Play Underway in 9th Phuket International Cricket Sixes

Twenty-four teams from eight countries will do battle at the 9th annual Phuket International Cricket Sixes tournament being played this week in Phuket from 19-22nd April.

“It’s another great turnout of teams from around the cricketing world here in Phuket,” said Asian Cricket Sixes Tour Tournament Director, Saurav Chatterjee. “There’s a really good mix of regular sides who’ve been coming to the Phuket Sixes for a number of years plus several new teams and local sides too.”

Teams from Australia, India, Pakistan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Thailand and around the Asia Pacific region will enjoy four days of cricket, with the action starting at 9am this morning.

The tournament will be played at the new Kata Group Sports Ground (KGSG) being used for the tournament for the first time this year.

Sixes is a shortened, highly entertaining, all action version of cricket in which matches take just half an hour to complete.

The Phuket International Sixes is the showpiece tournament of ACST Phuket Cricket Week, a series of three cricket competitions and social events with the motto “fun in the sun!” taking place over one week on the tropical island in Thailand.

Karon Sea Sands Beach Cricket Tournament

The Southern Stars team from Australia won the final of the Karon Sea Sands Beach Cricket tournament against the Thailand Rugby League in fantastic sunny weather on the beach at Karon, Phuket on Tuesday.

Always an entertaining afternoon with some special fun rules, including players having to field with one hand holding a beer, the beach cricket tournament was a big hit with the teams and supporters and attracted quite a crowd.

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