Tournament starts on a great note!

Bula Fiji supporters,

Its 5:30am on Sunday and after a good nights sleep I am looking forward to today's game against Guernsey. It is quite hot in Malaysia, but the humidity is just through the roof. The boys were lucky that they were able to adjust in Singapore, but the heat in the bay area is no where even close to what I am experiencing here.

Our first game against Nigeria ended up as a big win. This game was truly a complete team effort with everyone stepping up either with the bat, ball or on the field. There is still work to be done and mistakes to correct, but the fighting Fijian spirit was there as we have complete faith in each other. Yesterdays hero and players' player award went to Colin Rika. He and Joe Dabea started the recovery that was later finished by Maciu and I.

With the Ball Kiti was on song. Moving it away late and leaving the Nigerians clueless. I was able to generate good pace and bounce but the bounce worked against me as two deliveries that nipped back in and ruled to be going just over the stumps.

Then came old man Iniasi to work his magic. The dismissal of the Nigerian batsmen gill was an example of perfect off spin bowling. Lured the batsmen forward and went through the between bat and pad for an easy stumping. I told him my footmarks will help :D. It was a really testing spell which shows the type of wickets we are playing on. After the early assistance for the pacers these clay wickets are designed for the slow bowlers and there is alot of turn on offer. Even the skipper turned balls at a 90 degree angle. The funny thing was skip was more confused with the turn than the batsmen.

Finally saki came in and was fired up! good to see as bowled the right channels and was rewarded with 2 late wickets. Team fielding was right on song with everyone giving their all out there, maciu and whisky both had great days with a number of catches ( and 1 tag team catch as well).

Boys were happy to get the win, but know that this is only the start of the mission. 5 more games to go and we want to see 5 more W's. We love all the support and well wishes you send our way!

Till next time

Signing out

Imran