by Peter Cummins

As the Fifteenth Chiang Mai International Cricket Sixes, being played out at the 104-year-old Chiengmai Gymkhana Club Cricket Ground finished the fifth day, the top teams in the four divisions look set to play into the finals to be held on Saturday -
particularly the Darwin Dilettantes and the Kiteboys. Mike Gatting's Ashwell Crusaders, in spite of some losses, could recover through skipper Gatting's powerful batting.

Meantime, on the adjacent two grounds, the Thai schoolchildren had their own competiton in the Third Sixes 'Sawasdee Cricket' Cup. With much excitement and laughter, the Sai Moon A School won the Grade Six competition, while the Sai Moon B won the Grade 5 Division.

RESULTS, at the end of the Fourth day:

CUP

• Darwin Dilettantes 79-0 (Roger Weckett, Greg Bicknell, 30 each ret.) beat
  Nomads 74-0 (Samer Jasantha 32 ret, R. Dawes 30 ret.)
• Silver State 89-0 (Jarod Lopez 31 ret.) beat Lords Taverners 73-0 (Shaun Hilton (35 ret.)
• Almar CC 74-1 (T. Eksteen 32 ret.) beat Darwin Dilettantes (Gary Hancock 31
  ret.)
• Warathais 79-1 (Trevor Chappell 30 ret.) beat Silver State 70-2.

BOWL

• Warbler Bunny Club 72-1 (Maury 30 ret.) beat CMW Warriors 59-0
• Kiteboys 90-0 (James Bryant 30 ret., Ian Seifman 33 ret.) beat British Airways
  Dragons 45-4
• Gloucestershire Gipsies 82-0 (M. Briers 35 ret.) beat Shanghai Steinlager Cavaliers 81-1 (R. Mahawama 35 ret.).

PLATE

• Ashwell Crusaders 77-0 (Mike Gating 34 ret., Adrian Cade 32 ret.) beat
  Darjeeling 52-1
• HALYLT 62-0 (Hemel Mendes 30 ret.) beat Drifters 61-0 (Mark Paterson 31 ret.)

SPOON

• I.O.S. Malakas 61-0 (Marty Burns 34 ret.) beat Gymkhana Cavaliers 60-1
• Wombats 65-0 (Mark Curtis 30 ret.) beat Pattaya Pectels 69 60-3
• Kirby Vampires 46-0 beat Drifters 44-0