ICC T20 World Cup 2021

A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, Amini said playing in a big stadium in PNG’s first Cricket World Cup with all the media hype, the photo shoots was a culture shock.

Charles comes from a cricketing family, his father and grandfather both captained PNG while his mother and aunt have played for the PNG women’s team, with two of his brothers have played for PNG U19 as well.

He first played for PNG at the U19 level in 2002, U19 World Cup in New Zealand and the same tournament in Bangladesh in 2004.

It was a proud moment for many Papua New Guineans and especially cricket fanatics, seeing the Barras compete at the cricket World Cup cricket. It was also an emotional moment for Cricket PNG, sponsors, families and fans.

Captain, Chris Amini when speaking on behalf of the players said: “This was the first time to participate at the T20 World Cup and it was a wonderful experience representing over 8 million people back in the country with thousands watching on TV.”

Assad who captained the Barras to their first world qualifier in Dubai in 2019 said they have maintained bulk of the team for the upcoming world cup except for two new additions who will be making their debut this year.

He said the boys are in good spirits and looking forward to the challenge.

Assad said though their initial preparations were disrupted by the pandemic restrictions they very fortunate to have run the Isuzu Barras T5O Cricket Bash as a warm up.