Vanuatu cricket captain

Vanuatu cricket captain joins Adelaide club as player/coach

Mansale, who has skippered his national side since 2009, joined the Stingrays last month to coach and play in the club’s A grade.

The 32-year-old all-rounder is the second Vanuatu international to line up for Southern in the past year, following batsman Josh Rasu last season. Former Stingrays star turned Vanuatu coach Shane Deitz recommended both of them to Southern officials.

“I went through the Level 3 coaching course last year and I know Southern was looking for a coach, so I thought I would put my name up,” Mansale says.