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cricket tournament at the 2019 Pacific Games in

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, was held from 8 to 13 July 2019 at the Faleata Oval Grounds. Following the

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's decision to grant T20I status to all matches played between Associate Members after 1 January 2019, matches were eligible for

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(T20I) status subject to both teams being members of the ICC and players passing eligibility criteria. The team's involved in the men's tournament were the host nation

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and New Caledonia. Tonga and the Cook Islands were originally included, but withdrew and were replaced by New Caledonia. Matches involving New Caledonia did not have T20I status as they were not an Associate Member of the ICC. In the opening match of the tournament, 49-year old

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played for Samoa against Papua New Guinea. Tonu'u had previously played

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for

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in the 1990s. Papua New Guinea topped the group stage after winning all six of their matches, and were joined in the gold medal match by Vanuatu who finished ahead of Samoa on

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. Papua New Guinea won the gold medal after defeating Vanuatu by 32 runs in the final.

Round-robin stage

Points table

Matches

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Finals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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