CRICKET: Last Sunday (May 22) saw another incredible game go down to the wire at the Alan Cooke Ground (ACG) in Thalang as Patong Penguins got over the line on the final ball of the match to level the
CRICKET: Last Sunday (Apr 17) saw cricket action return to the Alan Cooke Ground (ACG) in sweltering conditions as an Asia select team faced off against a Rest of the World (RoW) collective in an eigh
CRICKET: After a break of several weeks, cricket returned to the ACG on Sunday (Nov 28) as Phuket’s Asia side clinched victory in a nail-biting contest over the island’s Rest of World (RoW) side t
CRICKET: The fifth game decider between the Thalang Cows and Patong Penguins on Sunday (Oct 24) yielded an extraordinary run extravaganza, with three players claiming centuries during the afternoon’
CRICKET: After many months without a match and a sign of Phuket returning to some normality the Goan Panthers returned to the ACG last Sunday (Oct 17).
CRICKET: After another unfortunate interruption to the series due to rain, clear blue skies and sunshine returned to the ACG once more last Sunday (Oct 3) providing perfect conditions for a crucial ga
CRICKET: A virtuoso batting performance from Ali Khan at the ACG on Sunday (Sept 19) overwhelmed an understrength Patong Penguins side to help the Thalang Cows into a 2-1 series lead.
CRICKET: Overshadowed by local health and safety restrictions currently in place, last Sunday’s (Aug 8) second game of the five match series between Thalang Cows and Patong Penguins was a somewhat m
Majestic Morgan electrifies ACG
Majestic Morgan electrifies ACG
CRICKET: Patong Penguins pulled off a dramatic last over victory against the Thalang Cows on Sunday (July 25), with Craig Morgan grabbing the headline and a deserved man of the match award for his unbeaten 88 not out in one of the more exhilarating games witnessed at the ACG this year.
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The Patong Penguins’ Craig Morgan and Nishant Grover after their match winning partnership to defeat the Cows at the ACG last Sunday (July 25). Photo: Anthony Van Blerk
While Morgan’s innings will long be remembered as an exhibition of sublime timing and power hitting that included seven 6s and four 4s off just 53 deliveries faced, it was in stark contrast to a personal fielding display the Penguin batting hero will undoubtedly wish to quickly forget.
Cows prevail over understrength Penguins
Cows prevail over understrength Penguins
CRICKET: The Thalang Cows and the Patong Penguins renewed their rivalry at the ACG last Sunday (July 18) as they undertook a T20 seven-a-side match.
Sameer Kahn darts one in to Imtiyaz Mushtaq. Photo: Tony Van Blerk.
Cows’ captain Joe Ninan won the toss and sent in the returning power hitter Ali Kahn to open the batting alongside Mike Thomas.
Kahn, who has been off the island and not played in months, fired an early warning shot with the very first ball of the match, depositing Seement Raju over the square leg boundary for six. Fortunately for the Penguins however, Kahns’ 25 (10) explosive innings was cut short in the 3