Samoa cricket

The Samoa International Cricket Association has named its Men’s and Women’s team for the tournament in Fiji.

Cricket Fiji will co-host the inaugural Pacific Island Cricket Challenge 2023 with the Australian Defence Force Cricket from 6 to 18 March 2023.

Five men and five women’s teams will participate in the one-week tournament.

The other countries that have confirmed their participation for the competition are Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Fiji and a combined ANZAC team [Australian and New Zealand Defence Force].

Samoa Men’s Team

They were announced the winners of the competition by the Samoa International Cricket Association.

"Massive congratulations to Manunu A the championship of the Men's Independence Cup 2021 and Vailele EFKS the winner of the women's division.”

"Their pathway to victory was really hard since the opponent team was the 2020 champions of this competition and even though they won by three wickets the pressure from Fusi Safata nearly tumbled their batting order,” the association said.

This is after the local-based New Zealand cricket team challenged the local-based Australian team to a showdown.

The match will be hosted by Samoa International Cricket Association.

New Zealand team captain, Sanjay Chandra said they are ready to face the rival team.

"We are out to halt the Australian team's three wins in a row and bring to an end.”

The fund will help the association prepare for the upcoming Women’s Cricket Tri-Nations World Cup Qualifier tournament in Apia on 13 – 23 July 2016. The winning team from this tournament will represent the Asia and Oceania region at the World Cup Tournament in 2018.