Asian Cricket Sixes Tour (ACST)

About the Asian Cricket Sixes Tour

The Asian Cricket Sixes Tour is a series of action-packed "long weekend" cricket sixes tournaments attracting club teams, players, officials and supporters from around the world.

We organise tournaments usually featuring ten to sixteen teams playing at top quality venues with full facilities for six and seven aside teams. All teams get a minimum of five or six games over a three day event. Matches comprise of five overs per side and are officiated by qualified umpires. The games are scored by independent officials with PA's and occasional commentary as an added backdrop. At our tournaments you have to stay at our designated hotels, which are of the highest quality where breakfasts are provided as well as transport to the ground. Each player will receive a professionally produced tournament magazine, shirt and cap. Each tournament has at least one, usually two social functions included in your package.

Our motto "Friendship through cricket" is at the heart of every tournament and, along with the fantastic locations, camaraderie, on field competition, star players and schedule of leisure and hospitality activities, helps create the most enjoyable cricket tours you could ever hope to experience.

Our tournaments have a heart too. A highlight for many participants is opportunity to support the growth and development of our sport in the communities in which the tournaments are held. Over the years our tournaments have raised considerable sums to support local junior cricket development.

ACST tournaments have been recognised for their positive contributions to cricket development with a number of prestigious awards received from the International Cricket Council and Asian Cricket Council over the years.

The Asian Cricket Sixes Tour brand has grown since the Tour’s founding in 2000 to become synonymous with tours of quality, camaraderie, hospitality and competition with a fun edge.

When you come and play in an ACST event you can be confident you and your team mates will have an incredible time on and off the cricket field.

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Our People

Michael "Cat" Maher - ACST Partner

ACST Chairman, Cat is synonymous with Cricket Sixes tournaments throughout Asia and the world and is a regular player at these tournaments. Based in Perth, Australia, he is passionate about the need for the development and recognition of sixes cricket within the cricketing world.

A more than useful cricketer in his own right, Cat still enjoys an occasional foray to back up a fine career in local cricket as well as a spell over in the UK and many tours around the globe including some with his beloved CBB's.

Previously Michael was heavily involved with the organisation, marketing and running of the Chiang Mai Cricket Sixes and continues his contribution to other cricket sixes events. Cat is the main point of contact for all teams looking to enter tournaments.

Ian "Reds" Liddell - ACST Partner

Ian has been involved in the game of cricket for over 40 years. He is currently the Senior Vice President of the Waratah Mayfield District Cricket Club. Honoured with Life Membership in 1993 he is the Event Co-ordinator for the Waratah (NSW) World Sevens an affiliated event of the ACST. The Waratah tournament is a very popular event attracting top cricketers from northern NSW and overseas teams.

Ian has a passion for Sixes cricket and has participated in sixes events in Chiang Mai, Hua Hin, Phuket, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Pattaya, Philippines and of course Waratah.

Ian has a background in finance having worked for the Greater Building Society for many years and is a stockbroker in the Australian equity market.

Rob "Chops" Bernard - ACST Media & Administration

Rob fell in love with the game in his native North Yorkshire. a former player who still get an occasional outing since moving to London in 1999. He brings a strong background in customer service and sports administration to the ACST from his previous experience working full time for the MCC at Lord's Cricket Ground and in his current role with London Underground.

A chance holiday in Thailand back in 2004, led to meeting with the ACST staff at Chiang Mai, where he instantly fell in love with the concept of the tournaments, the ACST organisation and Sixes cricket.

Chops can be found more with a mic in hand, writing the media reports or umpiring nowadays. His spare time is spent travelling, relishing spending a relaxing day at the cricket wherever he is in the world as well as attending multiple football games.

Sudhir Tyagi - ACST Representative (Sub-Cont Region)

Sudhir brings a wealth of skill and experience to the ACST table from his Indian base.

On the field Sudhir has performed in the DDCA Cricket League for more than 15 years in Premier Division for Pelicans Cricket Club & Mohan Mekin, as well as Escorts CC, along with Delhi University Cricket Team and captaining the Delhi State Schools Cricket Team in his formative years.

In South Africa Sudhir plied his skills in the Durban & Gauteng Cricket League with Premier Division clubs Chatsworth and Kempton Park CC, while also becoming a Level 2 Cricket Coach at the ICC in Dubai.

In business Sudhir is the CMD of the Pelicans Group of Companies, with other experience at Marketing-Projia India Pvt Ltd, Ascent Forex and the Servel Group.

Sudhir boasts huge experience in the media as an International Sports Commentator and Anchor with Star Sports and Channel 2 in India as well as working with SABC-South Africa, Ten Sports, ESPN, DD Sports, BBC, DD Sports, FM Rainbow, SABC-FM, Lotus FM, Hind Vani FM-Durban, Delhi Doordarshan & DD Sports.

Sudhir was the International Cricket Commentator of All India Radio for 13 years, Anchoring and Presenting Live Cricket shows bilingually for the World Cups of 1999, 2003 and 2007 as well as the ICC Trophy and all international Cricket Series-Events held in India after 1998 as well as providing live commentary at the ODI World Cup of 2011 & WC T20 for Radio 4 in Dubai.

Sudhir has been the Media Coordinator for the Delhi Daredevils for the last 8 years in the Indian Premier League.

In his extensive travels, Sudhir has worked with and interviewed cricket luminaries Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, Maninder Singh, Saurav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Mahender Singh Dhoni, Sir Clive Lloyd, Sir Vivian Richards, Mohinder Amarnath, the late Nawab of Patudi, Chetan Sharma, Ravi Shastri, Allan Wilkins, Wasim Akram along with eminent personalities of India and overseas.

Tim Bignall - ACST Representative (NZ)

Hailing from Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand, Tim is a passionate cricket player and supporter of all New Zealand sporting teams, along with being a member of the Victoria University Cricket Club.

He has over a decade's experience in the Travel Industry specialising in group travel and has considerable knowledge of the intricacies of sports travel, backed up with an extensive network of business contacts.

Tim had the pleasure of bringing two New Zealand teams to the 2008 Phuket Sixes and after tasting cricket sixes action for the first time he is now addicted to this high-octane format and is pleased to be a member of the ACST family.

As for his cricketing ability, he is like a gremlin that has been given a meal after midnight - this man is an absolute maniac with a red ball in hand and should not be approached. With the bat, he doesn't shy from the tail-ender mentality one iota, swinging sharply at every delivery.