PNG Barramundis

In a major boost for Cricket PNG, the Hebou PNG Barramundis will take on Tasmania tomorrow, Western Australia on Friday and Queensland next Monday over the space of a week in 50 over matches at the Maroochydore Cricket Ground on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. 

Cricket PNG CEO Greg Campbell said this is a wonderful opportunity for our Hebou PNG Barramundis to play against some of the best elite cricketers from an ICC Full-Member Country (Australia).

Chasing 249 for victory, Kenya's run got off to a bad start after opener Irfan Karim was dismissed for 4.

His partner Gurdeep Singh fired back, blasting 6 fours for his 27 before being dismissed by Norman Vanua.

Kenya's two new batsmen Rakep Patel (33) and Rushab Patel (95) turned the momentum Kenya's way to put them right back in the game.

Barras all-rounder, John Reva continued his good form, making the breakthrough, dismissing the dangerous Rushab.

At this stage, Kenya was at 5/214 after 45.4 overs.

This was thanks largely to a 5 wicket haul from Barras Chad Soper.

Soper finished with 5/27 off his 9 overs.

Kenya batted first and got off to a disastrous start hanging at 3-52 after 13.1 overs.

Some resistance from Kenya's middle order in the likes of Gurdeep Singh (33) helped steady the ship.

Kenya's opener Irfan Karim top scored with 73 runs. This included 7 fours and 1 six.

Soper was assisted in the bowling department by John Reva 2/19 and Norman Vanua 1/34.

Kenya were all bowled out in the 47th over.

Both teams will be playing international tournaments on home soil in the coming days.

The PNG men’s soccer team is among eight countries that will be participating in the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Nations Cup over the next three weeks.

PNG Barramundis will be playing against Kenya in the ICC World Cricket League Championship on Saturday May 28 and on the 30th.

“Good luck to David Muta and the National Men’s Soccer team during the OFC matches over the next three weeks.

The Kenyans are expected to touch down at 8am at the Jackson’s International Airport.

A joint press conference for captains and coaches from both teams will be held later at 3pm at the Airways Hotel on the same day.

It will be history in the making as this is the first ICC match to be played in PNG.

The match will be held at Amini Park this Saturday and will start at 9am.

The next scheduled match between the two teams is two days later on May 30.

The Hebou Barramundi’s and Cricket PNG took a shot in the arm this month to ensure all team members keep swinging the bat and taking those classic catches.

The ‘Better Health’ support from PMGH was to ensure the whole of the squad including management at Cricket PNG were covered for Tetanus.

This is a serious disease that many people neglect to think about as part of their overall health regime. The Cricket PNG CEO, Mr. Greg Campbell does not take any risks when it comes to the health of his team and management.

Hiri hails from Kilakila Village in Motu Koitabu and received his baggy black cap today in Nepal at Zayed Cricket Stadium.

He was selected in the Barras team to play Nepal in the World Cricket League Championships (WCLC) match today. 

Former Barramundis vice-captain and current assistant coach John Ovia presented Hiri with the baggy black before  the start of the WCLC match against Nepal. 

Barras are looking for their second consecutive victory in the WCLC after coming off a thrilling two wicket victory against Nepal on Monday. 

This is their final chance to qualify for the ICC World T20 in India next year.

Barras head coach Dipak Patel said the team has done aggressive training drills since Monday and are determined to produce a great result.

Patel said they’ve addressed some issues that have been identified and are now confident in giving the best of their abilities and skills in today’s match.

“We may look at changing the line- up but this is a great opportunity for us once again to overlook mistakes and finish on top.