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Newsflash – October 2008

In This Issue: NBV Proudly Sponsors 2008 Beach in Vanuatu

o Turf wicket in Kimbe, PNG. The Vanuatu Cricket Team captain Mr. Andrew Mansale recently o NBV sponsors Beach Cricket in Vanuatu received VT123,000 along with an array of NBV polo shirts and caps o PNG Government and Cricket PNG join forces from NBV’s Acting Managing Director Mr. Andy Cottam. The o Jakar ta International Cricket Sixes Tournament contribution was generously donated to assist with the running of the o Richa rd Tatwin Player Profile Vanuatu Cricket Association children s beach cricket carnival. ’

ICC EAP on FACEBOOK “The National Bank Vanuatu is happy to provide financial assistance again this year for the one day carnival. We have increased the The ICC EAP Development Program now sponsorship amount this year to reflect the high costs with associated has its v ery own Facebook Group. Just go with organising the event and we look forward to continuing our

to www.facebook.com and search within support next year, ,said Mr. Cottam. the grou ps section for ICC East Asia ” –

Pacific. W ith almost 50 members the group is growin g fast, be part of it! VCA Community Cricket Manager Pierre Chilia was present during the handing-over ceremony, and extended his acknowledgement to the bank for their generous support. Crick et Papua New Guinea and the PN G Government fight AIDS “Last year’s carnival was a success and we look forward to the same together again this year. We are very grateful for the assistance as it will not only help with organising the event, but will also allow our young The Go vernment have put forward children to play in different environments while also giving them the AUD $3 0,000 to help run a "kanga opportunity to continue to develop their cricket skills , said Mr. Chilia. ” cricket" program acros s many settleme nt areas in . The Following from the pool table drawn up by the VCA, 32 groups are to funding has been provided by AusAID participate which will include both boys and girls, and will be from and is s pecifically targeted at reducing primary schools in Port Vila and surrounding villages.

unempl oyment and crime in Port Moresb y. Turf wicket in PNG

Plans a re in place for Cricket Papua New Gu inea to align with a HIV/AIDS A turf wicket has been prepared and utilised in Kimbe, Papua New Guinea. All reports are that the pitch played extremely well organis ation to provide peer education training to the PNG National Squad so and will continue to improve as more work is done! that the y run HIV/AIDS awareness session s in conjunction with the cricket Congratulations to all those involved in the organisation and

program . preparation of this turf wicket, what a great achievement for Cricket Papua New Guinea! A taste of what the program will offer will be e vident on World AIDS Day, which is every year on the 1st

Decemb er, when Cricket PNG will run a specia l activities program for children aged 7 to 13.

More in formation will be available soon, a lternatively please contact Cricket PNG Community Cricket Project Officer, Gayan Loku, on ayad@c ricketpng.org for further details

on how to become involved.

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THE 13TH JAKARTA INTERNATIONAL CRICKET SIXES 2008

Spirits Cricket Club from Singapore were crowned champions of The India Cements 13th Jakarta International Cricket Sixes 2 008 defeating local favourites Senayan Cricket Club in the final played at the Ceylon Cricket Club in Cibubur, East Jakarta . With this victory Spirits ended their eight year drought of participating every year since 2001without winning the title.

This y ear 14 teams including 4 overseas teams from Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia took part in the tournament, hosted by Jak arta Cricket Association (JCA) in cooperation with (CI). A newly formed Jakarta Globe Indone sian Tigers CC made up of Indonesian school kids from greater Jakarta took part in the tournament for the first time. Cricke t Indonesia is proud that its cricket development programme has produced a full Indonesian squad competing in the tourna ment which usually is dominated by expatriate teams over the past several years.

The to urnament this year was sponsored by new entrants to Indonesia, The India Cements Ltd. who also own the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League and co sponsored by PT GAC Samudera Logistics, QTV, and supported by

Jyppor e Restaurant and Hotel Manhattan.

The Ev ent started off with a welcome dinner hosted by the JCA at hotel Manhattan on the Friday night, where the foreign teams socialised with the local teams and enjoyed the food and drinks while the organisers and officials of the tournament held a tournament briefing for the team captains and the press.

The co mpetition was staged in two parts, on the Saturday the teams were split into four groups playing each team once within the group to determine the final seeding for the knock-out stage. The top 8 qualified to the cup competition while the bot tom placed teams got into the plate competition.

st Day 1 Saturday 1 November

The to urnament started off with a bang as expected and as the day progressed, there were a couple of upsets with a few favour ite teams not performing as expected. The hot favourites Bali Geckos got knocked out of the cup competition on day one its elf and the highlight of the day's play was the young Indonesian team Jakarta Globe Tigers defeating Siam CC from Thaila nd and sending them out of the cup competition.

As the organisers had feared, the rains came down around 3pm forcing the organizers to call an end to the day's play, the organi zers decided to postpone the incomplete games to Sunday morning. At the end of the day's play on Saturday 8 teams had alr eady qualified to play in the quarter final of the cup competition even with a few games to be completed on Sunday mornin g. Spirits CC from Singapore and GMIS from Group A, Local Favourites Senayan CC B team and Rebels CC from Group B, Penang Sports Club from Malaysia and Indorama CC in Group C, Ceylon CC and the Jakarta Globe Tigers in Group D had qualified for the quarter final s of the cup competition. ’

Day 2 Sunday 2nd November

Contin uing overnight from the rain interruption, the remaining games from the Saturday were completed in the early mornin g. This decided who plays whom in the quarter final of the cup.

Apart from the final matches, an exhibition game was played between the combined schools teams of Karawang, Bogor, Bintar o and Cibubur by the Indonesian school kids who were at the ground to watch the Grand Final. These kids, who are part of the Cricket Indonesia development program, put up a show of their cricketing skills to the large crowd present to witness the grand final.

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Spirits w ho have been participating in this tournament since 2001 without winning, outshone home favourites Senayan CC B team by 18 runs in the final to lift the cup this year. Senayan, having won the toss elected to field and bowled an excellent first two overs. However, Sprits’ Sandeep Puri and Aaron Bagnall managed to post 65 on the board at the end of the allotted 5 overs b y some lofty hitting clearing the fence. Sprits handed down more pressure to Senayan by bowling an excellent first over by Trevor Larbey conceding only 5 runs, despite some lofty hitting by William Noronha, Senayan found the 65 target unassaila ble.

In the pl ate competition it was yet another disappointment for Senayan CC with their A Team loosing the plate final to Bali Geckos b y 5 runs. Spirits managed to finish on both sides, top as well as at the bottom of the tournament. The Spirits B team lost their final game with Challengers CC to take home a wooden spoon which is given to the team finishing last.

In the in dividual awards, Senayan CC’s Aijaz Matoo won the Best Bowler of the Tournament for his tidy performance with the ball t hrough out the tournament while Spirits Aaron Bagnall was awarded the Best Batsman Award and the award for the Most Nu mber of Sixes, Team-mate Sandeep Puri was rightly adjudged the Player of the Tournament for his consistent batting a nd bowling throughout the tournament.

The rains came down soon after the exhibition game and the awards ceremony was shifted to the make shift pavilion. The Tournam ent was closed by a vote of thanks from the Jakarta Cricket Association President, Vishnu Kumar thanking all the Sponsors India Cements limited, Qtv and GAC Samudera Log istics and all the volunteers who were part of the organizing committee. co - spo nsors

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Player Profiles

Name : Richard Tatwin Country: Vanuatu

Richard Tatwin participated in the 2008 Advanced Coaching & Development Seminar held in Melbourne earlier this year.

Batting: Left handed Bowling: Left Handed Highest Score: 143 not-out Best Bowling: Can’t remember !! Greatest Personal Cricketing Moment: Vanuatu qualified for Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Division 5 in Jersey

Favourite International Cricketer: Matthew Hayden & Brian Lara Which International Cricketer Do You Play Similar To: Brian Lara Who would you rather bat against and why, Brett Lee or Shoiab Akhtar? Neither, they are both too fast and I don’t want to get injured!! Have you ever made a golden duck? Yes Have you ever made a diamond duck? Not sure Who is the best player you have seen from the East Asia – Pacific Region? John Ovia Who is a better spin bowler, Shane Warne or Muttiah Muriliduran? Both are brilliant Who is the fastest bowler you have faced? Dunu from Cook Islands

What is the best part of representing your country in the National Cricket team? Honour and to put Vanuatu on the map Which 3 cricket personalities would you invite to have dinner with? 1. Brian Lara 2. Adam Gilchrist 3. Matthew Hayden

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