Another Close Loss for The Viti Ruve
The Viti Ruve, Fiji’s national women’s cricket team, have suffered another close loss in the third match of their three game series against Samoa.
Coming off a disappointing second game it was important that the team showed character and bounced back with a good performance.
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Samoa Win Second Game of Series
The Samoan Women’s National team have taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the 3 match series that started yesterday in Apia, Samoa, and have now qualified for the 2010 Pepsi ICC EAP Women’s Cricket Trophy to be held in Sano, Japan in May 2010.
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Selected at the end of the National Women’s Championship, the 13 member team will challenge Samoa for the final place at the East Asia Pacific Women’s Cricket Trophy in Japan.
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Moce lost their final game against Suva Flying Angels but still managed to lead the points tally at the end of the week long tournament.
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Nadi Stun Suva at Women's National Championship
Nadi Jetsetter caused the upset of the tournament by beating Suva Flying Angels on day 4 of the Women’s National Cricket Championships at the Army Barracks Ground.
Winless from their first two games, the Jetsetters bounced back to beat a previously undeafeated Suva by 56 runs thanks to a strong bowling performance by Makelesi Mada and Mareta Vuadreu.
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Moce Score Second Win While Lomary Defeat Veimataqali
Moce Islanders scored their second win from two games at the Women’s National Championships after defeating Nadi Jetsetters shooting them to the top of the tournament table, while Lomary Schoolies had a win over Veimataqali to keep their title hopes alive.
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Suva And Moce Win On Day 2 Of Women's Tournament
Suva Flying Angels and Moce Islanders won their matches at today’s National Women’s Cricket Championships, with the win cementing Suva’s place as the tournament favourites.
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Suva recorded a two-bonus point win with a comprehensive victory over Veimataqali thanks to a dominant display by all-rounder Ruci Kaiwai.
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Strong Blues Squad Announced For WCL 5
The Fiji Blues team to play at the World Cricket League Division 5 competition has been announced after selectors picked an experienced squad for the tournament in Nepal next month.
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Injury Forces Sorovakatini To Withdraw From Squad
Fiji Blues captain Joe Sorovakatini has withdrawn from the national squad after a persistent knee injury would not mend as the team prepares for its World Cricket League tournament next month in Nepal.
Sorovakatini, originally from Lakeba, is a long serving member of the national team having first played for the Blues in the mid-80’s continuing through to the recent tours of Vanuatu and Samoa l
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Capitals Win EPL
The Suva Capitals have clinched the EPL title thanks to a Man of the Match performance from Jikoi Kida in their deciding match against the Sigatoka Dunes in Nadi on Saturday.
The EPL title was on the line in today’s final match with any of the three teams in the league able to win the championship depending upon the result today.
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EPL To Come To Thrilling Conclusion This Weekend
Cricket Fiji’s Elite Player League championship comes down to the last game this Saturday as the Sigatoka Dunes play the Suva Capitals at Manaka Public School in Nadi.
Preparations for both teams have been disrupted this week with Tropical Cyclone Mick having brought Fiji to a standstill after tearing through the country on Monday. With some parts of the country still without electricity and e
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Another Big Weekend For Gauna
It was another big weekend for Maciu Gauna in Wollongong as his Wests Illawarra club recorded two wins and once agin Maciu was in the runs.
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EPL Title Left Wide Open As Rain Washes Out Play In Round 4
Cricket Fiji’s Elite Player League title will be decided on the last weekend of the season after rain washed out the match between Western Bulldogs and Suva Capitals on Saturday.
Suva’s grey skies opened up on Friday night leaving the Army Barracks ground waterlogged and unplayable.
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Recently promoted to second grade on the back of strong batting performances, Gauna showed that the promotion was well deserved with an unbeated 60 as Wests scored 266 on the first day of their two day game against Corrimal.
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Western Conference All Star Team Announced
The Western Conference All Star team to play against the Eastern Conference All Stars has been announced after the completion of the Western Conference games.
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Bulldogs Top EPL Ladder After Win over Dunes
The Western Bulldogs have placed themselves in the box seat to claim the EPL title after a thrilling win over Sigatoka Dunes at the Namaka Public School ground on Saturday.
The Bulldogs snuck home for a two wicket win in what was easily the best game of the EPL so far.
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EPL Round 4 Preview - Dunes v Bulldogs
As Cricket Fiji’s Elite Player League enters the second half of the season, this weekend’s game could have a major bearing on which teams eventually wins the championship.
The Sigatoka Dunes play the Western Bulldogs on Saturday at Namaka Public School in Nadi in a crucial match.
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On Monday Tailevu made their first appearance at the Championships when playing Suva at the Army Barracks ground.
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Preliminary Fiji Blues Squad Announced
The Fiji Blues preparation for the World Cricket League Division 5 competition has stepped up a notch with the national selectors naming a 22 player preliminary squad.
With the Blues looking for a good performance at the WCL competition in Nepal, players have been playing in the Elite Player League for the past month with the aim of catching the selectors’ eye with strong performances.
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Capitals Bounce Back With Victory Over Dunes
The cloudy Suva skies and intermittent drizzle couldn’t dampen an exciting day’s play at the Army Barracks ground as Suva Capitals hosted Sigatoka Dunes in the Elite Player League’s Round 3 match.
This match highlighted the topsy-turvey nature of the EPL with any team able to beat their opposition on the day.
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EPL Round 3 Preview - Capitals v Dunes
Cricket Fiji’s Elite Player League will be at the half way mark after this weekend’s game between the Sigatoka Dunes and Suva Capitals at the Army Barracks Ground in Suva.
The Capitals, playing on home turf for the first time, will need to bounce back from a disappointing batting performance last week in their loss to the Western Bulldogs.
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Suva batted first and scored a respectable 104 in the face of some good bowling by exciting young prospects Anare Tuidraki and Varkau Tauyesa.
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Nadi v Lautoka In Under 19 Opener
Nadi and Lautoka Open Under 19 National Championship Cricket Fiji’s Under 19 National Championship opened today with Nadi playing Lautoka at Namaka High School in Nadi.
The tournament, which is a central part of Cricket Fiji’s talent development program, opened the Western Conference matches with a match between the near neighbours from the west.
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Bulldogs Bite
The Western Bulldogs have bounced back in their second EPL match thanks to a five wicket haul from Iniasi Cakacaka and a strong batting partnership between the Sorovakatini brothers at the Central College ground in Lautoka.
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The Bulldogs will be hoping that home field advantage will assist them in bouncing back from a disappointing first up performance against Sigatoka Dunes last week.
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Playing the first day of a two day match Gauna came to the wicket with the score at 3 for 137 after some good top order batting from his teammates. He then proceeded to score 98 runs to form the backbone of Wests score of 303.
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Sigatoka Dunes Open EPL With Emphatic Victory
The Sigatoka Dunes have stamped their mark on the Elite Player League with an impressive performance resulting in a comfortable victory over the Western Bulldogs in the competition’s first match.
The Player of the Match Award was shared by the two players who led the Dunes charge to victory with David Kachor scoring an unbeaten century, while Lee Waqa claimed 7 for 16 in an impressive display
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Elite Player League to Commence This Weekend
Cricket Fiji’s new competition, the Elite Player League, will commence this weekend with the Western Bulldogs taking on the Sigatoka Dunes at the Army Barracks Ground.
This exciting new competition will feature the best players from Fiji split into three teams – the Suva Capitals, the Western Bulldogs and the Sigatoka Dunes – with each team playing four matches.
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Three Blues Selected For EAP Representative Team
Three members of the Fiji Blues have been selected in the East Asia Pacific representative team that will compete at the Australian Country Cricket Championships in Australia next January.
Jo Baba, Joe Rika and Sakaraia Lomani have been selected in the team and will join the best players from the region in playing against the best of Australia’s country cricketers.
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Joe Rika - Club Cricket, Brisbane and Tractor Mowers
We all know that Joe Rika is a young batsman with great potential, but would you let him loose with a tractor mower? Brisbane club Western Districts have and you can read about it in the attached newspaper article.
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Women's Cricket League Commences in Suva
It has taken a while, but Women's cricket has finally come to Fiji after the Suva women's cricket league commenced on the weekend.
Two games were played to start the competition at Albert Park on a beautiful summer's day that was perfect for Twenty/20 cricket.
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Needing to beat PNG on the final day by a large margin in order to win the tournament on net run rate, the Blues were not able to match a PNG side that has swept all before it at this tournament.
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It was a match that ended up being far tighter than it needed to be as the Blues put in a lacklustre performance when bowling and then threw wickets away at vital times when batting.
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Blues Defeat Japan at EAP Cricket Trophy
The Fiji Blues have comprehensively defeated Japan by 95 runs in a rain interrupted match at the East Asia Pacific Cricket Trophy.
The Blues batted beautifully in the early overs with Jo Baba (63) and Joji Bulabalavu (35) posting an 84 run opening partnership before Baba called for a quick single only to have Bulabalavu caught short of his crease.
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Blues Lose Opening Match to PNG
The Fiji Blues have missed a golden opportunity to position themselves to win the East Asia Pacific Cricket Trophy after losing a tight match to regional powerhouse PNG.
In a match dominated by bowlers the Blues had PNG in deep trouble at 6 for 45 when a rain interruption saw the teams leave the field for nearly two hours.
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Blues Runners-Up at T/20 Tournament; Baba Hits Century
The Blues have finished runners-up to PNG at the EAP T/20 Tournament, while Jo Baba has become the first Fijian to score a century in a T/20 international with a solid innings against Indinesia.
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Joji Bulabalavu was the destroyer against Vanuatu in the morning while all-rounder Kida Jikoivanualevu put Samoa to the sword in their afternoon game.
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The Joe Sorovakatini captained squad will leave for Samoa on Tuesday to take on seven other nations from the East Asia – Pacific region in a tournament that will feature both Twenty/20 and 50 over competitions.
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Babiau Added to EAP Squad
Fiji Blues wicketkeeper Maciu Babiau has been added to the East Asia Pacific Training Squad to attend a week long training camp at the Cricket Australia Centre of Excellence.
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Under 19 skipper Viliame Yabaki has been joined by fast bowler Tukana Tavo, and batsmen Seru Tupou and Inoke Cama for the camp that will give the players one week’s training at Australia’s premier training facility.
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Baba and Rika Selected For East Asia Pacific Squad Camp
Two members of Fiji’s national senior cricket team, the Fiji Blues, have been selected to attend an East Asia Pacific Squad training camp at Australia’s Cricket Centre of Excellence.
Batsman Josefa Rika and all rounder Josaia Baba have been included in a 14 member squad that will undergo a week’s training at the Centre of Excellence.
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Fiji Blues Squad Selected for EAP Cricket Trophy
The Fiji Blues, the men’s national cricket team, has been selected for this year’s East Asia Pacific Cricket Trophy with the squad comprising a mix of young and experienced players.
The young squad, the majority of which are under 30 years of age, include a number of changes on the team that travelled to Vanuatu in May for the Stafford-Knight Trophy series.
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Cricket Alive And Well In Moce
I sometimes wonder how far off the beaten track you can go and still find a game of cricket. For a sport that was born on the genteel playing fields of England it sure has travelled a long way. Taken to the various colonies as part of Britain’s worldwide expansion, the game has now expanded to include a host of non-Commonwealth nations.
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A Few Words With Fiji's Own Alicia Dean
As Cricket Fiji looks ahead to the launch of women's cricket in Fiji later this month we caught up with Alicia Dean, a Suva born cricketer who is currently playing for the South Australian Scorpions in the Women's National Cricket League.
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