The village of Hanaubuda, which has a population of 20,000, accounts for 80 per cent of the PNG cricketers. (Source: PNG Cricket) The village of Hanaubuda, which has a population of 20,000, accounts for 80 per cent of the PNG cricketers. Welcome to Papua New Guinea (PNG), the most fascinating team in the under-19 World Cup, and India’s next opponents in New Zealand. The first thing he remembers that hit him following his three-hour flight from Brisbane was how “Third World” Moresby, the PNG capital, felt like. But Cricket PNG have taken the initiative to turn cricket into a vehicle for getting kids on the right track, or like the CEO says, to “change lives”.

Source: Indian Express January 15, 2018 19:07 UTC