Schedule announced for Men’s & Women’s T20I in 2019 Pacific Games

Tuanaimato Cricket Oval Grounds, Tuanaimato Sports Complex, Faleataa, Samoa, will be home to men’s and women’s squads from Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Samoa, Fiji and New Caledonia during the upcoming 2019 Pacific Games, where cricket discipline will be played from Jul 08th – 13th, 2019. Gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded in all events.

Vanuatu won the Gold in men’s category in the 2015 edition of the games held in Papua New Guinea while Samoa won the Gold in the women’s category. Papua New Guinea clinched the Silver in both categories while Tonga took the bronze in men’s and Fiji took home the bronze in the women’s categories.

The matches will be held in T20 format with official T20I status (except New Caledonia matches in both men’s and women’s categories) and the participating athletes must comply with the International Cricket Council (ICC) Eligibility Criteria. The schedule for both men’s and women’s categories have been announced by the Pacific Games Council. Samoa will be making their men’s T20I team debuts in the tournament. New Caledonia are not part of ICC as of now as an Associate member.

Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Samoa and Vanuatu will be competing in the men’s category in the Pacific Games and the schedule is as follows:

Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Samoa and Fiji will be competing in the women’s category in the Pacific Games and the schedule is as follows. All matches will be played with WT20I status, with ranking points on offer towards ICC Women’s T20I team rankings table.

All details can be viewed on the official website for 2019 Pacific Games as well.