10 Sep 2015

Sport: Fiji cricketers guilty of over-confidence

10:53 am on 10 September 2015

to World Cricket League 6, and have plenty to prove in tonight's final group match against Botswana.

Fiji coach Shane Jurgensen says his players were guilty of overconfidence in the lead-up

to World Cricket League 6, and have plenty to prove in tonight's final group match against Botswana.

Fiji is out of contention for the semi finals, following defeats to Guernsey and Suriname.

Fiji cricket coach Shane Jurgensen

Fiji cricket coach Shane Jurgensen Photo: Cricket Fiji

Shane Jurgensen says it's important they finish strongly.

"We need to learn from these experiences and that's probably the one thing that I was concerned [about] leading into this tournament. At last year's tournament [to qualify for Cricket League 6] we played quite well and that sort of confidence probably turned into over confidence, in terms of the way we've turned up and played the oppositions here. We definitely match teams with our talent and our ability but it's just the experience in those situations to get over top of the opposition is something we've got to work on in the future".

Pacific neighbours Vanuatu have the day off after finishing top of Group B.

They will play the loser of the Suriname vs Guernsey match in the semi finals.