Vanuatu v Fiji - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cricket League East Asia-Pacific Region Division One Twenty20 – Match Recap
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Fiji-c2897 in the second Semi-final clash, played at the Colts Cricket Ground, Port Moresby, on Wednesday, July
6, 2011.
The Fiji captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Josefa-Falani-Rika-c69246, won the toss and it was one of easiest decision for him to field first since the moisture beneath the surface of the wicket was expected to assistant new ball bowlers at the initial part of the play.
The Fiji seamers justified their skipper’s decision as the Vanuatu side lost its first batsman in the second over of the innings. The batting side came under immense pressure when their key batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lenica-Natapei-c72462, gave away his away after adding just three
runs to the total.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Simpson-Hopeman-Obed-c90458, which helped
the Vanuatu side bring things under control. While Carlot went back to the pavilion at an individual score of 19, Mansale played a captain’s knock of 42 runs and guided his side to a decent total of 126 in the given 20 overs
Mohammad Kahn emerged as Fiji’s hero, picking up three crucial wickets for just 29 runs. While http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Josefa-Dabea-c69245 claimed one wicket each, the rest of the bowlers returned to the pavilion without any scalp to their credit.
Later in the game, the Fiji side could only manage to reach 91 for the loss of seven wickets in the allotted 20 overs. The Vanuatu bowlers started the proceeding with a bang, picking up the opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sekove-Ravoka-c89162, in the third over.
The wickets kept on falling at both ends since the bowling side maintained a fine line and length throughout the innings, not letting the batsmen play fluently.
Josefa Dabea top-scored Fiji’s innings with his a fine 28, but an unfortunate run-out brought an end to his promising knock. Cakacaka piled up 15 runs while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kitiano-Suliasi-Biudole-Tavo-c71564 scored an unbeaten innings of 14 runs, but all their efforts proved insufficient for
the Fiji side to achieve the target.
As a result, Vanuatu hurled Fiji out of the tournament, overcoming them by a handsome margin of 35 runs.
From Vanuatu bowling department, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Patrick-Kaltaneaki-Matautaava-c80908 and Jelany Chilia grabbed two wickets each while the skipper left the field with one wicket under his belt.
A confident Vanuatu side is now due to meet http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Papua-New-Guinea-c41002 in the final clash of the championship at Port Moresby on Thursday, July 7, 2011.
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