Development - East-Asia Pacific

Fiji commenced the ICC EAP Cricket Challenge in fine style today, posting a convincing 121 run victory over Tonga at the picturesque Fujigawa Ground in Fuji, Japan

Playing in their first 11-a-side International Cricket Council tournament, Indonesia today scored an impressive 54 run victory over Japan on Day 1 of the ICC EAP Cricket Challenge

November was another busy month with both the under 19 tournament and the Westpac Pikinini Cricket League coming to an end

Well all District Cricket Competitions right across the country are now in full swing

In the 3rd year of the annual school cricket competition in Bali, junior High School Angkasa proved too strong for the favoured Sunari High in the final at the Bukit Cricket Ground in Udayana Uni last Friday

The plane was nearly 2 hours late

Arrived at Narita late Thursday 4th September

Arrived in Denpasar right on schedule - most pleasant flight from Narita 747 only half full - met at Airport by Alan and Soni Hawoe

A "Challenge Match" was arranged to be played in Lombok last Sunday as a means to encourage the development of cricket in Lombok, in particular in the schools

Last Saturday the Mele Bulls completed the 2003 clean sweep when they routed the Paama Sharks in the BDO Club Championship Final

Central School win UNELCO Shield Photo © ICC Last Saturday Central School came from bottom team in 2002 to top of the heap in 2003

Last Saturday another great cricket final was played out to a cliff-hanger finish

For the first time in its 19-year history, the Australian Country Cricket Championships (ACCC) will feature a team from outside Australia's borders

The semi-finals of the BDO Club Championships were played last Saturday

The VCA-UNELCO Under-15 Grand Final will be played at Independence Park on Saturday

Japan National Women's Team Photo © ICC Japan cricket is firmly on the world map after the brave showing of their women's team at the IWCC trophy competition in The Netherlands

Photo © ICC Bali Cricket has certainly been faced with many challenges over the past 8 months

The governing body of world cricket, the International Cricket Council (ICC), has applauded the on field progress made by PNG Cricket in the past 12 months, and hopes this can now continue with the Youth and Senior Cricket World Cup's being held in

Photo © ICC Recently I spent four days in Japan assisting with the preparation of the Japanese Women's team for the upcoming World Cup Qualifier in Holland

Photo © ICC Cricket Victoria has further strengthened the partnership between CV and Japan with two Regional Cricket Managers visiting Japan for 4 days to assist with the development of both Mens and Womens cricket