After the resounding success of hosting the Women’s T20 Super League domestic competition in Apr 2020, Vanuatu Cricket are set to bring more live cricket to the world, as they announce the Men’s T10 domestic Super League tournament in May 2020.
With the live streaming of the Women’s games and an exhibition T10 Men’s game reaching big numbers in viewership worldwide, Vanuatu Cricket CEO Shane Dietz have announced that the Men’s T10 Super League commencing May 21st will be live streamed globally as well. The Men’s T10 Super League replaces the originally planned 40-overs domestic tournament, which was scheduled to start the week after the resumption of cricket in the Asia-Pacific Island.
The tournament will be known as “BetBarter Vanuatu Blast” and will be contested by the top 3 men’s clubs in Vanuatu, namely Mele Tafea Bulls, Mighty Efate Panthers and Ifira Sharks. All teams will play each other thrice in the group-stages, before the top 2 teams meet in the final of the competition on 13th Jun 2020. Two matches will be played on each match day.
The BetBarter Vanuatu Blast T10 Schedule (All Matches to be Live Streamed on Sports Tiger and CricTracker Channels on YouTube)
| Date | Match (Live Score Link) | Venue | Time (IST) |
| 21 May 2020 | Mele Tafea Bulls vs Mighty Efate Panthers | VCG – Hybrid Oval | 7:30 AM |
| Mighty Efate Panthers vs Ifira Sharks | VCG – Hybrid Oval | 9:30 AM | |
| 23 May 2020 | Ifira Sharks vs Mele Tafea Bulls | VCG – Hybrid Oval | 7:30 AM |
| Mele Tafea Bulls vs Mighty Efate Panthers | VCG – Hybrid Oval | 9:30 AM | |
| 30 May 2020 | Mighty Efate Panthers vs Ifira Sharks | VCG – Hybrid Oval | 7:30 AM |
| Ifira Sharks vs Mele Tafea Bulls | VCG – Hybrid Oval | 9:30 AM | |
| 06 Jun 2020 | Mele Tafea Bulls vs Mighty Efate Panthers | VCG – Hybrid Oval | 7:30 AM |
| Mighty Efate Panthers vs Ifira Sharks | VCG – Hybrid Oval | 9:30 AM | |
| 13 Jun 2020 | Ifira Sharks vs Mele Tafea Bulls | VCG – Hybrid Oval | 7:30 AM |
| Final | VCG – Hybrid Oval | 9:30 AM |
The Men’s national squad players got the opportunity to play an exhibition T10 game prior to Women’s matches and going by the result, lot of close contests will be expected in the T10 Super League. This will be the first time a T10 tournament is being organised at the domestic level in Vanuatu and all the matches will be played at Vanuatu Cricket Ground – Hybrid Oval.
Brief Score (Men’s T10 Exhibition Game)
Vanuatu Team A 123/5 in 10 overs (Jamal Vira 52, Nalin Nipiko 40, Apolinaire Stephen 1/12, Patrick Matautaava 1/14, Godfrey Mangau 1/27, Vince Vira 1/30) beat Vanuatu Team B 105/4 in 10 overs (Patrick Matautaava 46, Ala Vira 17 n.o, Andrew Mansale 12, Williamsing Nalisa 1/14, Nalin Nipiko 1/21, Stephane Sandy 1/6, Wesley Vira 1/16) by 18 runs
Squads (Key Players in Bold)
Ifira Sharks: Alex Stephen, Apolinaire Stephen, Bethan Moli, Brenan Meyer, Fernando Laumae, Gilmour Kaltongga, Harry Pokoa, Jamal Vira, Michael Avock, Nalin Nipiko (Captain), Niko Unavalu, Obed Yoseph, Stephane Sandy, Vince Vira, William Yamak and Wolford Kalworai
Mighty Efate Panthers: Brain Tari, Edwell Kalfau, Jarryd Allan, Joshua Rasu (Captain), Junior Alfred Carlot, Kendy Kenneth, Kenny Tari, Lazaro Carlot, Lency Shem, Manu Kenni, McMillan Markia, Selwyn Garae, Shem Sala, Simpson Obed, Toy Tamata, Wesley Vira and William Laumae
Mele Tafea Bulls: Andrew Mansale (Captain), Clement Tommy, Damien Chilia, Darren Wotu, Eddie Mansale, Godfrey Mangau, Julian Tommy, Malon Tastuki, Marcel Taea, Nono Chilia, Patrick Matautaava, Philip Tsione, Rival Samson, Shay Narai, Vincent Matautaava, Wamejo Wotu and Williamsing Nalisa
The top performers in the 2019 Club T20 Championship will look forward to deliver significant performances to stake claims in the National squad for future T20I matches. T10, being a news format for the domestic players will be a completely new experience, compared to the players, who played in the exhibition game earlier.
Top Performers in 2019 Vanuatu Club T20 Championship Round
| Player | Matches | Runs | Strike-Rate | Wickets | Economy |
| Clement Tommy | 7 | 557 | 220.16 | 3 | 10.5 |
| Williamsing Nalisa | 7 | 274 | 146.52 | 5 | 6.26 |
| Lazaro Carlot | 7 | 198 | 148.87 | 2 | 5.43 |
| Malon Tastuki | 7 | 187 | 130.77 | 4 | 4.08 |
| Wolford Kalworai | 4 | 175 | 143.44 | 5 | 6.25 |
| Trevor Langa | 7 | 163 | 116.43 | — | — |
| Kalo Shem | 6 | 155 | 150.49 | 7 | 6.58 |
| Alex Stephen | 7 | 149 | 131.86 | — | — |
| Joshua Rasu | 6 | 149 | 141.9 | 2 | 5.25 |
| Ronald Tari | 6 | 147 | 130.09 | 12 | 6.65 |
| Jamal Vira | 7 | 145 | 107.41 | 0 | 5.5 |
| William Yamak | 7 | 138 | 111.29 | — | — |
| Andrew Mansale | 3 | 132 | 148.31 | 2 | 6.14 |
| Junior Kalpatau | 6 | 124 | 125.25 | 4 | 7.56 |
| Bethan Moli | 6 | 122 | 111.93 | — | — |
| Kendy Kenneth | 4 | 113 | 217.31 | 7 | 5.64 |
| Shem Sala | 6 | 111 | 156.34 | 9 | 8.75 |
| Nalin Nipiko | 4 | 105 | 125 | 1 | 11.29 |
| Vince Vira | 6 | 4 | 57.14 | 11 | 8.25 |
| Shay Narai | 6 | 3 | 27.27 | 11 | 7.13 |
| Darren Wotu | 7 | 59 | 83.1 | 11 | 7.11 |
| Christian Mete | 4 | 21 | 58.33 | 10 | 4.81 |
| Godfrey Mangau | 7 | 35 | 70 | 10 | 8.58 |
| Jelany Chilia | 7 | 77 | 124.19 | 9 | 3.84 |
| Brian Tari | 6 | 91 | 146.77 | 9 | 9.81 |
| Obed Yoseph | 6 | 6 | 100 | 6 | 5.82 |
| Wesley Vira | 6 | 60 | 120 | 5 | 5.67 |
Brief Scores (2019 T20 Premier League Round)
Mele Bulls 149/5 in 20 overs (Malon Tastuki 61, Philip Tsione 30, Marcel Taea 16, Christian Mete 14 n.o, Anthony Nikahi 2/21, Wolford Kalworai 1/21, Gilmour Kaltongga 1/31, Nalin Nipiko 1/22) beat Ifira Black Birds 127/9 in 18 overs (Gilmour Kaltongga 64, Wolford Kalworai 24, Johnna Todah 21, Christian Mete 4/14, Robert Samson 3/5, Marcel Taea 2/27) by 22 runs
Ifira Black Birds 203/5 in 20 overs (Wolford Kalworai 110, Nalin Nipiko 49, Niko Unavalu 33, Obed Yoseph 2/33, Michael Avock 2/33, Wesley Vira 1/22) lost to Paama Sharks 206/3 in 19 overs (Alex Stephen 78, William Yamak 51, Wesley Vira 26 n.o, Bethan Moli 22 n.o, Johnna Todah 1/24, Niko Unavalu 1/45) by 7 wickets
Mele Bulls 134/8 in 20 overs (Andrew Mansale 48, Philip Tsione 19, Robert Samson 18 n.o, Nono Chilia 17, Vince Vira 3/17, Wesley Vira 2/18, Stephane Sandy 2/26) beat Paama Sharks 114/6 in 20 overs (Bethan Moli 48, Alex Stephen 23, Christian Mete 3/18, Jelany Chilia 1/12, Malon Tastuki 1/25, Eddie Mansale 1/26) by 24 runs
Mighty Saints 135/8 in 20 overs (Shem Sala 50, McMillan Markia 27, Neil Malosu 21, Christian Mete 3/21, Eddie Mansale 2/26, Malon Tastuki 1/8) beat Mele Bulls 104 all out in 16.4 overs (Jelany Chilia 32, Malon Tastuki 25, Eddie Mansale 14, Karl Ricky 4/20, Shem Sala 3/21, Lazaro Carlot 2/0, Stephen Avock 1/26) by 31 runs
Ifira Black Birds 135/9 in 20 overs (Nalin Nipiko 52, Wolford Kalworai 31, Gilmour Kaltongga 23, McMillan Markia 3/22, Shem Sala 3/34, Simpson Obed 1/11, Stephen Avock 1/10) beat Mighty Saints 114 all out in 20 overs (Lazaro Carlot 55, Gilmour Kaltongga 3/10, Chris Tom 3/29, Wolford Kalworai 2/12, Niko Unavalu 1/15) by 21 runs
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