Cricket at the 2003 South Pacific Games

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Cricket
at the 2003 South Pacific Games
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Cricket at the 2003 South Pacific Games was contested by six teams. The gold medal was won by Papua New Guinea.[1]

First round[edit]

The six participating teams were placed in one pool. Papua New Guinea won all five of their matches, including a match against New Caledonia where they scored more than 500 runs.[2] Fiji finished second in the group, thus joining Papua New Guinea in the gold medal match. Samoa and the Cook Islands contested the bronze medal match.[3]

Standings[edit]

Team Pts Pld W T L NR
 Papua New Guinea 10 5 5 0 0 0
 Fiji 6 5 3 0 2 0
 Samoa 6 5 3 0 2 0
 Cook Islands 6 5 3 0 2 0
 Vanuatu 2 5 1 0 4 0
 New Caledonia 0 5 0 0 5 0

Bronze medal match[edit]

9 August 2003
 Cook Islands
198 all out (44 overs)
v
 Samoa
113 all out (38 overs)
Teunu Eliaba 61
Peniamina Ioka 2/21 (4 overs)
William Clarke 27
Moumou Marurai 4/46 (8 overs)

Gold medal match[edit]

9 August 2003
 Papua New Guinea
147/9 (40 overs)
v
 Fiji
145 all out (40 overs)
John Ovia 50
Jone Seuvou 4/26 (8 overs)
Taione Batina 41
Inoa Baeau 3/31 (8 overs)
 Papua New Guinea won by 2 runs
Albert Park

See also[edit]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Scorecard Archived 2007-11-30 at the Wayback Machine of Fiji v Papua New Guinea, 9 August 2003 at SportingPulse
  2. ^ Scorecard of New Caledonia v Papua New Guinea, 5 July 2003 at SportingPulse
  3. ^ Finals matches results for the 2003 South Pacific Games cricket tournament Archived 2012-04-06 at the Wayback Machine at SportingPulse