lewas

They are part of a combined ICC East Asia Pacific team involving players from the region including Japan, Samoa, Indonesia and Vanuatu, with PNG having the biggest representation.

Midway through this year’s competition, the EAP side has had an outstanding start, sitting on top of the ladder after winning four of their first five games, suffering their first loss in the fifth round against Victoria by 19 runs. Their wins so far have been over Western Australia by 38 runs, South Australia by 6 wickets, QLD by 8 wickets and NSW by 7 wickets in dominating performances.

The Lewas suffered two big losses in their pool matches this week; first by 118 runs to Bangladesh and then by 236 runs at the hands of Pakistan yesterday.

The match today at the MCA Ground started at 10am local time (2pm PNG time).

Both teams are winless so far and will be desperate for points.

The current standings:

Group A: India (6), Sri Lanka (2), Zimbabwe (2), Ireland (2), Thailand (0)

Group B: Pakistan (4), South Africa (4), Bangladesh (4), Scotland (0), PNG (0).