Bunchuai and Chanchai ensured that the record books from the Chiang Mai Senior League had to be torn up and thrown away by sharing an opening partnership of 194 as Bunchuai made only the second century ever made in the league and Chanchai again improved his career best score with 76. The two boys gave the Lanna B fielders the run around or rather the two youngsters who did most of the fielding and the only surprise was that Lanna B managed to take a wicket at all. Taran Persaud finally induced Chanchai to hit the ball straight to cover and somehow Martin Papworth held the catch.
Lanna Juniors’ final total was a mighty 234 for one from 30 overs but there was little else there opponents could do given how well the two openers played. Eddie Joyner found it hard to run into the wind and some grass at one end of the wicket proved something of an illusion. Martin Papworth and Hamish Weir also bowled tidily but after the three main bowlers had finished the runs began to flow at more than 10 an over.
Lanna B’s batting wasn’t quite as fluent even though they did well to reach 59 for two before the wickets started tumbling as nine young bowlers each took a wicket and Martin Papworth and Eddie Joyner with a combined age of more than Lanna B’s total managed a school boy run out.
Lanna B were bowled out for 109 as Lanna Juniors won by a mighty 125 runs to prove once again that the best of the Juniors had outgrown this level of cricket in Chiang Mai as the young team went top of the league with two wins in two matches. Well played boys.