Results from day 1 WCQS in Malaysia

KevIRL

Kuwait beat Italy by 4 wickets
Fiji beat Cayman Islands by 9 runs
Papua New Ginuea beat Nepal by 72 runs
Qatar beat Zambia by 9 wickets

KevIRL

Qatar beat Cayman Islands by 6 wickets
Nepal beat Kuwait by 5 wickets
Fiji beat Zambia by 112 runs
Papua New Ginuea beat Italy by 5 wickets

Placebo

jeez , what channel !!!!!

DMC

Its not on TV..

KevIRL

DMC wrote:

Its not on TV..

The qualifying proper in July better be tho!

KevIRL

Nepal beat Italy by 88 runs
Papua New Gineau beat Kuwait by 8 wickets
Fiji beat Qatar by 59 runs
Cayman Islands beat Zambia by 19 runs

Semi Finals

PNG V Qatar
Fiji V Nepal

KevIRL

Semi Final Results

PNG beat Qatar by 36 runs
Fiji beat Nepal by 3 runs

An all pacific affair in the final as PNG play Fiji with the winners heading to Ireland in July.

The Rooster

My money is on Papua New Guinea

mike2084

KevIRL wrote:

The qualifying proper in July better be tho!

I can't really see any Irish TV showing this. Setanta Sports might be the only ones that give it any coverage outside of news bulletins. Sky might show something if they got enough emails about it.

By the way when will the schedules and ticketing arrangements be made for the tournament? The ICC website says 'Early in 2005'.

KevIRL

Papua New Guinea (PNG) beat Fiji by 30 runs in the final of the ICC World Cup Qualifying Series Division 2 tournament in Malaysia on Sunday.
The victory puts PNG one step away from its first ever appearance at the ICC Cricket World Cup, securing it the 12th and final place at the ICC Trophy Ireland 2005 from which the top five sides will qualify for the ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007.

Heavy overnight rain restricted the final to 33 overs-a-side. Batting first, PNG accumulated 176 all out in 32.4 overs. The crucial contributions came from Jamie Brazier who hit 62 from 43 balls and Arua Uda with 57 from 64 balls.

The target proved too much for Fiji who, faced with the accuracy of the PNG bowlers and the energy and enthusiasm of their fielders, crumbled to 146 all out from 31.5 overs.

Neil Maxwell top scored again for Fiji with 56 runs from 42 balls whil Inoa Baeau (3 for 28) and Toka Gaudi (2 for 12) did the damage with the ball.

Man of the Match Brazier was delighted with his team's victory and said that ICC Cricket World Cup qualification was now a realistic goal for his side.

"It is great to play against teams from throughout the world and fantastic to finish the event as winners," said Brazier.

"I think that the key to our success was that we fielded better than anyone else and we ran well between the wickets even in the heat. We prepared well for this event and its pleasing to have the effort rewarded.

"The next step is to work even harder ahead of the ICC Trophy. Some people didn't give us a chance in this event so, who knows, we could even make it to the World Cup."

Fiji's Neil Maxwell was named Man of the Tournament for a series of pivotal contributions with bat and ball.