Cricket at the 2003 South Pacific Games

Cricket at the 2003 South Pacific Games
Location	Suva
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Cricket at the 2003 South Pacific Games was contested by six teams. The gold medal was won by Papua New Guinea. ^[1]

First round

The six participating teams were placed in one pool. Papua New Guinea won all five of their matches, including a match against New Caledonia where they scored more than 500 runs. ^[2] Fiji finished second in the group, thus joining Papua New Guinea in the gold medal match, where the latter won by 2 runs. In the bronze medal match, Cook Islands defeated Samoa by 85 runs. ^[3]

Standings

Team	Pts	Pld	W	T	L	NR
Papua New Guinea	10	5	5	0	0	0
Fiji	6	5	3	0	2	0
Samoa	6	5	3	0	2	0
Cook Islands	6	5	3	0	2	0
Vanuatu	2	5	1	0	4	0
New Caledonia	0	5	0	0	5	0

Bronze medal match

9 August 2003

Cook Islands 198 all out (44 overs)	v	Samoa 113 all out (38 overs)
Teunu Eliaba 61 Peniamina Ioka 2/21 (4 overs)		William Clarke 27 Moumou Marurai 4/46 (8 overs)

Cook Islands won by 85 runs Suva Grammar School

Gold medal match

9 August 2003

Papua New Guinea 147/9 (40 overs)	v	Fiji 145 all out (40 overs)
John Ovia 50 Jone Seuvou 4/26 (8 overs)		Taione Batina 41 Inoa Baeau 3/31 (8 overs)

Papua New Guinea won by 2 runs Albert Park

See also

• 2003 South Pacific Games

External links

• Official site

References

1. Scorecard Archived 2007-11-30 at the Wayback Machine of Fiji v Papua New Guinea, 9 August 2003 at SportingPulse
2. Scorecard of New Caledonia v Papua New Guinea, 5 July 2003 at SportingPulse
3. Finals matches results for the 2003 South Pacific Games cricket tournament Archived 2012-04-06 at the Wayback Machine at SportingPulse