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Cricket at the 2019 Pacific Games – Men's tournament

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Men's cricket
at the 2019 Pacific Games
VenueTuanaimato Cricket Oval Ground
Date8 July 2019 (2019-07-08) – 13 July 2019 (2019-07-13)
Nations4
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 
← 2015

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]

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.[5]

In the opening match of the tournament, 49-year old Ofisa Tonu'u played for Samoa against Papua New Guinea.[6] Tonu'u had previously played rugby union for New Zealand in the 1990s.[7][8]

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.[9]

Round-robin stage

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Points table

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P W L T NR Pts NRR
 Papua New Guinea 6 6 0 0 0 12
 Vanuatu 6 3 3 0 0 6
 Samoa (H) 6 3 3 0 0 6
 New Caledonia 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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8 July 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Samoa 
83/5 (15 overs)
v
 Papua New Guinea
29/1 (3.1 overs)
Sean Cotter 25 (22)
Chad Soper 2/15 (4 overs)
Tony Ura 14 (12)
Lester Evile 1/0 (1 over)
Papua New Guinea won by 9 wickets (DLS method)
Faleata Oval 1, Apia
Umpires: Mac Markia (Van) and Mervyn McGoon (Fij)
  • 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.

8 July 2019
09:30
New Caledonia 
23 (10 overs)
v
 Vanuatu
25/0 (3.5 overs)
Vanuatu won by 10 wickets
Faleata Oval 2, Apia
Player of the match: Simpson Obed (Van)
  • Vanuatu won the toss and elected to field.

9 July 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Vanuatu 
77 (17.5 overs)
v
 Papua New Guinea
78/7 (12.4 overs)
Jelany Chilia 23 (26)
Damien Ravu 5/15 (4 overs)
Tony Ura 51* (37)
Nalin Nipiko 5/19 (3.4 overs)
Papua New Guinea won by 3 wickets
Faleata Oval 3, Apia
Umpires: Uanase Aloniu (Sam) and Mervyn McGoon (Fij)

9 July 2019
09:30
New Caledonia 
63 (17.2 overs)
v
 Samoa
67/0 (6.3 overs)
Samoa won by 10 wickets
Faleata Oval 2, Apia

9 July 2019
13:45
New Caledonia 
68 (18.4 overs)
v
 Papua New Guinea
73/4 (7.3 overs)
Papua New Guinea won by 6 wickets
Faleata Oval 2, Apia

9 July 2019
13:45
Scorecard
Vanuatu 
147/7 (20 overs)
v
 Samoa
148/8 (19.2 overs)
Clement Tommy 47 (39)
Saumani Tiai 2/16 (4 overs)
Faasao Mulivai 48 (20)
Andrew Mansale 2/24 (2 overs)
Samoa won by 2 wickets
Faleata Oval 1, Apia
Umpires: Mervyn McGoon (Fij) and Bri Olewale (PNG)
  • Samoa won the toss and elected to field.

10 July 2019
09:30
New Caledonia 
44 (12.3 overs)
v
 Vanuatu
46/2 (4.2 overs)

Jelany Chilia 6/5 (3.3 overs)
Vanuatu won by 8 wickets
Faleata Oval 1, Apia
Player of the match: Jelany Chilia (Van)
  • Vanuatu won the toss and elected to field.

10 July 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Samoa 
81 (17.5 overs)
v
 Papua New Guinea
83/3 (9.3 overs)
Sean Cotter 19 (19)
Norman Vanua 4/21 (4 overs)
Tony Ura 58* (26)
Lester Evile 1/19 (3 overs)
Papua New Guinea won by 7 wickets
Faleata Oval 2, Apia
Umpires: Mac Markia (Van) and Mervyn McGoon (Fij)
  • Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.

11 July 2019
13:45
New Caledonia 
44/8 (9 overs)
v
 Samoa
45/2 (5.2 overs)
Samoa won by 8 wickets
Faleata Oval 1, Apia

12 July 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Vanuatu 
180/5 (20 overs)
v
 Samoa
148/8 (20 overs)
Joshua Rasu 49 (29)
Daniel Burgess 3/47 (4 overs)
Dom Michael 55* (41)
Andrew Mansale 3/13 (4 overs)
Vanuatu won by 32 runs
Faleata Oval 3, Apia
Umpires: Uala Kaisala (Sam) and Bri Olewale (PNG)
  • Samoa won the toss and elected to field.

12 July 2019
09:30
New Caledonia 
56 (17.3 overs)
v
 Papua New Guinea
59/0 (3 overs)
Papua New Guinea won by 10 wickets
Faleata Oval 4, Apia

12 July 2019
13:45
Scorecard
Papua New Guinea 
181 (19.5 overs)
v
 Vanuatu
122/9 (20 overs)
Charles Amini 51 (37)
Joshua Rasu 5/36 (2.5 overs)
Joshua Rasu 40 (39)
Assad Vala 3/27 (4 overs)
Papua New Guinea won by 59 runs
Faleata Oval 2, Apia
Umpires: Uala Kaisala (Sam) and Mervyn McGoon (Fij)

Finals

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Bronze medal match

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13 July 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Samoa 
241/5 (20 overs)
v
 New Caledonia
84/9 (20 overs)
Samoa won by 157 runs
Faleata Oval 1, Apia

Gold medal match

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13 July 2019
13:45
Scorecard
Papua New Guinea 
137 (18.4 overs)
v
 Vanuatu
105 (19.1 overs)
Charles Amini 47 (34)
Nalin Nipiko 4/29 (3.4 overs)
Nalin Nipiko 33 (36)
Norman Vanua 5/17 (4 overs)
Papua New Guinea won by 32 runs
Faleata Oval 2, Apia
Umpires: Mervyn McGoon (Fij) and Bri Olewale (PNG)
Player of the match: Nalin Nipiko (Van)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Cricket – Sports technical manual Version 2.0" (PDF). Government of Samoa. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Vanuatu and Samoa look to defend their titles in 2019 Pacific Games T20I". CzarSports. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  3. ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Women's rugby league debuts at Pacific Games as football and cricket see huge wins". Inside the Games. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Pacific Games preview". Emerging Cricket. 6 July 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Ex-All Black makes Samoan cricket debut at Pacific Games". Samoa 2019. Archived from the original on 10 July 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Ex-All Black Ofisa Tonu'u makes cricket debut for Samoa at Pacific Games". Stuff. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Former All Black makes international cricket debut aged 49". Rugby Pass. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Samoa chase down Papua New Guinea target to win women's cricket gold". Inside the Games. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
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