2009 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy (One day)

The 2009 East Asia-Pacific Trophy was an international cricket tournament played in ODI format at Apia, Samoa between 19 and 25 September 2009. Eight men's national teams participated in the tournament which was split into two divisions; the three nations from the World Cricket League played in division one, and the remaining five nations played in division two.

2009 ICC EAP Trophy
Administrator(s)EAP
Cricket formatList A
Tournament format(s)Group Stage with Finals
Host(s) Samoa
ChampionsDiv 1:   Papua New Guinea (1st title)
Div 2:   Vanuatu (1st title)
Participants8 teams
Matches36

In the division one competition, after a round robin group stage of four matches, Papua New Guinea easily beat Fiji in the final.

In the division two competition, after a round robin group stage of four matches, Vanuatu easily beat the Samoa in the final. As a result of winning the tournament, Vanuatu earned promotion to both Division Eight of the World Cricket League and Division One of the EAP Trophy.

Teams edit

Division 1

Division 2

Group stages edit

Division 1 edit

Papua New Guinea was undefeated after the round-robin stage.[1]

Team Pts Pld W L NRR
  Papua New Guinea 8 4 4 0 2.612
  Fiji 4 4 2 2 0.022
  Japan 0 4 0 4 -3.842

Division 2 edit

Vanuatu was undefeated after the round-robin stage.[1]

Team Pts Pld W L NRR
  Vanuatu 8 4 4 0 2.586
  Samoa 6 4 3 1 0.351
  Cook Islands 4 4 2 2 -0.259
  Tonga 2 4 1 3 -0.198
  Indonesia 0 4 0 4 -3.311

Play-offs edit

There were four play-off matches to decide the final standings.[2]

Interdivisional match edit

25 September 2009
Japan  
v
Faleata Oval No 4, Apia

3rd place play-off (Div 2) edit

25 September 2009
Scorecard
Cook Islands  
180 (50 overs)
v
  Tonga
123 (27.5 overs)
Cook Islands won by 57 runs
Faleata Oval No 2, Apia
  • Cook Islands won the toss and decided to bat

Final (Div 2) edit

25 September 2009
Scorecard
Samoa  
175 (42.2 overs)
v
  Vanuatu
300 (50 overs)
Vanuatu won by 125 runs
Faleata Oval No 1, Apia
  • Vanuatu won the toss and decided to bat

Final (Div 1) edit

25 September 2009
Scorecard
Papua New Guinea  
247 (50 overs)
v
  Fiji
129 (35.2 overs)
Papua New Guinea won by 118 runs
Faleata Oval No 3, Apia
  • Papua New Guinea won the toss and decided to bat

Final standings edit

Division 1 edit

Pos Team Promotion
1st   Papua New Guinea Remain in Division One
2nd   Fiji
3rd   Japan

Division 2 edit

Pos Team Promotion
1st   Vanuatu Promoted to 2010 ICC WCL Division Eight & 2011 ICC EAP Trophy Division 1
2nd   Samoa Remain in Division Two
3rd   Cook Islands
4th   Tonga
5th   Indonesia

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "East Asia-Pacific Trophy 2009-10: Table". CricketArchive. 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  2. ^ "East Asia-Pacific Trophy 2009-10: Matches". CricketArchive. 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2011.