ICC World Cricket League East Asia-Pacific Region Division One T20 – Fiji v Vanuatu – First Innings Recap
After a disappointing batting display, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Close-c51347 to their innings after posting a total of just 73 runs with all players out. The contest between Fiji and Vanuatu took place at the Colts Cricket Ground
on Wednesday, July 6, 2011. The fixture comes as the 9th game of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cricket League East Asia-Pacific Region Division One Twenty20 series.
The match started after Vanuatu won the toss and chose to bat.
The team’s session was opened with right handed batsmen http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kitiano-Suliasi-Biudole-Tavo-c71564 and left-handed bowler Mohammad Kahn.
The Vanuatu batting duo brought in a disappointing start to the day after Tavo secured both their wickets in the first over of the innings.
Carlot (0) was the first player to make the walk back to the pavilion after being caught out by fielder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Iniasi-Cakacaka-c64371. Natapei also followed after adding nothing to the total. He was caught out by the wicket keeper Maciu Gauna.
With the opening pair already lost, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Simpson-Hopeman-Obed-c90458 took over the crease.
Once again, the new pair could not make any footing against the destructive http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Fiji-c2897 bowling.
In just three more overs Kahn secured Obed’s wicket.
After facing 5 balls Obed could not add any figure to the total. The player was caught and bowled by Kahn
By now, Vanuatu had lost 3 wickets in just 3.2 overs with a total score of 5 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Trevor-Langa-c94359 then came in to join the captain as the fourth player from the Vanuatu line-up.
The innings proceeded for another 5 overs, after which Mansale also made his way back to the pavilion, being stumped out on Waisake Tukana’s delivery.
The captain managed to offer slight stability through his mediocre innings of 15 runs which primarily came through his 3 boundaries.
With the loss of the captain, Vanuatu was crumbled down to 4 wickets with a total of 28 runs.
Things did not seem to be any better after Langa (12) too went out in the following over. The player was called out on an LBW appeal off Sakaraia Lomani’s delivery.
As the game entered the second last quarter of the innings, the wicket taking streak continued for the Fijian bowlers, who brought more trouble for the Vanuatu players.
In the 13 and 14 overs of the session, the bowlers secured two successive wickets. The players to walk back were http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Eddie-Mansale-c55032. Both the players secured 12 and 10 runs respectively.
The remaining wickets earned by Fiji bowlers included Kendy Kenneth (16), http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aby-Joel-John-c41860 (1), and Jelany Chilia (0).
Vanuatu’s misery finally came to an end in the 17th over of the innings. The team lost all its players after aggregating a total of 73 runs.
The opponents, on the other hand, produced a remarkable bowling display. Tavo, Tukana http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Viliame-Yabaki-c95296 secured 2 wickets each while Kahn, Lomani and Cakacaka earned a piece each.
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