Development of Pacific cricket part of funding boost

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Updated February 8, 2010 08:43:31

The Australian government, Cricket Australia and the International Cricket Council is to distribute $1.6 million worth of support over four years in cricket development to initially focus on Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Vanuatu, Samoa and Solomon Islands.

It's part of a larger sporting package announced last year when the Australian prime minister announced $26 million in sports-related assistance to Pacific countries at the Pacific Islands Forum in August 2009.

Presenter: Geraldine Coutts
Speaker: Matthew Weishart, director of the International Cricket Council's East Asia Pacific program

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