After 51 long weeks of waiting the Chiang Mai Sixes starts at the Gymkhana Club this Sunday.

For me this is the best week of the year with hundreds of fun loving people in town some of whom are actually exceptional cricketers (although none in my team, the very flawed Stuffed Beavers CC ).

This is the 22nd year of the Chiang Mai Sixes and it is the world's foremost Sixes tournament with 34 teams from 14 countries. Sixes cricket is short, fast and furious and spectators will see some big hitting batting and first class bowlers. It is also great fun.

Whether or not you like or understand cricket I urge you to pop into the Gymkhana Club sometime next week (entry is free ) and see for yourselves.

I and the woman attended last years "sixes". Had a great time. Went for 3 days..

Being an American and having NO understanding of the game, I learned that it consisted of hanging around the bar eyeballin' the hotties serving the San Miq, learning new words in "Outback" language and eatin' sausages that were very tasty.

I quickly fell in love with this sport.

Still haven't figured out why you need a stick and colorful shorts and shirts though, just to hang 'round the bar...and every now and then these folks dressed in these clothes went over behind the bar,to what looked like some sort of play area, then they came back after awhile and again said that they had won...won what?

Then there was some yelling and cheering, and then the drinkin' would again commence.

Yep, I like cricket.

C-U there again this year....( next week )

the sun is shining and there is an outside possibility of rain stopping play, which means more time in the beer tent. what's not to love?

Edited March 26, 200917 yr by StevieH

I and the woman attended last years "sixes". Had a great time. Went for 3 days..

Being an American and having NO understanding of the game, I learned that it consisted of hanging around the bar eyeballin' the hotties serving the San Miq, learning new words in "Outback" language and eatin' sausages that were very tasty.

I quickly fell in love with this sport.

Still haven't figured out why you need a stick and colorful shorts and shirts though, just to hang 'round the bar...and every now and then these folks dressed in these clothes went over behind the bar,to what looked like some sort of play area, then they came back after awhile and again said that they had won...won what?

Then there was some yelling and cheering, and then the drinkin' would again commence.

Yep, I like cricket.

C-U there again this year....( next week )

think of it as like baseball but with history and tea instead of footlong hotdogs and popcorn and everyone's a winner. a day watching cricket is never a wasted day. actually it is, as i intend to be fairly wasted personally. so perhaps a well-spent day.

That's the spirit - you seem to have understood perfectly GPD

my goodness jonners what an indubitably splendid afternoon we had spent sitting in the sunshine and drinking cold beer. not to mention the cricket. if anyone has time on their hands in chiang mai this week coming they could worse spend it than a visit to the sixes. bally stuff.

And the Beavers got Stuffed much as expected!

Great win for the UN Irish over last years champions

Fantastic day!

Did anyone try David Duke's roast beef sandwiches? He raved about them!

And the Beavers got Stuffed much as expected!

I hope that has a different meaning then for us Americans.

Ahhh......The sound of leather on Willow......the gentle hiss of a hundred ring tabs being lifted in the crowd......the heavy breathing of the commentator when he forgot to switch the mike off. Memories are made of this.

More pictures here

Is the poster boy the same handsome young man of the past 2 years?

Sorry Blinky you've been replaced by a map.

Sorry Blinky you've been replaced by a map.

Well that's very flattering.

Sorry Blinky you've been replaced by a map.

Well that's very flattering.

It should have been a map of Tassie to keep the same theme.

Hoorah ideed! Yesterday was splendid. The UN Irish Pub boys were remarkable. Don't forget to come and support your local ladies team, the Chiang Mai Chassies. We are playing today at 5 (same time tomorrow). Another six days of fantastic fun. Marvellous.

Now I have aquired a set of rules I can follow to enjoy the game.

keep a seat at the bar for me...

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more splendid cricket action this afternoon, what a lovely way to pass the day. anyone who hasn't popped down to see this yet really should give it a look. top stuff.

Is it still on tomorrow (Friday)

would like to come along . . . what time's kick off?

David

i believe that proceedings commence at around 10am but the highlight of the day, the stuffed beavers giving a lesson, is at around 2pm. there really is some fine quality cricket being player by the way, well worth a gander.

Here's a picture from today's proceedings...