Cricket at the 2019 Pacific Games

Cricket at the 2019 Pacific Games was held between 8–13 July 2019 at the Faleata Oval Grounds in Apia, Samoa.[1] A men's and women's Twenty20 event took place, with matches eligible to carry Twenty20 International status if both teams were members of the ICC and meet player eligibility criteria. Papua New Guinea won the gold medal in the men's after defeating Vanuatu by 32 runs in the final, but were beaten in the final of the women's event by Samoa.[2]

Cricket at the 2019 Pacific Games

Cricket format	Twenty20, Twenty20 International
Host(s)	Samoa
Champions	Papua New Guinea (men's)  Samoa (women's)
Participants	4 (both)
Matches played	29 (14 men's, 15 women's)

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Samoa)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	1	1	0	2
2	Samoa (SAM)*	1	0	1	2
3	Vanuatu (VAN)	0	1	1	2
Totals (3 nations)		2	2	2	6

Results

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Papua New Guinea	Vanuatu	Samoa
Women	Samoa	Papua New Guinea	Vanuatu

Participating teams

Women:

•  Fiji
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Samoa
•  Vanuatu

Men:

•  New Caledonia
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Samoa
•  Vanuatu

Standings

Men

Team	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

Women

Team	P	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
Papua New Guinea	6	5	1	0	0	10	+1.028
Samoa (H)	6	5	1	0	0	10	+0.763
Vanuatu	6	2	4	0	0	4	+0.425
Fiji	6	0	6	0	0	0	–3.065

(H) Host

•   advanced to the gold medal match
•   advanced to the bronze medal match

See also

• Cricket at the Pacific Games

References

1. "Vanuatu and Samoa look to defend their titles in 2019 Pacific Games T20I". CzarSports. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
2. "Samoa chase down Papua New Guinea target to win women's cricket gold". Inside the Games. Retrieved 14 July 2019.