The start of the last day of the competition saw Pattaya Stallions with 14 points having actually won 3 from 3 and leading Department A. The Pattaya Thoroughbreds were a little bit unfortunate to be just 1 win from 3 and were 4 th with 4 points in Department B. Both groups had 2 more round-robin matches, however it was anticipated that the Stallions would be associated with the semis and the last.
After heavy thunderstorms throughout the night, the sand had actually been appropriately flattened by Nature and an early component saw the Koh Chang Hornbills playing the Stallions who fielded initially. It appeared that heavy over night drinking did marvels for the Stallion bowlers. Simon W limited Ramon to simply 2 and after that Jake got a hat-trick versus Qu– captured behind two times by Habby and at square leg by Simon W. Ball game pulled back to -12. Win and Kinny entered into favorable area, 5, versus Wez and Andy with Jainish dropping a catch, however Nut was bowled by Habby without scoring and the overall was back to 0. Jainish bowled that last over in which Wez dropped a catch however captured the next one and the KC Hornbills ended up on -4 and the entire group went to the duck pond.
An excellent start from Simon W and Jake saw 17 runs versus Raman and Qu, however Wez stepped up the speed versus Win with 15. Andy continued the attack with 4 limits and the overall stood at 48 with 2 overs to go. Habby got 7 versus Nut however Jainish was captured behind by Raman off Nu for -1 and went to the pond. The Stallions won by 58 runs and gathered 4 bonus offer points.
Next in the sandbox was the Thoroughbreds, wanting to enhance their win: loss ratio versus the British Club Master Batters. Denzyl got an excellent 10 off Eddie, however Simon P’s bowling was seriously stubborn and seeped 16 to Dilip. The middle order batsmen made small gains versus Trevor, Reds and Crunch who bowled Manish for -2 (another duck pond visitor) and ball game was 35. Mossy was puzzled for 4 off Andy S’ last ball by Trevor and ball game board stopped at 39. A sensible rating however not a particular win.
Mossy permitted Eddie some fast songs, however motivated a dangerous run and Eddie was gone out for 1. Simon P struck a huge 6 to include 9 to ball game and Trevor went to town versus James with 3 6’s however was bowled off the last ball. 24 perform at half method and an opportunity of a win. Ed, Dilip and Denzyl all bowled well and Andy’s wicket limited the Thoroughbreds to 30 and a loss by 9 runs.
The Thoroughbreds were back versus the Palmy Army for their last match, however it would be a not likely win. The Thoroughbreds batted initially, with Eddie and Simon W making little development however keeping their wickets. Trevor smashed Perry for 21 and raised 28 at midway. Reds, Crunch and Andy all munched away without loss to get to 49, 1 except a bonus offer point. A defendable rating and a possible win
Perry struck Eddie for 12 in 2 balls and without delay got captured and bowled to end up with 7. Simon W got wobblyitis of the bowling arm and Crunch dropped a catch to enable Magu to get another 8 runs. Wickets fell rapidly when Wizard was bowled by Trevor, Perry was gone out and Crunch had Dave captured behind by Simon. The Palmy Army remained in difficulty at 9 and one over left. Bobby included 12 however the Palmy Army were dealt their very first defeat by 28 runs. A certain upset.
The Thoroughbreds ran their last race and ended up 7=. An excellent effort from a group with a typical age of 60+. Trevor was their star gamer with bat and ball.
The Stallions’ last round-robin protested the Phuket Penguins, their most likely enemies in the last. The Stallions batted very first and Simon W made an excellent 10 off Pancake, and Jake got 9 with assistance from Sajal’s undecided bowling, however it was Wez that did the damage with 18 from Tony. 37 at midway and an excellent start. Andy, Habby and Jainish all included a couple of runs however kept their wickets therefore ball game ended up at 56 and another bonus offer point.
Tony was hoodwinked by Simon and was bowled for -2. Dayton was visited Jake and after that captured and bowled by Jake next ball. Jainish dropped his 3 rd catch of the competition which permitted Pancake to include 9 runs, however the Penguins were having a hard time. Andy took an exceptional captured and bowled when he dismissed Sajal and Habby captured Flowers one handed however ran over the border for 6 and a rating of 21. The Penguins lost by 35 runs however entered into the semis with 17 points. The Stallions would play Lamphun in the semi-final having actually won all 4 matches and ended up 1 st with 25 points.
In the period, Jainish dressed up as Dino the dinosaur, got into the ground and hindered the Ladies Match. In defense of the girls, a fat chihuahua freaked out and assaulted Dino. Humorous.
In semi-final 1, the Phuket Penguins smashed the Palmy Army 61-19. Semi-final 2 was the Stallions versus Lamphun. Chalam dealt with Simon W and was visited Jake, his 3rd, and advanced to 12. Jake apologized in the next over by bowling Chinoy for -4 and Wez limited Nung for 2. Just 10 at midway. Neither Load or Chuan included much and it was delegated Leng to include 11 and reach 30. That was going to be tough to safeguard.
The Stallions did not bat well and ditched house by 5 runs. Simon, Wez and Andy all lost their wickets inexpensively– an overall of 14 runs, with Jainish being the leading scorer, including another 9 which raised 35 and a location in the last. They would require to raise their video game if they wished to win.
The last, anticipated by lots of, was in between the Stallions and Phuket Penguins, whom had actually currently been beaten by the Stallions, however they might not pay for to be contented. Flowers bowled to Wez who scored 13 however sadly lost his off stump and was minimized to 13, whilst Dayton wandered off down the leg side and was penalized by Simon W for 14. Jake went to the duck pond, once again for a Duck and Andy was inexplicably rejected numerous wides by umpire Jack. Habby handled 9, regardless of being captured at long-on and Jainish ended up with a grow to advance the scorecard to 45. A defendable rating, however not an ensured win.
Pancake was limited by Andy to 4 as he was runout, however Jake wandered off down leg and seeped 17 go to Dayton. Absolutely nothing in between the sides however Habby made a considerable effect. Without getting a hat-trick, he bowled Tony two times and after that captured and bowled him off the last ball and ball game was minimized to 7. Nevertheless, bad bowling and a fight-back followed. Wild Expense included 9 regardless of Jainish lastly capturing a ball and Wez distributed 16 to Shelby to raise 32 with one over left. Jainish handled 3 dots and had actually Flowers captured behind by Habby prior to a 6 off the last ball and a rating of 33 provided the Stallions a win by 12 runs. 6 lost wickets cost the Penguins the last.
The Reward providing was performed by Chops and Steve Perry who thanked all of the Shambala Resort personnel, the match authorities, the sponsors and groups for making this an exceptional weekend of social cricket. Prizes in reverse order were as follows: 6 th location, Toothpick to Alibaba; 5 th location, Chopsticks to Lanna; 4 th location, Wood spoon to Palmy Army; 3 rd location, Plate (scalloped edge no-less) to Lamphun; Runners up Cup, Phuket Penguins and Winners Cup, to Pattaya Stallions.
Private rewards went to: Finest batsman, Pancake from Phuket Penguins; Finest bowler, Habby Singh from Pattaya Stallions and the Guy of the Competition went to Chalam of Lamphun.
The sponsors of the occasion were: Shambala Resort, Tranquility Resort, 15 Palms Beach Resort, Taste of India, Paddy’s Palms Irish Bar, Blue Lagoon Bar, Joom Joom Bar and The Pearl high-end swimming pool rental properties.
PCC wants to thank their fans and sponsors, the Magic Bar, the Ayen bar, the Wilderness bar and the Pattaya Sports Group for their assistance which is much valued.
