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 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

Division 2

Group stages

Division 1

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

Team Pts Pld W L NRR
 Papua New Guinea 84402.612
 Fiji 44220.022
 Japan 0404-3.842

Division 2

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

Team Pts Pld W L NRR
 Vanuatu 84402.586
 Samoa 64310.351
 Cook Islands 4422-0.259
 Tonga 2413-0.198
 Indonesia 0404-3.311

Play-offs

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

Interdivisional match
25 September 2009
v
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 GuineaRemain in Division One
2nd Fiji
3rd Japan

Division 2
Pos Team Promotion
1st VanuatuPromoted to 2010 ICC WCL Division Eight & 2011 ICC EAP Trophy Division 1
2nd SamoaRemain 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.

International cricket in 2009

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