2009 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy (One day)

2009 ICC EAP Trophy

Administrator(s)	EAP
Cricket format	List A
Tournament format(s)	Group Stage with Finals
Host(s)	Samoa
Champions	Div 1:   Papua New Guinea (1st title) Div 2:   Vanuatu (1st title)
Participants	8 teams
Matches played	36

The 2009 East Asia-Pacific Trophy was an international cricket tournament played in ODI format at Apia, Samoa between 19–25 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.

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

Division 1

•  Fiji
•  Japan
•  Papua New Guinea

Division 2

•  Cook Islands
•  Indonesia
•  Samoa
•  Tonga
•  Vanuatu

Group stages

Division 1

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

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

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

Interdivisional match

25 September 2009

Japan	v	Indonesia

Faleata Oval No 4, Apia

3rd place play-off (Div 2)

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)

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)

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

Division 1

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

Division 2

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

References

1. "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.

External links

International cricket in 2009