The world-famous Chiang Mai International Cricket Sixes was successfully held for the 34th time in March and April 2024 as the Sixes continued to recover from the break caused by Covid-19. Planning has already started to make the 2025 tournament an enjoyable experience both on and off the field.
The dates for 2025 have already been announced with the tournament running for seven days from 30th March to 5th April. There will be a Welcome Party on Saturday 29th March with teams from around the world gathering together and renewing their long-term friendships or meeting new teams for the first time.
The tournament is held at the historic Gymkhana Club in Chiang Mai which is set up with tents for all competing teams and boundary banners circling the ground which has hosted the tournament since 1988. Teams are invited to three social events which were all held at Gymkhana Club n 2024 and there is a food village which serves a variety of food throughout the day. The Boundary Bar is the focus of the socialising throughout the week with the teams taking their refreshments back to their tents or sitting in front of the bar.
The team fee for the tournament in 2025 is again likely to be held at 60,000 Baht which has been unchanged since 2018. We are looking to rebuild the strength of the tournament to 30 men’s teams after we had 24 men’s teams in 2023 and 26 in 2024. Interest is again high from new teams and there will again be a competitive ladies competition. Matches are five-overs aside with six players in each team who can have squads of eight players.
Teams vary in strength both in terms of ability and numbers so there are a total of five competitions and you are given a bag, towel, cap and magazine as well as free entry to three social events. The week begins by playing qualifying matches so that teams are then divided into the Cup, Shield, Bowl, Plate and Spoon with each team playing a minimum of five matches.
In 2025 we are looking to provide a maximum of 30 competing men’s teams a minimum of five matches as well as semi-finals and finals in all five competitions. Teams will again be divided into gentlemen’s and players' sections so that as many contests will be evenly matched as possible. The winning teams in each competition will win a replica trophy and the players win an elephant provided by Elephant Parade and there are medals for the runners' up.
Accommodation is not provided but there are a range of hotels in Chiang Mai which teams book themselves with budget and luxury options.
We are looking for strong teams who can play in the Players Section and compete for the Cup and Shield but social teams are just as welcome and they will have a chance of success in the Bowl. Plate and Spoon. The champions in 2024 were NCL Thunders from Bangladesh but they were pushed to the limit by St Francis de Sales from Australia i and two teams who have played in all 34 competitions Darjeeling and Drifters were losing semi-finalists.
There is more information available on the website (www.chiangmaisixes.cricket) with live computer scoring of every match, action and team photos, and live streaming so you can watch matches from any day of the week in recent years. Teams come to play in the Chiang Mai Sixes for year after year and they come from all over the world from countries near and far.