The third ball of his over was a little better and only went for four runs, but the Englishman struck back with the fifth ball of his over and had the batsman caught in the gully.

Sugarshack went on to score a very respectable 92 against some tight bowling and fielding by the Scrubbers. Later, Mullally showed his class with the bat, hitting three sixes in one over.

He was eventually caught out on the boundary off the last ball of the match, scoring 28, and the Scrubbers fell short of their target by eight runs.

The other former England player, Adam Hollioake, had a good knock with the bat for his side, the Nollamarra Turf Cricket Club from Western Australia, and scored an unbeaten 32 retired in his team's match against the classy Calcutta Cricket & Football Club team.

The Indian team, one of the favourites to win the top flight Cup division this year, eventually ran out the winners with 69 runs against 65.

Party animals The Wild Men From Borneo, who were fired up on their "jungle juice" before their game, did well to score 76 against experienced side the Island Cricket Club.

 The Wild Men have a mixed team, which includes American Russell Hugo, who had never seen cricket played until two days ago, and Thai national Phattrapon Phonsorrant, who hit a couple of fours with the bat and took a great catch when fielding.

But they struggled with their bowling and the after-effects of the jungle juice as the Islanders knocked up one of the biggest scores of the day with 108.

The Wild Men have yet to win a match, but have had the most fun during the tournament and are crowd favourites.

The biggest score of the day came from the Bombay Gymkhana Club A side, which scored an incredible 113 against the Formosa Spartans.

Defending champions the Corner Tigers from Pakistan played well again yesterday and scored 106 in their match against Aussie team the Bangkok Postels, who could only manage 45 from their 30 overs.

Hong Kong's Lamma Cricket Club, a team that includes two women players, had another good day and scored a healthy 102 against Perth team Applecross CC, who fell well short with only 54.

The last of the round-robin matches were continuing under lights at Karon Stadium at press time last night, and the experienced Moonshine Warathais were hoping for a good showing in their first match of the tournament against the Taipans Cricket Club.

The action continues today at Karon Stadium on the southern tip of Phuket island with four more round-robin matches before the teams are divided up into four divisions based on their earlier results.

There will also be a feature Twenty/20 match under lights tonight with the best players of the tournament divided into two teams.

Entry to the ground is free and food and drinks are available. For more information, see www.phuketsixes.com.

Alan Parkhouse

The Nation

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