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• Chiang Mai Sixes gets under way in style

  1 April 2018 Day One Report. The first day of the 2018 Chiang Mai Sixes saw some wonderful cricket as it was broadcast to the world on facebook and on the Sixes website. The Bangladesh boys were back after an absence of two years with two teams as the NCL… Read more

• Ubaid lights up Chiang Mai Sixes with a brilliant display as Kashmir CC win the Cup

  9 April 2017 The 30th Chiang Mai International Cricket Sixes came to an end on Saturday with local side Kashmir CC winning the Cup by defeating Yorkshire Puddings by five wickets in the final but it was the majestic performances of left-handed opener Ubaid Ullah… Read more

• Thailand dream of a place in the Women’s World Cup

  3 February 2017 Thailand’s women cricketers have enjoyed great success in 20-over competitions in recent seasons but they are about to embark on a great Sri Lankan adventure which will see them take part in the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier which will see ten… Read more

• India light up Bangkok to win the Women's Asia Cup for the sixth time

  4 December 2016 The Indian Women’s cricket team continued their dominance of the ACC Women’s Asia Cup that stretches back to 2004 by winning the competition for the sixth successive time without ever losing a match. They defeated Pakistan by 17 runs in the final… Read more

• Thailand’s women cricketers wipe away a nation’s tears

  18 October 2016 The Land of Smiles has been united in its grief following the death of their beloved King but the Thailand Women’s cricket team, who were playing in an international tournament in Hong Kong, did their best to bring the nation some comfort. . The very… Read more

• UN Irish Reach Their Holy Grail

  11 April 2016 The 29th San Miguel Chiang Mai International Cricket Sixes ended on Saturday with five finals and the Awards Dinner. Local favourites UN Irish Pub ended a 19-year search for the Holy Grail as they finally won the Cup, while Stuffed Bearers celebrated… Read more

• Rick Davis, Legend of the Sixes

  31 March 2016 A well known and popular figure at the Chiang Mai Sixes almost from the very start, Rick Davis passed away on 21st March 2016. Rick first came to the Sixes in 1989 as an umpire, then graduated to the commentary box, from where he showered both… Read more

• San Miguel Thais win Ian McDougall Shield

  27 March 2016 The fourth edition of the Ian McDougall Shield, arranged and sponsored by Sandy and Dean at UN Irish Pub in memory of their friend who had taken up a place in various UN Irish teams at the Sixes over the years, was won by San Miguel Thais but more… Read more

• Friends from the Sixes say good bye to Mike McCune

  9 March 2016 The funeral service for Mike McCune, deeply involved in the Chiang Mai Sixes for more than 15 years, was held at Wat Pra Paeng, a peaceful temple on the river not far from Gymkhana Club, on Tuesday 8th March after Mike had died on the previous… Read more

• Sad news for the Sixes: Mike McCune has died

  6 March 2016 The organizing committee of the Chiang Mai Sixes confirms the sad news that Mike McCune passed away on Saturday 5th March 2016. Mike was a long-standing and hard-working member of the committee who built and maintained the original Sixes website and… Read more

• Pattaya win 2016 Chiang Mai Big Bash

  14 February 2016 The 2016 Chiang Mai Big Bash was contested at Gymkhana Club on 13th and 14th February and it was bigger and better than ever before as three visiting teams joined local sides Lanna and CMCC in a five-team eight player aside tournament. Not the MCC… Read more

• Gymkhana Club retain Dick Wood Cup for sixth year in a row

  31 January 2016 British Club have been visiting Chiang Mai for 33 years and as Jack Dunford regularly explains Dick Wood was so captivated by the play of the visitors from Bangkok in that first year that he provided funds for a cup to be purchased for Gymkhana Club… Read more

• Kajang Panthers are fantastic tourists as the scores are tied but cricket is the winner

  23 January 2016 The visit of Kajan Panthers from Malaysia to Chiang Mai had been looked forward to greatly by both teams but nobody was expecting the special occasion that transpired on a sunny Saturday at Gymkhana as the match between Lanna and the Panthers was… Read more

• 17-year-old Thailand leg-spinner off to take part in Women’s Big Bash in Australia

  5 January 2016 Thailand recently staged the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Qualifier in and it was Bangladesh and Ireland which qualified for the Women’s World Twenty20 which will be played in India in March and April 2016. Thailand’s leg-spinner Suleeporn Laomi… Read more

• Bunchuai leads Lamphun to Lanna Eights glory

  12 December 2015 After the success of the inaugural Lanna Sixes last year it was intended to play a bigger and better version in 2015. The late withdrawal of various teams did not allow this but in typical Thai style a streamlined one-day eight-aside event was… Read more

• Ireland stun Bangladesh to win ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier in Bangkok

  5 December 2015 Ireland won the ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier when they beat Bangladesh by two wickets from the last ball of a dramatic final which came to a gripping climax under darkening skies, at Terdthai Cricket Ground in Bangkok. Zimbabwe had earlier… Read more

• Eight women's teams look to book a passage to India

  26 November 2015 The second edition of the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Qualifier is being held in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, from 28th November to 5th December with highly prized places at the T20 World Cup in India next year available to the leading two teams… Read more

• Lanna recover to share entertaining series with Pattaya

  15 November 2015 Lanna never quite recovered from losing three early wickets as their top three batsmen scoring only one run between them. Over-confidence may have been a factor as the beers began to flow on Friday evening and the visitors were told that Pattaya CC… Read more

• Lanna set to tour Pattaya 13th-16th November 2015

  6 November 2015 With Lanna CC about to embark on a momentous tour to Pattaya where the club will play two matches against regular opponents Pattaya CC at the delightful Thai Polo Ground, it is the perfect time to look back on the last visit by a Chiang Mai side to… Read more

• Nepal's Baluwater CC victorious in 8th Thailand International Sixes

  26 October 2015 Baluwater CC, capained and managed by former Hong Kong cricketer and coach Sher Lamma were welcomed to the eighth Thailand International Sixes held in Bangkok at the end of October as the first side to take part from the up and coming cricketing… Read more