Cricket at the 2015 Pacific Games – Women's tournament


A women's 20-over cricket tournament at the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, was held from 6 to 11 July 2015. Played at Amini Park and the Colts Cricket Ground, it will be followed by the men's tournament at the same venues the following week.
Six teams participated in the tournament, two more than in the men's version – at earlier editions of the Pacific Games, no women's tournament was played. Samoa defeated Papua New Guinea by three runs in [|the final] to win the gold medal, becoming only the second country to win a Pacific Games gold medal in cricket. Fiji defeated Vanuatu in a play-off for the bronze medal.
The tournament also served as part of the qualification process for the 2018 World Twenty20 in the West Indies, with the top two teams joining Japan in a tri-series in 2016 to decide the ICC East Asia-Pacific region's representative at the World Twenty20 Qualifier in 2017. Because New Caledonia is not an ICC member, a separate system was used to decide which two teams proceeded. However, the separate system produced the same teams as the regular table.

Preparation

and Samoa prepared for the tournament by playing a series in Apia, with PNG also playing matches against the men's under-19 team. As part of an arrangement with ICC East Asia-Pacific, Australia's Melbourne Cricket Club toured both Fiji and Vanuatu in May 2015, fielding a mixed men's and women's team in matches against the Fiji and Vanuatu women's national teams. Earlier, in April, Vanuatu had hosted New Caledonia.

Group stage

Team
550015+4.100
541012+4.019
53209–0.020
52306–0.169
51403–2.227
50500–5.176

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Finals

Fifth-place playoff

Preliminary final (2nd vs 3rd)

Bronze-medal playoff

Final

Statistics

Most runs

The top five runscorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average.
PlayerTeamRunsInnsAvgHighest100s50s
Norma Ovasuru239547.807502
Varoi Morea170634.0061*01
Ruci Muriyalo167583.507201
Lily Mulivai139727.8059*01
Regina Lili'i134644.6766*01

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Most wickets

The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.
PlayerTeamOversWktsAveSREconBBI
Selina Solman24.2126.6712.173.293/3
Ruci Muriyalo22.1127.4211.084.015/8
Lagi Tele'a18.0116.279.823.835/11
Boni David23.0116.5512.553.134/10
Valenta Langiatu19.0119.3610.365.423/11

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Final standings