Australia’s Ambassador for First Nations People Justin Mohamed & Co-Chair of Cricket Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Council was warmly welcomed to Hanuabada Village by Cricket PNG’s Barramundis and Lewas who live in the “Big Village”.

STUDENTS FROM SEVESE MOREA AND TAURAMA PRIMARY SCHOOL JOIN BRISBANE BRONCOS AND CRICKET PNG REPRESENTATIVES IN BSP SCHOOL KRIKET AT AMINI PARK

CEO Richard Done’s first regional visit around Papua New Guinea roll out of Q4 plan for 2023 Exciting times ahead as Cricket PNG outlines 2024 regional structure.

The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific (EAP) Qualifier

President Greg Rudani and members of the Carbine Club of Papua New Guinea have contributed towards the Cricket PNG Lewas Player Placement program by sponsoring Tanya Ruma and Naoani Vare, who flew out Tuesday 22/11/22, to Brisbane Australia to train and play with the Western Suburb’s District Cricket Club in the Queensland Premier Cricket Competition.

Cricket PNG wish to acknowledge President Greg Rudani and the members of the Carbine Club of PNG who have contributed towards the PNG Lewas Player Placement program by sponsoring Tanya Ruma and Naoani Vare who flew out Tuesday 22/11/22, to Brisbane Australia to join the five (5) Kumul Petroleum Lewas PNG Women currently sponsored by PacficAus Sports to train in Australia with PNG Lewas Coach Kath Hempenstall.

In partnership with PacificAus Sports program, Cricket PNG is on track to send five (5) Kumul Petroleum Lewas PNG Women’s Cricket Team representatives to train in Perth and Canberra-Australia’s capital city during the month of November through till December 2022.

GOLF & CRICKET SUPPORT FLAME PINK RIBBON BREAST CANCER AWARENESS GOLF DAY: Goodman Fielder International’s Brand Manager Nancy Daniel Inai confirmed naming rights sponsorship of the FLAME Pink Ribbon Breast Cancer Awareness 3x Ladies Golf Ambrose Competition that was hosted by JUGS (Just Us Girls) golfers last Thursday at the Royal Port Moresby Golf Club.

After returning from both the ICC T20 World Cup Qualifiers and the Pacific Cup tournament, the Lewas have returned to training. There is a big focus on improving fitness during this training block, with strength and conditioning coach Otto Wrakonei recently conducting fitness testing.

Selections for the upcoming Nambia & USA Series have commenced and in order for the selectors to see

players perform, the format has been changed for the last two games. Instead of the normal 50 overs per

side, we are now playing 70 overs per side with one day rules.

The Kumul Petroleum Lewas were crowned as the inaugural winners of the Pacific Cup in Vanuatu yesterday. They went through the round robin event against Samoa, Fiji and Vanuatu undefeated winning 5 games only denied a sixth victory after rain washed out the last game with the Lewas firmly in command.

The Kumul Petroleum Lewas are currently in Abu Dhabi preparing for their ICC T20 World Cup Qualifiers beginning 18th of September. They have drawn Zimbabwe in their opening match followed by pool games against the UAE and Thailand.

Former Australian cricketer, Michael Dighton, has been supporting the Kumul Petroleum Barramundis as a specialist coach through funding from the PacificAus Sports Initiative. Dighton arrived last week and will be predominately working with the Barras batting group throughout the ICC CWCL2 tournament.