Phuket Cricket.
The Asian Cricket Sixes Tour (ACST) are proud to announce that the ICC Award Winning Phuket International Cricket Sixes Tournament will be played at the Alan Cooke Ground, the premier cricketing venue on the island following talks with the Phuket Cricket Group (PCG).
The Sixes forms part of the Phuket International Cricket Week along with the Kata International Cricket 7’s Tournament. The 7’s will once again take place at the Kata Group Republic Ground in the south of the island.
Up to thirty teams will congregate in April from all over the world for the Phuket International Cricket Week to join up with locally-based Phuket sides.
The Sixes, which were first competed for in 2004, will be played between Thursday 14 April and Sunday 17 April 2016. The fifth annual 7’s will follow between Wednesday 20 April and Saturday 23 April 2016.
The Phuket International Cricket Week.
Phuket Cricket week will offer participants a unique two holidays in one for the first time, as the Sixes team up with the Arinara Bangtao Beach Resort, before moving to the Kata Beach Resort and the Andaman Seaview Hotel for the 7’s.
ACST Chairman, Michael Maher is delighted with the development.
“The ACST are constantly looking at ways to invigorate and make our events more exciting and better for all involved. The PCG have been an enormous help in us being able to offer the exciting new developments for 2016, and we can’t thank them enough.”
We are also thrilled that our 7’s event continues to develop with huge thanks to the Kata Group, he added.
PCG Chairman, Anthony Van Blerk is equally enthusiastic about the news.
The PCG are delighted that our long lasting relationship with the ACST continues to prosper since the first Sixes tournament back in 2004.
We look forward to welcoming teams to our superb facility in April.
Team entries for both events are now open for what will be a superb festival of cricket and camaraderie.
Don’t miss out on your chance on a dream cricketing holiday, making lifelong memories and friends.
Phuket Island Radio will be at the Cricket Sixes and you can get all the daily updates here.
