck of the day. Lamma scored 74. Phil for SICCOs retired on 35, with the score on 71, then hit a six for an easy win.

CBBs vs Southern Stars

Southern Stars batted first with Jake Wright retiring on 31. Southern Stars bowled very well and restricted the CBBs to win easily. Southern Stars defeated CBBs 63 to 53.

Hong Kong Cricket Club vs Baulkham Hills (LOBATS)

Hong Kong batted first and posted 75 runs. John Rafter made 29. Baulkham Hills (LOBATS) worked hard but could not make the runs needed and made 54, with Chamida making 18.

Narayananj vs Kuwait Hawks

Narayananj batted first and made 84 runs. The Kuwait Hawkes were never in the chase and only made 53.

Mungoorbada Bushrangers vs Gauhati Town Club

Gauhati Town defeated the Bushrangers in a very close tussle: 57 runs to 54.

Bat 69 vs Kuwait Hawks

Kuwait Hawks fought back to defeat Bat 69 easily 85 to 53. Imran made 31 and Omer made 33.

Sharifally Huzifers vs Gauhati Town

Sharifally Huzifers posted a great win over Gauhati Town by chasing down 77 runs. A record opening partnership of 76 from The Boss and Babs included smashing fours and four sixes with cheeky running between the wickets. Jeremy Smith took to the crease after Babs retired scoring two runs for the Sharifally Huzifers to win, with no loss of wickets.

CBB vs Kuwait Eagles

In the next match the CBBs score of 49 was easily chased down by the Kuwait Hawks.

Hong Kong CC vs SICCOs

Hong Kong Cricket Club easily beat Sedgwick (SICCOs) 85 to 35 in the next match.

Sharifally Huzifers vs Mungoorbada Bushrangers

Sharifally were unable to match the mighty Bushrangers in what was a fantastic game. The Bushrangers won 72 to 54.

  

Lamma vs LOBATS

LOBATS batted first and made 71. Lamma were unable to make this score and fell short at 44.

The Action continues at the 12^th Phuket International Cricket Sixes 

Day Two Wrap - Friday 17th April 2015

Day two of the 12th Annual Phuket International Cricket Sixes 2015 opened with an exciting 20/20 game which saw the Kuwait XII narrowly defeat the World All-Stars XII passing the score with four balls remaining.

The World All-Stars XII were all out for 145 with James Neany making 37 and Jack Joy making a 14 ball 21. Kuwait XII’s Unni bowled well to take nine for two off two overs.

Kuwait made eight for 146 with Imran making a match-saving 40 not out. World All-Stars XII’s Dixie Joy bowled his four overs very tightly taking two for 17.

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In an action packed match Southern Stars took to the field first with Narayanganj Club batting: Joshi made 30 and retired, for a team total of 88. Southern Stars were able to make 45, with Joshi again starring taking three for five, including a hattrick and two tournament ducks. Of course this means cash contributions towards Junior Cricket in Phuket.

In a Hong Kong derby Lamma Cricket Club were up against Hong Kong Cricket Club.

Lamma batted first but were only able to make 35 for two wickets. Hong Kong were able to make this score easily off 1.5 overs with some big sixes hit.

Lamma then backed up against the Kuwait Eagles in a very entertaining match. Brad Tarr smashed 19 runs with Lamma making 33 runs. Kuwait Eagles’ Saif bowled a match changing over when he took one for one off his over. The Eagles then easily passed the score to win the match.

The next match was an all-Australian affair with Sedgwick Cricket Club (SICCO’s) of Victoria v the Mungoorbada Bushrangers from the Northern Territory. 

This proved to be the best match of the day and a very close result with the Bushrangers winning a very entertaining game. The first innings saw Sedgwick make a challenging 43, with Nathan Austin making 21. The Bushrangers’ Curtis Shadforth bowled a great over of 0 for six to keep things tight. Marcus Rosas make an impressive 17 not out allowing the mighty Bushrangers to get the runs needed late in the final over.

The expected match of the day proved correct with the Kuwait Eagles taking on the Hong Kong Cricket Club. Kong Kong batted well and made a competitive 59 against some tight bowling, led by Kuwait Eagles’ Casino with one wicket for eight runs. Kong Kong Cricket Club’s Elliott Andrews made an impressive 29 not out. However with an all round solid batting performance, with Saif making 25 not out, the Eagles were able to pass the score and win.

The last match of the day had Baulkham Hills, also known as the LOBATS, against the Kuwait Hawkes. The LOBATS were able to make a challenging score of 47 with some solid batting performances with Chaminda making 19. However Imran’s over of one wicket for three for the Hawkes kept the score down. Some even batting saw the Eagles easily pass the LOBATS score to again post a win.

The CBBs take early lead in Day One of the 

12^th Annual Phuket International Cricket Sixes 2015

Day One Wrap - Thursday 16th April 2015

Day one of the Asian Cricket Sixes Tour (ACST) 12^th Annual Phuket International Cricket Sixes 2015 got off to a cracking start at the Republic Phuket Football Ground today.

The CBBs, an International Touring Club based in Chiang Mai, started their campaign with two impressive wins for the day.

CBBs defeated the interestingly named Sharifally Huzifers in a very exciting tussle. Despite solid batting from Sharifally’s Curtis and Babs, the game was beyond doubt for the CBBs with Jack Joy retiring after making 33 runs off seven balls.

CBBs followed with a solid win over Bat69 from India. Joy again impressed with the bat making an entertaining 35 off eight balls. Karan Suri made an impressive 33 for Bat 69, however this was not enough to win, even after some good bowling by Vishal.

Bat 69 were then up against the Sharifally Huzifers. This match was the closest contest of the day with Bat 69 just holding off the Huzifers by seven runs. Sharifally’s Curtis retired with 32 runs, however Bat 69 made light work of the chase.

In the first match of the day, the Kuwait Hawks defeated the Sedgwick Cricket Club from Victoria, Australia in an entertaining match. Roy and Imran from the Hawks both retired and the Hawks reached an imposing score of 97. Sedgwick started the chase with an impressive 34 from Phillip, however were unable to chase down the score.

A highlight was an exciting regional match between Narayanganj Club of Bangladesh and Gauhati Town Cricket Club from Assam in India. Narayanganj posted 93 with last week’s Chiang Mai Sixes Star Joshi retiring on 32. Deep batted very well for Gauhati Town with 33 runs, even though injured, however Narayanganj bowled well to restrict. 

Gauhati Town Club then fought back in their next match against the Southern Stars to win an exciting encounter. Batting first they made 94 runs, with Gupta, Deep and Bora’s impressive batting contributing to this large score. The Southern Stars batted well to make 73 runs with Hayden Smith making 29.

The other match of the day was the Australian Derby between Baulkham Hills Lobats of Sydney against the exciting Mungoorbada Bushrangers from the Northern Territory, Australia, led by Marcus Rosas. Baulkham Hills prevailed in an interesting encounter where they made 87, with Lasith retiring for 33. Curtis Shadforth batted really well to retire for the Bushranger with 32, however this proved to be not enough.

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