Cricket at the 2015 Pacific Games – Women's tournament

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) PNG
Champions Samoa (1st title)
Participants6
Matches19
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Main article: Cricket at the 2015 Pacific Games

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.

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.
Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1  Papua New Guinea 5 5 0 0 0 15 4.100
2  Samoa 5 4 1 0 0 12 4.019
3  Vanuatu 5 3 2 0 0 9 −0.020
4  Fiji 5 2 3 0 0 6 −0.169
5  Cook Islands 5 1 4 0 0 3 −2.227
6  New Caledonia 5 0 5 0 0 0 −5.176
Source: [citation needed]
6 July
Scorecard
Fiji 
167/4 (20 overs)
v
 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 
139/8 (20 overs)
v
 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 
204/4 (20 overs)
v
 New Caledonia
57 (13.2 overs)
Samoa won by 147 runs
Colts Cricket Ground, Port Moresby
6 July
Scorecard
Papua New Guinea 
180/4 (20 overs)
v
 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 
56 (14.4 overs)
v
 Fiji
57/3 (7.4 overs)
Fiji won by 7 wickets
Colts Cricket Ground, Port Moresby
7 July
Scorecard
Vanuatu 
77 (16.5 overs)
v
 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 
84/6 (20 overs)
v
 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 
167/2 (20 overs)
v
 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 
107/9 (20 overs)
v
 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 
92/6 (20 overs)
v
 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 
104/8 (20 overs)
v
 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 
194/3 (20 overs)
v
 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 
120/7 (20 overs)
v
 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 
132/8 (20 overs)
v
 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 
82 (17.1 overs)
v
 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 
59 (13.5 overs)
v
 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 
84/8 (18 overs)
v
 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 
118/8 (20 overs)
v
 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
 Samoa
103/9 (20 overs)
v
 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.

Player Team Runs Inns Avg Highest 100s 50s
Norma Ovasuru  Papua New Guinea 239 5 47.80 75 0 2
Varoi Morea  Papua New Guinea 170 6 34.00 61* 0 1
Ruci Muriyalo  Fiji 167 5 83.50 72 0 1
Lily Mulivai  Samoa 139 7 27.80 59* 0 1
Regina Lili'i  Samoa 134 6 44.67 66* 0 1

Source: CricHQ

Most wickets

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 BBI
Selina Solman  Vanuatu 24.2 12 6.67 12.17 3.29 3/3
Ruci Muriyalo  Fiji 22.1 12 7.42 11.08 4.01 5/8
Lagi Tele'a  Samoa 18.0 11 6.27 9.82 3.83 5/11
Boni David  Papua New Guinea 23.0 11 6.55 12.55 3.13 4/10
Valenta Langiatu  Vanuatu 19.0 11 9.36 10.36 5.42 3/11

Source: CricHQ

Final standings

Rank Team Pld W T L NR
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Samoa 7 6 0 1 0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Papua New Guinea 6 5 0 1 0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Fiji 6 3 0 3 0
4  Vanuatu 7 3 0 4 0
5  Cook Islands 6 2 0 4 0
6  New Caledonia 6 0 0 6 0

See also

References

  1. ^ (16 June 2015). "Women's Squads Announced for the 2015 Pacific Games" – ICC EAP. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  2. ^ Andrew Nixon (9 July 2015). "PNG and Samoa progress in World Twenty20 Qualification" – Cricket Europe. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  3. ^ (20 May 2015). "Sport: PNG women's cricket team to tour Samoa" – Radio New Zealand International. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Melbourne Cricket Club take on Cricket Fiji" – Cricket Fiji. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Melbourne Cricket Club tour to Vanuatu" – Vanuatu Daily Post. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Vanuatu hosts New Caledonia women’s team" – Vanuatu Daily Post. Retrieved 8 July 2015.