2006 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy (One day)

April 2021 July 2011 right|Logo of the 2006 ICC EAP Cricket Cup The 2006 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy was held in Brisbane, Australia from 27 June – 2 July 2006, functioning as the East Asia-Pacific regional final for the 2011 Cricket World Cup and EAP qualification tournament for the inaugural ICC World Cricket League, Division 3. Hosted by Queensland Cricket, the 50-over competition was held at the Peter Burge Oval of the Redlands Cricket Club, located on Wellington Point in southeast Brisbane. Affiliate nation Cook Islands, plus Associates Japan and Fiji made up the three-team field. Japan and Cook Islands advanced from the six-team 2005 ICC EAP Cricket Cup for fledgling cricketing nations. Fiji were inserted into the latter stage of regional qualifying rather than playing in the EAP Cricket Cup because they were the second-best team (and only other Associate) in the region during 2007 World Cup qualifying. (In fact, fellow EAP region Associate Papua New Guinea defeated Fiji in the WCQS Division 2 repechage competition, earning the final berth into the 2005 ICC Trophy.) Each team faced the others twice in a double round-robin format, for a total of six matches and four per team. Fiji rolled to easy victories, racking up the maximum of 8 points, while the Japanese and the Cooks split their matches to finish with one win apiece. (Cook Islands finished second based on a higher net run rate.) The closest match was the rain-shortened third match where Japan, chasing 74, rallied from a 5-over total of 14/3 to defeat the Cook Islands on the Duckworth-Lewis method. Fiji advanced as the East Asia-Pacific region representative in Division 3 of the 2007 World Cricket League. 2011 World Cup implications The three-team tournament determined the East Asia-Pacific representative for Division 3 of the 2007 World Cricket League. (One representative from each International Cricket Council Region qualifies for Division 3, the bottom division of the WCL, which will begin play in the early part of the year.) Qualification for the 2011 Cricket World Cup was and is the ultimate goal of regional and WCL matches, since Division 3 teams can gain promotion up to 2009's World Cup qualifying tournament (or "Division 1") through WCL Division 2. The top teams from Division 2 advance to the 2009 qualifier. Lower teams in Division 2 will return to Division 3 in 2009 without having to advance through the 2008 regional qualifiers to earn a third-division slot. WCL play is the primary route into the 2011 Cup for non-Test playing nations. (The 2009 WCQ tournament replaces the 2005 ICC Trophy, the qualifying system for the 2007 version, as the pathway to the World Cup.) Points table TeamPtsPldWTLNRNRR FIJ8440001.03COK241030-0.33JPN241030-0.63 Match 1: Fiji vs. Japan (27 June) Flag of Japan.svg Japan 188/7 50 Munir Ahmad Munir Ahmad 53 70 Joeli Mateyawa J Mateyawa 3/25 Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji 189/2 42 Neil Maxwell N Maxwell 59* 113 Naoki Miyaji N Miyaji 1/36 Fiji 8 wicketsFiji Send an Early Signal, 27 June 2006, report from Queensland Cricket, Retrieved 20 July 2006 scorecard Peter Burge Oval Brisbane Australia Lakani Oala L Oala Papua New Guinea PNG Geoff Clelland G Clelland Vanuatu VAN Tikoivanualevu Kida T Kida Fiji FIJ Match 2: Fiji vs. Cook Islands (28 June) Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands 106 All out 40 Moumou Marurai M Marurai 46 67 Kitiano Tavo K Tavo 3/21 Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji 108/5 26 Josefa Rika J Rika 41 94 Joseph Joe J Joe 2/34 Fiji 5 wicketsRika Again Provides the Rock for Fiji, 28 June 2006, report from Queensland Cricket, Retrieved 20 July 2006 scorecard Peter Burge Oval Brisbane Australia Tony Cooper (umpire) T Cooper Fiji FIJ Lakani Oala L Oala Papua New Guinea PNG N/a#Not_available n/a N/a#Not_available n/a Match 3: Japan vs. Cook Islands (29 June) Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands 74 All out 30 Dawn Tare D Tare 21* 27 Gavin Beath G Beath 4/15 Flag of Japan.svg Japan 73/8 37 Masaomi Kobayashi M Kobayashi 16 37 Moumou Marurai M Marurai 3/16 Japan 2 wickets (DL)Japan Take Points in a Thriller Over Cook Islands, 29 June 2006, report from Queensland Cricket, Retrieved 20 July 2006 scorecard Peter Burge Oval Brisbane Australia Tony Cooper (umpire) T Cooper Fiji FIJ Geoff Clelland G Clelland Vanuatu VAN N/a#Not_available n/a N/a#Not_available n/a Match 4: Fiji vs. Japan (30 June) Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji 165 All out 48 Kitiano Tavo K Tavo 34* 32 Gavin Beath G Beath 3/22 Flag of Japan.svg Japan 83 All out 41 Patrick Giles-Jones P Giles-Jones 23 28 Samuela Draunivudi S Draunivudi 3/12 Fiji 82 runsFiji to Take on the World, 30 June 2006, report from Queensland Cricket, Retrieved 20 July 2006 scorecard Peter Burge Oval Brisbane Australia Lakani Oala L Oala Papua New Guinea PNG Tony Cooper (umpire) T Cooper Fiji FIJ N/a#Not_available n/a N/a#Not_available n/a Match 5: Fiji vs. Cook Islands (1 July) Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands 115 All out 41 Teunu Eliaba T Eliaba 48 53 Samuela Draunivudi S Draunivudi 4/16 Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji 116/9 47 Josefa Dabea J Dabea 43* 130 Teunu Eliaba T Eliaba 2/18 Fiji 1 wicketFiji Keep a Clean Sheet... Just, 1 July 2006, report from Queensland Cricket, Retrieved 20 July 2006 scorecard Peter Burge Oval Brisbane Australia Geoff Clelland G Clelland Vanuatu VAN Lakani Oala L Oala Papua New Guinea PNG Josefa Dabea J Dabea Fiji FIJ Match 6: Cook Islands vs. Japan (2 July) Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands 168 All out 43 Christopher Brown (cricketer) C Brown 43 36 Gavin Beath G Beath 4/19 Flag of Japan.svg Japan 142 All out 47 Patrick Giles-Jones P Giles-Jones 36* 53 Christopher Brown (cricketer) C Brown 3/9 Cook Islands 26 runsCooks Finish on a High, 2 July 2006, report from Queensland Cricket, Retrieved 20 July 2006 scorecard Peter Burge Oval Brisbane Australia Tony Cooper (umpire) T Cooper Fiji FIJ Geoff Clelland G Clelland Vanuatu VAN N/a#Not_available n/a N/a#Not_available n/a External links https://archive.today/20121230190016/http://www.qldcricket.com.au/clubs/eap EAP Trophy official site el Tournament scorecards Japan Cricket Association official site https://web.archive.org/web/20170106225353/http://cricket.or.jp/ 6 January 2017 References "Fiji, Japan and Cook Islands meet on the road to 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup", published 26 June 2006 ICC World Cricket League PDF showing WCL structure through 2009 EAP Cricket Trophy Category:ICC EAP Cricket Trophy Category:International cricket competitions in Australia