The 27th staging of the San Miguel Chiang Mai International Cricket Sixes from March 30-April 5, saw the side from Bangladesh, the Walton Cricketeers, win the Cup for the third year in a row, but there is no doubt that it was the Thai junior cricketers, many of them supported by the Hill Tribe Fund, who stole the show this year as they delighted crowds and players alike with their performances.
The San Miguel Thais only lost one match all week to win the Joe Carpenter Plate with the most exciting contest of the week, the Plate final against Blythswood bringing the competition to a perfect end with the boys scrambling a bye off the last ball to secure victory by the narrowest possible margin. No fewer than five junior girls played in the 2014 competition with 14-year-old Nok becoming the first to win a trophy as Gymkhana Cavaliers defeated Sa Pa in the Spoon final.
The victorious San Miguel Thais junior cricket team won the Joe Carpenter Plate at the 27th annual Chiang Mai Cricket Sixes tournament.
Walton Cricketeers were undoubtedly the strongest side in the competition in 2014 but they were careful to play by the rules as their two best players, Elias Sunny, who has played Test cricket for Bangladesh, and Mehedi Hasan, also a first-class player, never appeared together. The Bangladesh side beat Chiang Mai Warriors in the Cup final as they restricted the local side to a total of 40 for 4 in their 5 overs which they chased down in less than 3 overs without losing a wicket. Mahrab Joshi was named player of the tournament for his all-round performances throughout the week.
