The 2015 EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy was a

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tournament held in Blenheim,

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, from 24–28 February 2015. The tournament was the sixth edition of the

EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy ICC U19 Cricket World Cup EAP Qualifier (formerly EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy) is a regular cricket competition organised by ICC East Asia-Pacific (EAP) for the under-19 teams of its representative nations. The tournament acts as a qualifier for ...

, and the first to be held in New Zealand. All matches will be held at Horton Park. The winner of the tournament, Fiji, qualified directly for the 2016 ICC Under-19 World Cup, to be played in Bangladesh. It was Fiji's first tournament win, and they consequently became only the second

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side to qualify for the World Cup, with

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having won all previous editions. Papua New Guinea defeated

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in a playoff to gain entry to the 2015 World Cup Qualifier, with the chance to gain the final spot at the World Cup. Two other East Asia-Pacific under-19 sides, Australia and

, are ICC full members, and thus qualified directly for the World Cup.

Teams and qualification

Teams were unchanged from the 2013 tournament, played on

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's Sunshine Coast.

Preparation

Fiji, along with

the only side to have appeared at every EAP Under-19 Trophy, trained at Buckhurst Park, Suva, with Australian

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serving as the team's coach for the tournament. The PNG under-19s, nicknamed the Garamuts after a type of

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, are to be coached by

John Ovia John Ovia (born 16 July 1976) is a Papua New Guinean cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm off spin bowler, he has played for the Papua New Guinea national cricket team since the 1997 ICC Trophy. His wife Hebou Morea has played for t ...

, with assistance from New Zealander Dipak Patel, the coach of the country's senior side. PNG will be captained by Lou Toua, the brother of Olympic weightlifter

Dika Toua Loa Dika Toua (born 23 June 1984) is a Papua New Guinean Olympian weightlifter. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's −49 kg. She competes regularly in the 53 kg weight class. She is a 12 time, and current, Oceania titli ...

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is to be coached by Uala Kaisara, a former Samoan national team player, while

will be coached by Shane Deitz.

Fixtures

The tournament incorporated a single round-robin, with each team playing the other once.(5 February 2015)
"Squads Announced for Pepsi ICC East Asia-Pacific U19 Trophy"
– ICC East Asia-Pacific. Retrieved 11 February 2015. Fixtures overlapped with the group stages of the

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, being hosted in Australia and New Zealand at the same time (Blenheim is not hosting any World Cup matches). After the conclusion of the three-round round-robin, the second and third-place teams (Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu) played off for the right to progress to the 2015 Under-19 World Cup Qualifier. Papua New Guinea won the playoff by 69 runs. On the same day, the first and fourth-place teams (Fiji and Samoa) played a friendly match, which Fiji won by 154 runs. Neither of those matches is included in the table above.Rounds
ICC EAP Under 19 Trophy 2015 – CricHQ. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

Points table

Source
CricHQ

Statistics

Most runs

The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table. Source
CricHQ

Most wickets

The top five wicket takers, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average, are listed in this table. Source
CricHQ

References

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