The children, parents and teachers had a fantastic time in the Lanna International School Cricket Match in the morning and the school has recently become a generous supporter of cricket in Chiang Mai with a new sponsorship of Chiang Mai Lanna CC in recognition of the club’s role in the community and its fundig of junior cricket. Thanks are due to Hugh Williams for arranging this sponsorship and it is hoped that the school will soon be running their own junior team and more teachers and parents will also be playing cricket regularly.
After Lanna International School had finished their game the Gymkhana cricket members were divided into two teams so that Lanna CC and United CC players could play together on level terms. The 20-over match became saw Martin Papworth and Ismail competing for honours and it looked like Ismail would win the battle as 22 came off the first over of the match.
But Papworth showed great persistence and picked up one wicket in his second over and two more in each of his third and fourth overs to finish with remarkable figures of 4-0-51-5 which were a career best and it was the first time he had taken five wickets in a long career.
Ismail meanwhile had retired on reaching 40 in only 16 balls but Tom Salusbury who had earlier made sandwiches for 60 people took 2 for 10 and Suhail 2 for 23, and it was Taran Persaud who finished off the innings off by having Ismail who had returned to the crease caught on the boundary with his only ball. Gymkhana A had been bowled out for 116 in only 14.1 overs.
Gymkhana B would have hoped to seal victory but Shine Thomas and Asif were both out for ducks as Burhan bowled extremely well and Beer used up 36 balls in his innings of 14. Firdoz made a bright and breezy 30 but Champ then batted for 34 balls for an unbeaten 10 and the boys will have to learn to go for their shots in this short form of cricket.
Tom tried to show them how with two fours and a three in his 13 and Imtiaz hit his first ball for six but Gymkhana B were well short of their target as they reached 87 for 6 in 20 overs as Gymkhana A won by 29 runs.