Cricket at the 2019 Pacific Games – Men's tournament
A men's Twenty20 cricket tournament at the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa, was held from 8 to 13 July 2019 at the Faleata Oval Grounds.[1][2] Following the International Cricket Council's decision to grant T20I status to all matches played between Associate Members after 1 January 2019, matches were eligible for Twenty20 International (T20I) status subject to both teams being members of the ICC and players passing eligibility criteria.[3]
| Dates | 8 – 13 July 2019 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Pacific Games Council |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and medal matches |
| Host(s) |  |
| Champions |  |
| Runners-up |  |
| Participants | 4 |
| Matches played | 14 |
The team's involved in the men's tournament were the host nation Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. Tonga and the Cook Islands were originally included, but withdrew and were replaced by New Caledonia.[4] Matches involving New Caledonia did not have T20I status as they were not an Associate Member of the ICC.
In the opening match of the tournament, 49-year old Ofisa Tonu'u played for Samoa against Papua New Guinea.[5] Tonu'u had previously played rugby union for New Zealand in the 1990s.[6][7]
Papua New Guinea topped the group stage after winning all six of their matches, and were joined in the gold medal match by Vanuatu who finished ahead of Samoa on net run rate. Papua New Guinea won the gold medal after defeating Vanuatu by 32 runs in the final.[8]
Round-robin stage
Points table
Team |
P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
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6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
(H) Host
- advanced to the gold medal match
- advanced to the bronze medal match
Matches
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Sean Cotter 25 (22) Chad Soper 2/15 (4 overs) |
Tony Ura 14 (12) Lester Evile 1/0 (1 over) |
- Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.
- Papua New Guinea were set a revised target of 24 runs from 5 overs due to rain.
- James Baker, Daniel Burgess, Sean Cotter, Lester Evile, Benjamin Mailata, Andrew Michael, Dom Michael, Faasao Mulivai, Samson Sola, Saumani Tiai, Ofisa Tonu'u (Sam) and Simon Atai (PNG) all made their T20I debuts.
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- Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.
- Patrick Matautaava (Van) made his T20I debut.
- Damien Ravu became the first bowler for Papua New Guinea to take a five-wicket haul in T20Is.
- Nalin Nipiko became the first bowler for Vanuatu to take a five-wicket haul in T20Is.
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Clement Tommy 47 (39) Saumani Tiai 2/16 (4 overs) |
Faasao Mulivai 48 (20) Andrew Mansale 2/24 (2 overs) |
- Samoa won the toss and elected to field.
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Sean Cotter 19 (19) Norman Vanua 4/21 (4 overs) |
- Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.
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- Vanuatu won the toss and elected to field.
- Joshua Rasu (Van) took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is.
Finals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
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- Vanuatu won the toss and elected to field.
- Norman Vanua (PNG) took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is.
References
- "Cricket – Sports technical manual Version 2.0" (PDF). Government of Samoa. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- "Vanuatu and Samoa look to defend their titles in 2019 Pacific Games T20I". CzarSports. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- "Women's rugby league debuts at Pacific Games as football and cricket see huge wins". Inside the Games. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- "Ex-All Black makes Samoan cricket debut at Pacific Games". Samoa 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- "Ex-All Black Ofisa Tonu'u makes cricket debut for Samoa at Pacific Games". Stuff. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- "Former All Black makes international cricket debut aged 49". Rugby Pass. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- "Samoa chase down Papua New Guinea target to win women's cricket gold". Inside the Games. Retrieved 14 July 2019.