Following PNG Barramundis strong winning performances over the weekend at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup East-Asia Pacific Qualifiers, they are now focused on this Wednesday’s Super Six fixture up against Samoa.

PNG HAUSBUNG reached out to the victorious Barramundis Head Coach, Tim McCaskill in Japan who said the team’s all-around performance was great.

“Firstly, thank you for the congratulations, and the support of the cricket community back home is greatly appreciated," the Head Coach gave his appreciation.

"We had targeted the first 2 games as very important for the tour, played to our potential and won both to finish top of pool C, then head into Super 6 stage with carry over points. We did this and we are very pleased, our batting was outstanding, and the pressure placed on teams with both bat and ball has allowed us to hit all our match targets."

“Tony Ura has had a blistering start to the tournament; he has carried his form from Mackay into the first 2 games. His ability to find the boundary regularly has teams on the back foot. This pressure has also allowed Sese Bau to play with freedom, so it’s a one / two punch in the powerplay. Lega Siaka showed in the second game that he is in good form, he rotated strike well and kept scoreboard pressure constantly and when required, displayed his power to find the boundaries. Very happy with the performance of senior players."

He said the Cook Islands in their first game had hitting power and were going to be dangerous.

"With a score of 200 to chase, they had to come hard from the start, and we discussed with bowlers that there could be immediate pressure."

Assad did a fabulous job rotating the bowlers, breaking the momentum with smart use of pace and spin options each over.

"They had some big overs, but we held our nerve, and bowlers were well supported by fielders who added pressure with speed to ball and clean hands."

The Coach said heading into the Samoa game will be another opportunity for them to play their game.

"We have trained strongly since the start of the year and have developed a style of play that is built around our strengths. That will be our focus for not only the Samoa game but all remaining games, we believe in our style of play and players have belief in each other."

“Thanks again to all cricket supporters back in Port Moresby and keep barracking hard for the remaining games.”