Cricket at the 2019 Pacific Games
Cricket pictogram for the Games
Cricket formatTwenty20, Twenty20 International
Host(s) Samoa
Champions Papua New Guinea (men's)
 Samoa (women's)
Participants4 (both)
Matches29 (14 men's, 15 women's)

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]

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Samoa)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Papua New Guinea (PNG)1102
2 Samoa (SAM)*1012
3 Vanuatu (VAN)0112
Totals (3 entries)2226

Results

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

Participating teams

Standings

Men

P W L T NR Pts NRR
 Papua New Guinea 6600012
 Vanuatu 633006
 Samoa (H) 633006
 New Caledonia 606000

(H) Host

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

Women

P W L T NR Pts NRR
 Papua New Guinea 6510010+1.028
 Samoa (H) 6510010+0.763
 Vanuatu 624004+0.425
 Fiji 606000–3.065

(H) Host

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

See also

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.
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