For those of you that follow cricket and hopefully the escapades of PCC in the BCL Premiership Division, you will know that we are now in the closed period. However, it doesn’t really rain much until September, so now is the opportunity for social matches and mini-tournaments to give those that do not play in the league a chance to show their skills.
Two weeks ago, a PCC Social 11 played Rayong Smashers and gave them a 6-wicket drubbing. (I couldn’t report on the match as I was away that weekend.) Last weekend, on 14 June, PCC set up a mini tournament of 4 teams for 8-a-side matches between PCC Social, Rugby School Thailand, St Andrews Green Valley School and Pattaya Panthers RFC.
Each team would play 3 matches of 6 overs each with innings being split with the next team on the schedule. Local playing conditions required the bowling to be from the tent end. Batsmen would retire at 25. A win was worth 3 points, a tie 1 and a loss was zero. No balls and wides would be 2 runs and not re-bowled and no free hits.
The first match was the Panthers versus the PCC Socials which was won by the Panthers with a slim margin of 2 runs, 55-53. The two school teams fought an equally close fight with Rugby being victorious by 2 runs, 49-47. The Panthers and Rugby completed the first half of the tournament with a tie 44-44. After several half-time beers, PCC Socials got their first win with 56 runs vice St Andrews’ 43. The last 2 matches were reduced by one over per innings as it was getting dark. The Panthers scored another narrow victory, by 1 run, over ST Andrews, 29-28. The final match saw PCC Socials losing 33-34 to Rugby school.
The final table became (Played, Won, Tied, Lost Points)
Pattaya Panthers 3 2 1 0 7
Rugby School 3 2 1 0 7
PCC Socals 3 1 0 2 3
St Andrews 0 0 0 0 0
It was a great afternoon of fun and thanks tom the organisers, captains and supporting staff of umpires and scorers.
The next non-league match will PCC versus the British Club at Horsehoe Point on 27 & 28 June for the Philbrook-Durnford Cup. All are welcome to come and watch, its free.
