Cricket at the 2015 Pacific Games

Cricket at the 2015 Pacific Games

Cricket format	Twenty20
Host(s)	Papua New Guinea
Champions	Vanuatu (men's)  Samoa (women's)
Participants	4 teams (men's) 6 teams (women's)

Cricket at the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, was held from 6–18 July 2015.^[1] A women's tournament was held for the first time, and Samoa won the event to become the first country other than Papua New Guinea to win a gold medal in Pacific Games cricket. In the men's tournament (held the week after the women's event), Vanuatu won the gold medal. The shorter Twenty20 form of the game was used for both the men's and women's competitions.^[2]

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Samoa (SAM)	1	0	0	1
	Vanuatu (VAN)	1	0	0	1
3	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	0	2	0	2
4	Fiji (FIJ)	0	0	1	1
	Tonga (TON)	0	0	1	1
Total		2	2	2	6

Results

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

Participating teams

Six women's teams and four men's teams played in the respective tournaments:^[2]

Women:

•  Cook Islands
•  Fiji
•  New Caledonia
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Samoa
•  Vanuatu

Men:

•  New Caledonia
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Tonga
•  Vanuatu

Because Papua New Guinea's men's team was competing at the 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier at the same time, they were represented by an "A" team at the Pacific Games, captained by Chris Amini.^[3]

Standings

Men

Rank	Team	Pld	W	T	L	NR
	Vanuatu	7	7	0	0	0
	Papua New Guinea	8	5	0	3	0
	Tonga	8	3	0	5	0
4	New Caledonia	7	0	0	7	0

Women

Rank	Team	Pld	W	T	L	NR
	Samoa	7	6	0	1	0
	Papua New Guinea	6	5	0	1	0
	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

• Cricket at the Pacific Games

References

1. "Cricket: Pace, Spin, Drive". Sporting Pulse. Port Moresby 2015 XV Pacific Games Organising Committee. 2015. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
2. "PNG women's cricket team selections". Port Moresby 2015. 22 April 2015. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
3. "Cricket PNG announces National Cricket Teams and new PNG Barramundis Captain for 2015". Cricket PNG. Archived from the original on 21 June 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2015.