PNG player charged with robbery during CWC Challenge League tournament

Papua New Guinea player Kipling Doriga has been charged with robbery following an incident in the early hours of Monday morning (25th August) in St Heliers, the capital of Jersey. Doriga was a member of the PNG squad contesting the second round of the ongoing CWC Challenge League on the Island, a crowd dependency of the UK.

The 29 year-old keeper-batter has made 97 appearances for PNG, including at the 2021 and 2024 T20 World Cups.

Doriga appeared before the Magistate's court on Wednesday morning, and is understood to have pled guilty to the charges. Relief Magistrate Rebecca Morley-Kirk judged the charge too serious for Magistrate's court and referred the case to Royal Court, where Doriga is set to appear on the 28th of November. Bail was declined and Doriga will be remanded in custody on the island until that date.