Highlights & News

ACC U-17 Challenge Cup 2008

The Kingdom of Thailand is to host the 2008 edition of the ACC Under-17 Challenge Cup.  A total of seven countries will be partaking in this year edition of the cup which will be commencing on the 17th of November and come to conclusion on the 23rd of November. This year we see the cream of the crop from Afghanistan, China, Iran, Maldives, Myanmar, Oman and Thailand all vying not only for top honors but also a ticket to next year’s ‘Under-17 Elite Cup’. 

The seven countries have been split into two groups in order to make full use of all the best that Thailand has to offer in terms of cricketing facilities. Group A consisting of China, Maldives and Thailand will be based in Bangkok. While group B made up of Afghanistan, Iran, Myanmar and Oman will be based in Chaing Mai for the preliminary stage of the competition. In which each country will square off against each member of its respective group once, with the top two from each group qualifying for the semi finals. More...

U-19 Girls & U-17 Boys National Squad Training Camp

The U-19 girls and the U-17 boys national squads took part in a 10 day training camp starting 15th October. The camp saw both the squads followed a daily routine of 8 hours of training sections which consisted of batting, bowling, fielding and a lot of fitness and team work drills. Following the training sessions in the evening for 1 hour the teams got together for a meeting to overview personal performance goals and objectives which had been set for the day. During the course of the camp boysU-17 squad took part in of three 40 over games to help further enforce what had been worked on in the training sections and to gel and operate as a single cohesive unit. More...

CAT Basic Coaching Course, Khao Yai 2008

CAT recently conducted a Basic Cricket Coaching Course in Khao Yai from the 13th to the 14th of September, 2008. A total of 16 physical education teachers attended the course. The participants were given an introduction to the sport of cricket with the special attention paid to the coaching element. Considering that this was the first time that most of the participants had been exposed to cricket, the participants absorbed all the material decimated to them by CAT resource group rather well. The course was conducted by Mr. Mohideen A. Kader, Mr. Shan Kader and Mr. John Hottinger. CAT hopes to see all those that partook within the course to implement cricket as part of their physical education curriculum at their respective institutions. CAT is looking at building up the capacity of the Khao Yia region with more advanced cricketing courses at an appropriate time in the future.

CAT Hosts ACC Curators Course 2008

The Asian Cricket Council Curators Course began on the 11th of August, 2008 in Bangkok. The Module 1 will run from the 11th of August to the 16th of August, 2008 and will be followed by the Advanced Course which will begin on the 18th and end on the 20th of August, 2008. Participants from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Kuwait, Malaysia and Thailand are attending the Module 1 and the Advanced Course participants will come from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Kuwait, Malaysia, Singapore and Saudi Arabia, Bhutan, Brunei, Maldives, Myanmar and Hong Kong. Mr. Peter Munro, Mr. Paul Avison and Mr. Phil Stoyanoff from the New Zealand Sports Turf Institute  will present the course.

Asian Cricket Council Curators Advanced Course Asian Cricket Council Curators Course Module 1

CAT Basic Coaching Course, Phuket 2008

The CAT Basic Coaching Course conducted in Phuket has proved to be very successful. The Phuket Devlopment Officer Khun Supatra Jarumoon reported from Phuket that all the PE teachers who attended the course have introduced cricket in their respective schools.  The total number of schools playing cricket in Phuket stands at twelve. The course was conducted from May 13 to 15, 2008 by CAT's resource person Shan Kader.

CAT Annual Development Meeting 2008

CAT held its development meeting with representatives from five provinces to participate in a reconfiguration of annual objectives and strategies. The meeting was held at the Sports Authority of Thailand.

CAT Umpirers and Scorers Course 2008

CAT held its second Umpirers and Scorers Course from May 29th to June 1st 2008 in Bangkok at Royal Parkview Hotel and AIT. The course attracted participants from all around Thailand interested in umpiring and scoring gradually building local number of both umpires and scorers.

The ACC Under 19 Challenge Cup 2008

Right after hosting the Under 15 Cup successfully, the CAT got busy with hosting yet another ACC tournament in the northern city of Chiang Mai. Saudi Arabia played some surging, dynamic cricket to win the 2008 ACC U-19 Challenge Cup. They beat Bhutan by 59 runs at the Prem Oval. It was Saudi Arabia's first ever international tournament victory. It had been an excellent final played in great spirit by two highly competitive teams. Conditions at Prem suited the Saudis who play all their cricket on concrete back home but Saudi Arabia always had more balance, depth and weaponry than Bhutan.

ACC U-19 Challenge Cup Final: Bhutan v Saudi Arabia at Prem Oval, Chang Mai
Saudi Arabia won the toss and chose to bat
SAUDI ARABIA WON BY 59 RUNS
Saudi Arabia: 247 all out off 49.4 overs (H. Khan 32, H. Anwar 62; D. Subba 3-43, T. Jamtsho 3-49)
Bhutan: 188 all out off 45.1 overs (M. Adhikari 38; M. Imran 3-28, E. Sageer 4-23)
Man of the Match: Hussain Anwar (Saudi Arabia)

ACC Under 15 Challenge Cup 2007

CAT hosted the ACC Under15 Challenge Cup in Chiang Mai and Thailand from the 8th to the 16th of December, 2007. In the final, playing an incredibly high standard of cricket, Qatar won the 2007 ACC U-15 Challenge Cup. They beat Bhutan by eight wickets in the Final at the RBSC Polo Ground. Bhutan didn't really do anything wrong, they were just outplayed by a team which was in control of the game from the moment the first two Bhutan batsmen fell in three balls in the eighth over.  A crowd of about 100 had gathered to watch, the majority of them Bhutanese supporters and they cheered their team on all day.

ACCC U-15 Challenge Cup Final: Bhutan v Qatar at RBSC Polo Ground, Bangkok
QATAR WON BY EIGHT WICKETS
Bhutan won the toss and chose to bat
Bhutan: 121 off 35.2 overs (C. Tenzin 36; F. Ahmed 4-24, A. Ishtiaq 3-26)
Qatar: 123 for 2 after 29.2 overs (T. Mohamed 39*, A. Ishtiaq 31*)
Man of the Match: Ali Ishtiaq (Qatar)