City Pharmacy PNG Lewas players, Ravini Oa and Kaia Arua, impressed in their debuts.
The duo played for the ICC Women’s Global Development Squad (WGDS) in their opening matches against Surrey Stars on Tuesday at New Maiden, Surrey in the United Kingdom.
In the first match, hosts Surrey Stars batted first and made 6/134 off their allotted 20 overs. Oa was the star with the ball for the ICC WGDS, taking an incredible 3/28 off her four overs, while Arua had figures of 0/15 off her two overs.
In reply, ICC WGDS chased down the target in less than 18 overs with Ireland’s Gabby Lewis (50*) and Scotland’s Sarah Bryce (45) leading the way.
In the second match ICC WGDS batted first and posted 5/160 off their 20 overs with Lewis top scoring with 77 runs off just 51 balls. In reply, Surrey Stars fell two runs short in the chase, managing 5/158 with Oa taking 1/39 of her four overs while Arua finished with 0/23 off three overs.
The ICC WGDS have a day off yesterday before taking on Loughborough Lightning in two matches today and then finishing off with their final match against Western Storm on Friday.
Match Results
Match 1
Surrey Stars 6/134 (20) Ravini Oa 3/28 (4), Kaia Arua 0/15 (2) defeated by ICC Women’s Global Development Squad 3/135 (17.2) Gaby Lewis 50*(36), Sarah Bryce 45 (28) by seven (7) wickets with 16 balls remaining
Match 2
ICC Women’s Global Development Squad 5/160 (20) Gaby Lewis 77 (51), Shauna Kavanagh 20 (21) defeated Surrey Stars 5/158 (20) Ravini Oa 1/39 (4), Kaia Arua 0/23 (3) by two (2) runs
Squad
1. Rumana Ahmed (Bangladesh)
2. Jahanara Alam (Bangladesh)
3. Kaia Arua (PNG)
4. Sarah Bryce (Scotland)
5. Gertrude Candiru (Uganda)
6. Sterre Kalis (Netherlands)
7. Khadiza-Tul Kubra (Bangladesh)
8. Gaby Lewis (Ireland)
9. Immaculate Natisuvi (Uganda)
10. Ravini Oa (PNG)
11. Lucy O’Reilly (Ireland)
12. Esha Oza (UAE)
13. Heather Siegers (Netherlands)
Remaining Fixtures
Thursday 19th July, 2018
Match 3- ICC Women’s Global Development Squad vs Loughborough Lightning @ Haslegrave, Loughborough
Match 4- ICC Women’s Global Development Squad vs Loughborough Lightning @ Haslegrave, Loughborough
Friday 20th July, 2018
Match 5- ICC Women’s Global Development Squad vs Western Storm @ Bath CC
