RI U-15 cricketers finish fourth

RI U-15 cricketers finish fourth

JAKARTA: Indonesia's team placed fourth at the International
Cricket Council (ICC) East Asia-Pacific U-15 Cricket 8, held from
Feb. 7-11 in Melbourne, Australia.

In the third place playoff on Friday, Indonesia, which had
booked four wins and two losses, was narrowly defeated by Fiji by
13 runs.

"To be honest, Indonesia has done really well in this
tournament to finish fourth," Jim Howlett, a senior official at
the Indonesian Cricket Foundation (ICF), said on Monday.

Papua New Guinea was crowned the champion of the tournament,
followed by Vanuatu in second place and Fiji in third.

Other participating countries were Japan, Samoa and Tonga.

-- JP