RI cricket team picked for Vanuatu

RI cricket team picked for Vanuatu

JAKARTA: The Indonesian Cricket Foundation (ICF) has picked 14 players to represent the country in the ICC EAP Cricket Cup in Port Vila, Vanuatu, from Sept. 23 to Sept. 29.

The selections are John A Stevenson (captain), Soni B Hawoe (vice captain), Amarkumar Kapadia, Ashwin Sundar, Chad Paul, Daniel J Metcalf, I Gede Suda Arsa, I Wayan Suandi, Srivinas S Krishnan, Subhash Modgil, Timothy R. Watson, Wilfred Schultz Yesemberti O Rosongna and Zacaria M Awang.

The players play club cricket in both Jakarta and Bali, and have been preparing for the tournament since November 2004, attending regular monthly training camps held in Jakarta and Bali.

The tournament will include national teams from the Cook Islands, Indonesia, Japan, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu competing against each other for a chance to progress to the next round of qualification for the ICC 2011 World Cup. -- JP