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Amini in charge of junior cricketers
By MUSARIKE ANANGAI
Last year’s junior sportsman of the year Charles Amini jr will
lead the PNG under 15 cricket team to Samoa to defend their East Asia
Pacific 8s title which they won in 2005.
Amini is the only remaining player from the team that beat Vanuatu in
the final in Melbourne, Australia.
The team, comprising ten travelling and four non-travelling reserves,
was announced in Port Moresby yesterday by PNG cricket board chairman
Mick Nades and patron Sir Brian Bell.
The team includes batsmen Vagi Lou Oala (v-c), Hape Hape, Lega Siaka,
Tony Tau (keeper), Nou Hila Owen, Mea Chris, all rounder Charles Amini
Jr (c), fast bowler Raymond Haoda, medium pacer Lakani Seura and spinner
Ambrose Viri.
The non-travelling reserves are Nou Rei, Laeka Daure, Goasa Arutu and
More Leo.
The team leaves this Sunday for the Feb 26-March 4 tournament that will
also see Fiji, Vanuatu, Samoa, Cook Islands, Tonga and Japan take part.
The 8s tournament is a form of cricket where each team will field eight
players and play a 20-over match.
Nades said PNG’s main rivals will be Fiji, Japan and Vanuatu.
“It is not going to be an easy win but I am confident they will come
back with the trophy” he said.
The trip is yet another international event in the PNGCB’s calendar this
year involving PNG teams.
The Marylebone Cricket Club of England will arrive on February 27 to
play three matches against the PNG men’s side and two development teams.
These teams will be announced on Thursday.
In May, the PNG men team will take part in the World Cricket League
tournament in Darwin Australia while the women team will travel to
Pakistan for the second round of the world cup qualifying series later
this year.
 
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