Samoa’s men’s cricket team pulled off a tournament upset to book their place for the super six stage of the Asia-Pacific T-20 World Cup qualifying series hosted in Oman.
Samoa was ranked 69th while Pacific neighbours Papua New Guinea were ranked 21.
“It’s the biggest upset based on ranking in Men’s T20is”
Samoa beat PNG by 6 wickets with 9 balls remaining.
The Man of the Match was awarded to Sean Solia.
62 (45). Your man of the match is Sean Solia. Samoa beats PNG at Men’s T20is, Oct 2025.
Samoa went down to hosts Oman in their first match, however, this win has secured a spot for the Top 6 of the qualifiers.
The Samoa side is led by former Black Caps Ross Taylor, returning from retirement to help Samoa book a spot for the T20 Cricket World Cup 2026 to be hosted by India and Sri Lanka in February next year.
Congratulations Samoa Cricket! An incredible effort by our men’s side:
PNG – 10/117
S. Nash – 4/24 (4)
D. Visser – 2/19 (4)
Samoa – 4/118
S. Solia – 62 (45)
B. Mailata – 19 (19)
Samoa T20 Squad:
Caleb Jasmat, Leaupepe Ross Taylor, Darius Visser, Sean Solia, Daniel Burgess, Douglas Finau, Sam French, Kurtis Hynam-Nyberg, Ben Mailata, Noah Mead, Solomon Nash, Samson Sola, Fereti Sululoto, Saumani Tiai, Ili Tugaga.
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