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]
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^Andrew Nixon (9 July 2015). "PNG and Samoa progress in World Twenty20 Qualification" – Cricket Europe. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
^(20 May 2015). "Sport: PNG women's cricket team to tour Samoa" – Radio New Zealand International. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
^"Melbourne Cricket Club take on Cricket Fiji" – Cricket Fiji. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
^"Melbourne Cricket Club tour to Vanuatu" – Vanuatu Daily Post. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
^"Vanuatu hosts New Caledonia women’s team" – Vanuatu Daily Post. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
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Women's Cricket at XV Pacific Games
February 10, 2024
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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 Women s cricket at the 2015 Pacific GamesDates6 11 July 2015Administrator s Pacific Games CouncilCricket format20 overTournament format s Group stage playoffsHost s PNGChampions Samoa 1st title Participants6Matches192019 Main article Cricket at the 2015 Pacific Games 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 Contents 1 Preparation 2 Group stage 3 Finals 3 1 Fifth place playoff 3 2 Preliminary final 2nd vs 3rd 3 3 Bronze medal playoff 3 4 Final 4 Statistics 4 1 Most runs 4 2 Most wickets 5 Final standings 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksPreparation editPapua 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 edit Qualified for the final Qualified for the preliminary final Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR1 nbsp Papua New Guinea 5 5 0 0 0 15 4 1002 nbsp Samoa 5 4 1 0 0 12 4 0193 nbsp Vanuatu 5 3 2 0 0 9 0 0204 nbsp Fiji 5 2 3 0 0 6 0 1695 nbsp Cook Islands 5 1 4 0 0 3 2 2276 nbsp New Caledonia 5 0 5 0 0 0 5 176Source citation needed 6 July ScorecardFiji nbsp 167 4 20 overs v nbsp Cook Islands96 7 20 overs Fiji won by 71 runsColts Cricket Ground Port MoresbyCook Islands won the toss and elected to bowl 6 July ScorecardPapua New Guinea nbsp 139 8 20 overs v nbsp Vanuatu85 9 20 overs PNG won by 54 runsAmini Park Port MoresbyPNG won the toss and elected to bat 6 July ScorecardSamoa nbsp 204 4 20 overs v nbsp New Caledonia57 13 2 overs Samoa won by 147 runsColts Cricket Ground Port Moresby 6 July ScorecardPapua New Guinea nbsp 180 4 20 overs v nbsp Cook Islands62 19 overs PNG won by 118 runsAmini Park Port MoresbyPNG won the toss and elected to bat 7 July ScorecardNew Caledonia nbsp 56 14 4 overs v nbsp Fiji57 3 7 4 overs Fiji won by 7 wicketsColts Cricket Ground Port Moresby 7 July ScorecardVanuatu nbsp 77 16 5 overs v nbsp Samoa79 2 8 5 overs Samoa won by 8 wicketsAmini Park Port MoresbyVanuatu won the toss and elected to bat 7 July ScorecardCook Islands nbsp 84 6 20 overs v nbsp Samoa85 2 7 4 overs Samoa won by 8 wicketsColts Cricket Ground Port MoresbyCook Islands won the toss and elected to bat 7 July ScorecardPapua New Guinea nbsp 167 2 20 overs v nbsp Fiji86 18 4 overs PNG won by 81 runsAmini Park Port MoresbyPNG won the toss and elected to bat 9 July ScorecardVanuatu nbsp 107 9 20 overs v nbsp New Caledonia47 15 2 overs Vanuatu won by 60 runsAmini Park Port MoresbyVanuatu won the toss and elected to bat 9 July ScorecardFiji nbsp 92 6 20 overs v nbsp Samoa93 1 10 2 overs Samoa won by 9 wicketsColts Cricket Ground Port MoresbyFiji won the toss and elected to bat 9 July ScorecardVanuatu nbsp 104 8 20 overs v nbsp Cook Islands74 7 20 overs Vanuatu won by 30 runsColts Cricket Ground Port MoresbyVanuatu won the toss and elected to bat 9 July ScorecardPapua New Guinea nbsp 194 3 20 overs v nbsp New Caledonia62 19 overs PNG won by 132 runsAmini Park Port MoresbyPNG won the toss and elected to bat 10 July ScorecardPapua New Guinea nbsp 120 7 20 overs v nbsp Samoa95 7 20 overs PNG won by 25 runsAmini Park Port MoresbyPNG won the toss and elected to bat 10 July ScorecardCook Islands nbsp 132 8 20 overs v nbsp New Caledonia52 17 5 overs Cook Islands won by 80 runsColts Cricket Ground Port MoresbyCook Islands won the toss and elected to bat 10 July ScorecardFiji nbsp 82 17 1 overs v nbsp Vanuatu84 5 16 5 overs Vanuatu won by 5 wicketsAmini Park Port MoresbyFiji won the toss and elected to bat Finals editFifth place playoff edit 11 July ScorecardNew Caledonia nbsp 59 13 5 overs v nbsp Cook Islands60 2 9 5 overs Cook Islands won by 8 wicketsColts Cricket Ground Port MoresbyNew Caledonia won the toss and elected to bat Preliminary final 2nd vs 3rd edit 11 July ScorecardSamoa nbsp 84 8 18 overs v nbsp Vanuatu44 14 5 overs Samoa won by 40 runsAmini Park Port MoresbyVanuatu 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 edit 11 July ScorecardFiji nbsp 118 8 20 overs v nbsp Vanuatu106 19 1 overs Fiji won by 12 runsColts Cricket Ground Port MoresbyFiji won the toss and elected to bat Final edit 11 July Scorecard nbsp Samoa103 9 20 overs v nbsp Papua New Guinea100 9 20 overs Samoa won by 3 runsAmini Park Port MoresbySamoa won the toss and elected to bat Statistics editMost runs edit The top five runscorers are included in this table ranked by runs scored and then by batting average Player Team Runs Inns Avg Highest 100s 50sNorma Ovasuru nbsp Papua New Guinea 239 5 47 80 75 0 2Varoi Morea nbsp Papua New Guinea 170 6 34 00 61 0 1Ruci Muriyalo nbsp Fiji 167 5 83 50 72 0 1Lily Mulivai nbsp Samoa 139 7 27 80 59 0 1Regina Lili i nbsp Samoa 134 6 44 67 66 0 1Source CricHQ Most wickets edit The top five wicket takers are listed in this table ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average Player Team Overs Wkts Ave SR Econ BBISelina Solman nbsp Vanuatu 24 2 12 6 67 12 17 3 29 3 3Ruci Muriyalo nbsp Fiji 22 1 12 7 42 11 08 4 01 5 8Lagi Tele a nbsp Samoa 18 0 11 6 27 9 82 3 83 5 11Boni David nbsp Papua New Guinea 23 0 11 6 55 12 55 3 13 4 10Valenta Langiatu nbsp Vanuatu 19 0 11 9 36 10 36 5 42 3 11Source CricHQFinal standings editRank Team Pld W T L NR nbsp nbsp Samoa 7 6 0 1 0 nbsp nbsp Papua New Guinea 6 5 0 1 0 nbsp nbsp Fiji 6 3 0 3 04 nbsp Vanuatu 7 3 0 4 05 nbsp Cook Islands 6 2 0 4 06 nbsp New Caledonia 6 0 0 6 0See also editCricket at the 2015 Pacific Games Men s tournamentReferences edit 16 June 2015 Women s Squads Announced for the 2015 Pacific Games ICC EAP Retrieved 8 July 2015 Andrew Nixon 9 July 2015 PNG and Samoa progress in World Twenty20 Qualification Cricket Europe Retrieved 11 July 2015 20 May 2015 Sport PNG women s cricket team to tour Samoa Radio New Zealand International Retrieved 8 July 2015 Melbourne Cricket Club take on Cricket Fiji Cricket Fiji Retrieved 8 July 2015 Melbourne Cricket Club tour to Vanuatu Vanuatu Daily Post Retrieved 8 July 2015 Vanuatu hosts New Caledonia women s team Vanuatu Daily Post Retrieved 8 July 2015 External links editWomen s Cricket at XV Pacific Games Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cricket at the 2015 Pacific Games Women 27s tournament amp oldid 1198865198, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
