2001 EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy

2001 EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy 19 25 August 2001 ICC East Asia-Pacific 50-over Round-robin, then final Fiji Papua New Guinea 1 3 7 PNG Frank Joseph (206) PNG Greg Baeau (13) 2003 (with ACA) The 2001 EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy was a cricket tournament held in Fiji from 19–25 August 2001, during the 2001 international season. All matches were held in Nadi. Papua New Guinea won the tournament by defeating Hong Kong in the final, thus qualifying for the 2002 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand. Two PNG players, Frank Joseph and Greg Baeau, led the tournament in runs and wickets, respectively. The only century at the tournament was scored by a Fijian, Colin Rika. The tournament, featuring only three teams, was organised by ICC East Asia-Pacific (EAP), and was the inaugural edition of the EAP Under-19 Trophy. Previously, EAP teams had had to qualify via the Youth Asia Cup, an Asian Cricket Council (ACC) tournament. For the next two World Cups, in 2004 and 2006, the EAP organised joint qualification tournaments with the African Cricket Association, held in 2003 and 2005. Separate qualifying tournaments have been held since then. Teams and qualification Hong Kong, an Asian Cricket Council (ACC) member, participated in the tournament for the first and only time.East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship 2001/02 Table – CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 February 2015. Team Qualification FIJ Host (automatically qualified) HKG Automatically qualified PNG Automatically qualified Round-robin     Qualified for the final Team Pld Matches played W Won – 2 points L Lost – 0 points T Tied – 1 point NR No result – 1 point Pts Points NRR Net run ratePNG 4 4 0 0 0 8 +4.823HKG 4 2 2 0 0 4 –0.772 FIJ 4 0 4 0 0 0 –4.264 Full fixtures: Cricket Archive Final 25 August HKG 119 (41 overs) 121/1 (12.2 overs) PNG Jignesh Tailor 26 (42) Greg Baeau 2/20 (8 overs) Mahuru Dai 76* (44) Jignesh Tailor 1/15 (1 over) PNG under-19s won by 9 wickets. Scorecard Nadi Muslim College, Nadi Tony Cooper (Aus) and Daryl Harper (Aus) Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat. Papua New Guinea won the Championship. Papua New Guinea qualified for the 2002 Under-19 World Cup. Statistics Most runs The top five run scorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average. Player Team Runs Inns Avg Highest 100s 50s Frank Joseph PNG PNG 206 5 51.50 77 0 2 Mahuru Dai PNG PNG 181 5 60.33 76* 0 2 Colin Rika Fiji 163 2 81.50 129 1 0 Dyutish Chaudhuri HKG 162 5 32.40 63 0 2 Jignesh Tailor HKG 140 4 46.66 63* 0 1 Source: CricketArchive Most wickets The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average. Player Team Overs Wkts Ave SR Econ BBI Greg Baeau PNG PNG 31.5 13 7.61 14.69 3.10 5/37 Gima Keimolo PNG PNG 47.3 12 10.33 23.75 2.61 5/22 Peter Arua PNG PNG 42.5 9 15.77 28.55 3.31 4/30 Kieran Kumaria Hong Kong 8.4 5 9.40 10.40 5.42 5/20 Kohu Dai PNG PNG 32.0 5 19.60 38.40 3.06 3/41 Source: CricketArchive References Category:Under-19 regional cricket tournaments Category:International cricket competitions in Fiji Category:International cricket competitions in 2001 Category:2001 in Fijian sport Category:International sports competitions hosted by Fiji Category:Ba Province