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ABC News
27-05-2025
- Sport
- ABC News
Vanuatu Cricket building for the future and spreading the net wide, in the search for young talent to join their new academy
A new academy has just been launched by Vanuatu Cricket, with the aim of drawing in the best male and female talent from across the country, and building a new generation of national team players. The venture is being underpinned by funding partner Interchange, and the year-long programme of skills and academic training will be managed by Head of High Performance, Chris Laffan. Trials have already begun and eventually there will be 50 young cricketers at the academy, 30 from Port Vila and 20 from Santo and Tanna. And Vanuatu Cricket's Chief Executive, Tim Cutler, says there is a particular emphasis on taking the game in the outer islands to a higher level.
South China Morning Post
10-05-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
Ex-Hong Kong cricket chief on life-changing Vanuatu mission after deadly earthquake
A former Hong Kong cricket boss wants to harness the power of the sport to transform people's lives in Vanuatu. Advertisement Tim Cutler, who previously led the local governing body in the city, was appointed to the same role in the Pacific archipelago four years ago. A handy player, his left-arm bowling persuaded the country's selectors to hand him an international debut, aged 41, in February last year. In December, he had a 'life-changing experience', when a deadly earthquake struck Porta Vila, the Vanuatuan capital. After leaving his Hong Kong post in 2017, the Australian had returned home and was combining insurance work with the Emerging Cricket website he established in 2018. When the post in Vanuatu was flagged, Cutler was inspired by the impact the game was having there. Advertisement There were considerable challenges, many of which remain. Cricket had been removed from public schools, there was no culture of volunteering, and children are raised by communities, rather than parents, who would typically introduce them to sport.
South China Morning Post
05-05-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
Kai Tak's lack of cricket ground is missed opportunity, governing body's ex-CEO says
Hong Kong missed the chance to create a thriving, world-class cricket hub when plans for a suitable playing arena at Kai Tak were abandoned, the sport's former chief in the city has said. Advertisement Tim Cutler said he had pushed during his two years as Cricket Hong Kong chief executive for the secondary stadium at Kai Tak Sports Park (KTSP) – now known as the youth sports ground – to be configured for cricket. Melbourne Cricket Club was among the sub-consultants employed during KTSP's planning stage. Ultimately, however, an athletics track was installed at the 5,000-seat venue, which can also stage football and rugby. 'There are so many facilities with running tracks nearby, but Hong Kong has no world-class cricket ground to host major events,' said Cutler, who could not bring himself to visit the smaller venue when he attended March's Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens at Kai Tak Stadium. 'All the early designs had cricket in the sports ground. It's 150 metres [in diameter], which is exactly what you need for top-level cricket. It's hugely frustrating.' Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara during his second Hong Kong T20 Blitz appearance in 2018. Photo: Phoebe Leung Now CEO of the Vanuatu Cricket Association, Cutler pointed to Rwanda's 10,000-capacity Gahanga Cricket Stadium, which opened in 2017 and has already hosted more T20Is than any other African venue.
