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Australian Government and Cricket Australia invest in future of Pacific Cricket

The Australian Government and Cricket Australia (CA) have joined together to support high-performance cricket across the Pacific region in a bid to strengthen regional...

All Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier 2024 Squads

The sixth edition of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier in UAE sees 10 teams vie for the final two spots in this...

The high-stakes Battle of Bangi ahead of Italy and Vanuatu as three others claim Challenge League tickets

Kuala Lumpur: It’s been dubbed the US$795,000 match at UKM Oval. Italy face Vanuatu in a one-off battle for the final Challenge League spot...

Challenge League Play-off Long Read: Eight-team tournament to decide Challenge League line-up for next Cricket World Cup cycle

Kuala Lumpur: The final four spots to complete the line-up of teams in the pathway system for the Men’s Cricket World Cup 2027 are...

New men’s captain as Vanuatu announce squads for Australian Indigenous tour

Ronald Tari has been named the new captain of the Vanuatu men's team for the Australian Indigenous Cricket Tour, beginning on May 5. Selina...

Long-awaited Pacific cricket imminent with T20 World Cup Qualifiers

Port Vila: Four of the game’s Pacific members begin their path to the USA and the West Indies for the 2024 T20 World Cup,...

Challenge League Day 8: Qatar hold on, Singapore finish strong

Qatar (181/9 in 50 overs; Imraz 47*, Syahadat 3/24) defeated Malaysia (177 in 47.5 overs; Azim 71*, Tanveer 3/14) by 4 runs. Vanuatu (111 in...

Challenge League Day 7: Canada unbeaten and Denmark chasing second place

Canada (246/4 in 38 overs; Kirton 108*, Nipiko 2/19) defeated Vanuatu (42; Rasu 10, Shahzad 4/8) by 244 runs. Denmark (242/6 in 49 overs; Shah...

Challenge League Day 5: Qatar and Singapore too good for battling Vanuatu and Malaysia

Qatar (293/8 off 50 overs; Rizlan 77, Wotu 2/28) defeated Vanuatu (197 off 44.4 overs; Kaltapau 67, Babu 3/45) by 96 runs. Malaysia (210/8 off...

Challenge League Day 3: Damgaard and Dhaliwal lead Denmark and Canada to dominant wins

Denmark (285/8 in 50 overs; Shah 85, Samson 2/38) defeated Vanuatu (158 in 38.3 overs; Mansale 66*, Damgaard 4/26) by 127 runs. Singapore (188 in...

Challenge League Day 2: Vanuatu and Singapore win despite missing stars

Malaysia (124 in 37.5 overs; Hayat 42*, Nipiko 3/42) lost to Vanuatu (125/8 in 32.3 overs; Allan 39*, Aziz 3/36) by 2 wickets with...

Challenge League venues and dates announced

Dates and venues have been revealed for the remaining rounds of the Cricket World Cup Challenge League. After a hiatus stretching back to December 2019,...

ICC needs to become more egalitarian says Vanuatu Cricket President

Mark Stafford is a man who has seen plenty of Associate cricket up close. He has completed a staggering 30 years as President of...

ICC Announce Global Development Award Winners

The International Cricket Council are rolling out their global 2020 Development Awards today, celebrating the work of the game's 92 Associate Members across the...

ICC Development Awards – ICC Digital Fan Engagement of the Year

The International Cricket Council has announced its regional winners and global nominees for its 2020 Development Awards, celebrating the work of the game's 92...

ICC Development Awards – Development Initiative of the Year

The International Cricket Council has announced its regional winners and global nominees for its 2020 Development Awards, celebrating the work of the game's 92...

EC’s Cutler appointed Vanuatu Cricket CEO

Emerging Cricket's very own Tim Cutler has been appointed CEO of the Vanuatu Cricket Association, taking over from Shane Deitz who joins the Netherlands...

Jeremy Bray heads to Vanuatu

Denmark’s head coach and former Ireland international Jeremy Bray (47) has been appointed Vanuatu’s new national coach, as successor to Shane Deitz. Deitz, now CEO...

Vanuatu CEO Shane Deitz appointed Dutch women’s coach

The Dutch governing body, the KNCB, has announced the appointment of 45-year-old Australian-born Shane Deitz as the first full-time women’s coach in the country’s...

Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 revised qualification pathway schedule announced

Following the postponement of 20 series due to the effects of the ongoing global pandemic, the ICC has announced the rescheduled qualification pathway for...

Vanuatu to host high performance T10 competition

Vanuatu Cricket has announced that it will host a new high performance domestic T10 tournament. This tournament will aim to build on the success...

ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Challenge League A postponed again

After already having been pushed from its original dates in March the second of three ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Challenge A series, which...

Given the success of the Blast, where to now for Vanuatu?

As cricket across the world took a collective standstill during the COVID-19 pandemic, Vanuatu surged to the forefront of the sporting world with the...

Vanuatu T10 Blast: Final Day Wrap

The Big Blast Story Nalin Nipiko and his Ifira Sharks overcame both teams to claim the inaugural Vanuatu T10 Blast today at the VCG, brushing...

Super Over: Six Vanuatu Blast Stars

Thousands from around the world have enjoyed T10 Blast action from Vanuatu in recent weeks, and with the final weekend upon us, all three...

Vanuatu T10 Blast: Day 4 Wrap

The Big Blast Story The Mighty Efate Panthers have defeated the Ifira Sharks to secure a spot in next Saturday's Vanuatu Blast final, while the...

Vanuatu T10 Blast: Day 3 Wrap

The Big Story Skipper Nalin Nipiko starred with bat and ball against the MT Bulls as Ifira Sharks bounced back from a 30-run trouncing at...

Vanuatu T10 Blast: Day 2 Wrap

The Big Story Pre-tournament favourites Mele-Tafea Bulls have kept their Vanuatu T10 Blast hopes alive, stealing a last-over victory from the Mighty Efate Panters after...

Vanuatu T10 Blast: Day 1 Wrap

The Big Story Early wickets from Simpson Obed and dominance from Joshua Rasu set the platform for two convincing Mighty Efate Panthers victories on matchday...

Vanuatu sign on with BetBarter to launch T10 “Blast”

After their streams were watched by almost half a million people on April 25, Vanuatu Cricket Association have announced the inaugural “BetBarter Vanuatu Blast”,...

Emerging Cricket Podcast catch-up: Max Abbott

In case you missed it, we caught up with T20 World Cup Media and Communications Manager, and EC Patron, Max Abbott on the latest...

This week on the EC Podcast: Max Abbott

On this week's Emerging Cricket Podcast, we speak to T20 World Cup Media and Communications Manager, and EC Patron, Max Abbott. From planning digital media...

How Vanuatu are shifting the sands of cricket

COVID-19 has hit the sporting world pretty hard. Over the last two months or so, sporting events of all disciplines and sizes have been postponed...

Nipiko announced as Vanuatu captain

24-year-old Nalin Nipiko will take the reins as Vanuatu's captain, taking over from Andrew Mansale.

Malaysia-Vanuatu bilateral series wrap

The first World Cup Challenge League in Malaysia presented the participating sides with yet another opportunity to play consequential Twenty20 international (T20I) cricket in and around the...

CWC Challenge League A – points table, schedule, previews & match reports

Canada, Denmark, Malaysia, Qatar, Singapore and Vanuatu played the first of three round robin CWC Challenge League A events in Malaysia from 16-26 September...

Match reports: CWC Challenge League A, Days 7 & 8

Canada 302 for 8 (Wijeyeratne 84, Ravinderpal 43, Hald 2-60, Henriksen 1-27) beat Denmark 172 (Zameer 60, Hamid 52, Dutta 3-38, Saad Bin Zafar 3-28)...

Canada v Singapore | Qatar v Vanuatu live streams – CWC Challenge League A, Round 1, Malaysia Final Day

Canada v Singapore blockbuster last day action - can Canada go undefeated or will Singapore draw level at the top of Group A after...

Match reports: CWC Challenge League A, Days 5 & 6

For all your Challenge League A info including standings, stats and streaming links go to our event home page. In the meantime, here is Jay...

Match reports: CWC Challenge League A, Matchdays 3 & 4

Group A of the ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League kicked off on Monday in Kuala Lumpur. This is the first of three 15-game...

CWC Challenge League Group A – Day 1 & 2 match reports

Group A of the ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League kicked off on Monday in Kuala Lumpur. This is the first of three 15-game...

Japan qualify for first world cup, PNG forfeit after 10 players questioned for shoplifting

(UPDATED 0130, 0930 AEST) There was drama aplenty, a shroud of mystery and a touch of the ridiculous at Sano today, as Japan awoke to...

6 teams vying for single EAP spot in U19 World Cup, Japan 2 from 2

Japan tops the table after a big win over Vanuatu on Day 2Samoa get off the mark after beating Fiji in a low scoring...

Captain Kaia takes PNG past Samoa to qualify; Vanuatu and Indonesia sign off with victories.

Papua New Guinea today booked their place in both the 2019 Women’s World T20 Qualifier, and the 2020 Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier. Winning...

PNG and Samoa victories set up defacto final; Vanuatu delights home crowd in thriller.

Frontrunners Papua New Guinea and closest rivals Samoa both continued their impressive unbeaten runs at the EAP Women’s Qualifier yesterday, with the results meaning...

Samoa storm to joint lead in Port Vila

Two years ago, it was only net run rate that separated Papua New Guinea and Samoa in the EAP WT20 Qualifier at the top...

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