Cricket at the 2015 Pacific Games – Women's tournament

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Women's cricket at the 2015 Pacific Games
Dates6 – 11 July 2015
Administrator(s) Pacific Games Council
Cricket format20-over
Tournament format(s)Group stage, playoffs
Host(s)Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  PNG
ChampionsFlag of Samoa.svg  Samoa (1st title)
Participants6
Matches19
2019

A women's 20-over cricket tournament at the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, was held from 6 to 11 July 2015. Played at Amini Park and the Colts Cricket Ground, it will be followed by the men's tournament at the same venues the following week.

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Six teams participated in the tournament, two more than in the men's version – at earlier editions of the Pacific Games (previously known as the South Pacific Games), no women's tournament was played. Samoa defeated Papua New Guinea by three runs in the final to win the gold medal, becoming only the second country (after Papua New Guinea) to win a Pacific Games gold medal in cricket. Fiji defeated Vanuatu in a play-off for the bronze medal.

The tournament also served as part of the qualification process for the 2018 World Twenty20 in the West Indies, with the top two teams joining Japan in a tri-series in 2016 to decide the ICC East Asia-Pacific region's representative at the World Twenty20 Qualifier in 2017. Because New Caledonia is not an ICC member, a separate system was used to decide which two teams proceeded. [1] However, the separate system produced the same teams as the regular table. [2]

Preparation

Papua New Guinea and Samoa prepared for the tournament by playing a series in Apia, with PNG also playing matches against the men's under-19 team. [3] As part of an arrangement with ICC East Asia-Pacific, Australia's Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) toured both Fiji and Vanuatu in May 2015, fielding a mixed men's and women's team in matches against the Fiji and Vanuatu women's national teams. [4] [5] Earlier, in April, Vanuatu had hosted New Caledonia. [6]

Group stage

    Qualified for the final.
    Qualified for the preliminary final.
PosTeamPldWLTNRPts NRR
1Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 55000154.100
2Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 54100124.019
3Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 532009−0.020
4Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 523006−0.169
5Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 514003−2.227
6Flags of New Caledonia.svg  New Caledonia 505000−5.176
Source: [ citation needed ]
6 July
Scorecard
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg
167/4 (20 overs)
v
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
96/7 (20 overs)
Fiji won by 71 runs
Colts Cricket Ground, Port Moresby
  • Cook Islands won the toss and elected to bowl.

6 July
Scorecard
Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg
139/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
85/9 (20 overs)
PNG won by 54 runs
Amini Park, Port Moresby
  • PNG won the toss and elected to bat.

6 July
Scorecard
Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg
204/4 (20 overs)
v
Flags of New Caledonia.svg  New Caledonia
57 (13.2 overs)
Samoa won by 147 runs
Colts Cricket Ground, Port Moresby

6 July
Scorecard
Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg
180/4 (20 overs)
v
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
62 (19 overs)
PNG won by 118 runs
Amini Park, Port Moresby
  • PNG won the toss and elected to bat.

7 July
Scorecard
New Caledonia  Flags of New Caledonia.svg
56 (14.4 overs)
v
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
57/3 (7.4 overs)
Fiji won by 7 wickets
Colts Cricket Ground, Port Moresby

7 July
Scorecard
Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svg
77 (16.5 overs)
v
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
79/2 (8.5 overs)
Samoa won by 8 wickets
Amini Park, Port Moresby
  • Vanuatu won the toss and elected to bat.

7 July
Scorecard
Cook Islands  Flag of the Cook Islands.svg
84/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
85/2 (7.4 overs)
Samoa won by 8 wickets
Colts Cricket Ground, Port Moresby
  • Cook Islands won the toss and elected to bat.

7 July
Scorecard
Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg
167/2 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
86 (18.4 overs)
PNG won by 81 runs
Amini Park, Port Moresby
  • PNG won the toss and elected to bat.

9 July
Scorecard
Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svg
107/9 (20 overs)
v
Flags of New Caledonia.svg  New Caledonia
47 (15.2 overs)
Vanuatu won by 60 runs
Amini Park, Port Moresby
  • Vanuatu won the toss and elected to bat.

9 July
Scorecard
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg
92/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
93/1 (10.2 overs)
Samoa won by 9 wickets
Colts Cricket Ground, Port Moresby
  • Fiji won the toss and elected to bat.

9 July
Scorecard
Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svg
104/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
74/7 (20 overs)
Vanuatu won by 30 runs
Colts Cricket Ground, Port Moresby
  • Vanuatu won the toss and elected to bat.

9 July
Scorecard
Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg
194/3 (20 overs)
v
Flags of New Caledonia.svg  New Caledonia
62 (19 overs)
PNG won by 132 runs
Amini Park, Port Moresby
  • PNG won the toss and elected to bat.

10 July
Scorecard
Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg
120/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
95/7 (20 overs)
PNG won by 25 runs
Amini Park, Port Moresby
  • PNG won the toss and elected to bat.

10 July
Scorecard
Cook Islands  Flag of the Cook Islands.svg
132/8 (20 overs)
v
Flags of New Caledonia.svg  New Caledonia
52 (17.5 overs)
Cook Islands won by 80 runs
Colts Cricket Ground, Port Moresby
  • Cook Islands won the toss and elected to bat.

10 July
Scorecard
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg
82 (17.1 overs)
v
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
84/5 (16.5 overs)
Vanuatu won by 5 wickets
Amini Park, Port Moresby
  • Fiji won the toss and elected to bat.

Finals

Fifth-place playoff

11 July
Scorecard
New Caledonia  Flags of New Caledonia.svg
59 (13.5 overs)
v
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
60/2 (9.5 overs)
Cook Islands won by 8 wickets
Colts Cricket Ground, Port Moresby
  • New Caledonia won the toss and elected to bat.

Preliminary final (2nd vs 3rd)

11 July
Scorecard
Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg
84/8 (18 overs)
v
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
44 (14.5 overs)
Samoa won by 40 runs
Amini Park, Port Moresby
  • Vanuatu won the toss and elected to bowl.
  • The match was reduced to 18 overs per side before the start of play.
  • Samoa qualified for the final, Vanuatu qualified for the bronze-medal playoff.

Bronze-medal playoff

11 July
Scorecard
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg
118/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
106 (19.1 overs)
Fiji won by 12 runs
Colts Cricket Ground, Port Moresby
  • Fiji won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

11 July
Scorecard
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
103/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
100/9 (20 overs)
Samoa won by 3 runs
Amini Park, Port Moresby
  • Samoa won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

Most runs

The top five runscorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average.

PlayerTeamRunsInnsAvgHighest100s50s
Norma Ovasuru Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 239547.807502
Varoi Morea Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 170634.0061*01
Ruci Muriyalo Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 167583.507201
Lily Mulivai Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 139727.8059*01
Regina Lili'i Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 134644.6766*01

Source: CricHQ

Most wickets

The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.

PlayerTeamOversWktsAveSREconBBI
Selina Solman Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 24.2126.6712.173.293/3
Ruci Muriyalo Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 22.1127.4211.084.015/8
Lagi Tele'a Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 18.0116.279.823.835/11
Boni David Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 23.0116.5512.553.134/10
Valenta Langiatu Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 19.0119.3610.365.423/11

Source: CricHQ

Final standings

RankTeamPldWTLNR
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 76010
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 65010
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 63030
4Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 73040
5Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 62040
6Flags of New Caledonia.svg  New Caledonia 60060

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