2002 CONOC Nations Cup

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The 2002 CONOC Nations Cup, simply known as the Nations Cup was the third edition of the top-tier 50-over Oceanian championship of cricket.
American Samoa hosted the tournament which was played from December 21 to December 29. 4 nations participated in the tournament, with American Samoa replacing the Marshall Islands who participated in the previous edition.

Niue were the two-time defending champions.​

 

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TEAMS

In 2002, the Confederation of Oceanian Cricket confirmed the participation of all four Full Member CONOC nations for the second edition of the CONOC Nations Cup. Marshall Islands, a now defunct member who participated in the previous edition, did not compete.

Teams competing in the CONOC Nations Cup 2002 are:​

	QUALIFICATION​		DATE​		BERTH​		TEAM​
					TOTAL​		4​
	CONOC Full Member		—​		—​		Niue Vanuatu New Zealand American Samoa

 

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VENUES

CONOC confirmed two venues for the 2002 Nations Cup: the Recreation Ground and Pago Pago Cricket Stadium

	Recreation Ground​		Pago Pago Cricket Stadium​
	Nu'uli, American Samoa​		Pago Pago, American Samoa​
	capacity​		capacity​
	Poor​		Poor​

 

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FIXTURES​

CONOC confirmed the fixtures for the third edition of the Nations Cup.

Round 1

December 21 -

New Zealand vs

Niue at Nuʻuuli (Poor) - New Zealand won by 5 wickets (with 4 deliveries remaining)
December 22 -

American Samoa vs

Vanuatu at Pago Pago (Poor) - Vanuatu won by 8 wickets (with 217 deliveries remaining)

Round 2

December 23 -

American Samoa vs

New Zealand at Pago Pago (Poor) - New Zealand won by 8 wickets (with 160 deliveries remaining)
December 24 -

Niue vs

Vanuatu at Nuʻuuli (Poor) - Niue won by 56 runs

Round 3

December 26 -

American Samoa vs

Niue at Nuʻuuli (Poor) - Niue won by 48 runs
December 27 -

New Zealand vs

Vanuatu at Pago Pago (Poor) - New Zealand won by 6 wickets (with 49 deliveries remaining)

Final

December 29 -

New Zealand vs

Niue at Pago Pago (Poor) - Niue won by 84 runs

 

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STANDINGS​

Q​

TEAM​

MAT​

WON​

LOST​

TIED​

N/R​

PTS​

NRR​

​

NEW ZEALAND

3​

3​

0​

0​

0​

9​

1.340​

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NIUE

3​

2​

1​

0​

0​

6​

0.631​

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VANUATU

3​

1​

2​

0​

0​

3​

0.404​

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AMERICAN SAMOA

3​

0​

3​

0​

0​

0​

-2.300​

Points

Win: 3 points / Tie: 2 points / N/R: 1 point / Loss: 0 points
* teams equal on points at the end of the group stage are ranked via following methods

Spoiler: Tie Breakers

- if equal on points, team with better head-to-head record proceeds
- if equal on head-to-head record, team with more wins proceeds
- if equal on wins, team with fewer losses proceeds
- if equal on losses, team with better net-run-rate proceeds

 

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TOURNAMENT RULES

These were the rules set in place by the Confederation of Oceanian Cricket for the Nations Cup.

Upgrades

	POSITION​		PRIZE​		TEAM​
	Champions		3 upgrades		Niue
	Runners-up		2 upgrades		New Zealand
	Third		1 upgrade		Vanuatu

Squads

Each participating member nation was required to name a 15-player squad at the start of the tournament.
No upgrades could be spent to improve players mid-tournament; upgrades must be made during squad announcement.

Lineups

Playing XIs were required to contain at least one capable wicket-keeper (//) and six bowling (//) options.

Format

Four teams were placed in a single group where they played the other three teams - once.
The top-two teams at the end of the group stage advanced to the Nations Cup final.

The final of the 2001 Nations Cup was played at Independence Park in Port Vila

Points System

Points were awarded using the following system during the group stage:

Win: 3 points / Tie: 2 points / N/R: 1 point / Loss: 0 points

Player Injuries

Injuries were randomly simulated to give this league somewhat of a realistic edge.
Players that played without a rest were more likely to get injured.

Following were the types of injuries:

Spoiler: Player Injuries

Degree 1

* Can play with a 25% ratings decrease; 50% chance of developing a Degree 2 injury
- Heals fully after a one-game rest

Degree 2

* Can play with a 50% ratings decrease; 75% chance of developing a Degree 3 injury
- Heals fully after a two-game rest

Degree 3

* Out for one game; instantly made unavailable
- Can play one game early with a 50% ratings decrease upon return. Heals fully after a two-game rest.

Degree 4

* Out for two to three games; instantly made unavailable
- Can play one game early with a 25% ratings decrease upon return. Heals fully after a three-game rest

Degree 5

* Out for four to five games; instantly made unavailable
- Can play one game early with a 10% ratings decrease upon return. Heals fully after a five-game rest

Degree 6

* Out for six to ten games; instantly made unavailable
- Heals fully after recovering from injury

Degree 7

Ruled out for the remainder of the series/tournament
- You can call-up a replacement if your player pool can support it

 

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American Samoa -Host nation --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Squad Alatina Felise Sio Ta'alefili Peter Tuigamala Anton Ledoux Chin-Fu Tiatia Billjay Taga'i Robert Tuigamala Nathan Crook Jonah Taua Franklin Esau Maselino Fe'a Milo Su'a Rock Sauiluma Murphy Logologo Ben Solia --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Spoiler: Career Statistics

N/A

Spoiler: Tournament Statistics

Player                  Mat     Inns    NO      Runs     HS       Avg    BF       S/R   100s    50s      4s     6s      0s      Ct      St      RO    
Nathan Crook             3       3       0       79      49      26.33   149     53.02   0       0       1       1       0       4       0       0      
Jonah Taua               2       2       0       49      27      24.50   67      73.13   0       0       3       0       0       1       0       0      
Anton Ledoux             3       3       0       41      26      13.67   71      57.75   0       0       2       0       0       0       0       0      
Sio Ta'alefili           3       3       0       27      12      9.00    37      72.97   0       0       2       0       0       1       0       0      
Robert Tuigamala         3       3       0       26      24      8.67    62      41.94   0       0       0       0       1       0       0       1      
Peter Tuigamala          3       3       1       22      19      11.00   60      36.67   0       0       1       0       0       0       0       0      
Alatina Felise           3       3       0       21      11      7.00    36      58.33   0       0       1       0       1       0       0       0      
Ben Solia                3       3       0       18      12      6.00    32      56.25   0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0      
Billjay Taga'i           1       1       0       12      12      12.00   21      57.14   0       0       1       0       0       0       0       0      
Milo Su'a                3       3       2       11      7       11.00   26      42.31   0       0       0       0       1       2       0       0      
Rock Sauiluma            3       3       0       9       5       3.00    20      45.00   0       0       0       0       1       0       0       0      
Franklin Esau            3       3       0       6       4       2.00    13      46.15   0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0

Player                  Mat    Inns     Overs   Mdns    Runs    Wkts      Avg    Econ     S/R    WB     NB       BBI    4w      5w    
Franklin Esau            3       3       23.0    1       84      3       28.00   3.65    46.00   3       0       1/18    0       0      
Milo Su'a                3       3       18.2    1       88      3       29.33   4.80    36.67   3       0       3/50    0       0      
Rock Sauiluma            3       3       19.5    0       107     2       53.50   5.39    59.50   0       2       1/30    0       0      
Ben Solia                3       2       6.0     0       32      2       16.00   5.33    18.00   0       0       2/21    0       0      
Robert Tuigamala         3       3       11.0    0       54      1       54.00   4.91    66.00   2       2       1/38    0       0      
Jonah Taua               2       2       9.0     0       39      1       39.00   4.33    54.00   0       0       1/25    0       0

 

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VANUATU -5th in WCC ODI Team Rankings --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Squad Dgen Kalsakau Nailin Bani Clement Lal Eprahim Meto Luuk Kalotang Apolinaire Saksak Tim Donald Kane Matautaava Edwin Tangis Mark Mansale Alwyn Calvo Jarryd Vira Phillip Kaltak Simon Bule Selwyn Welwel --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Spoiler: Career Statistics

Spoiler: Tournament Statistics

Player                  Mat     Inns    NO      Runs     HS       Avg    BF       S/R   100s    50s      4s     6s      0s      Ct      St      RO     
Nailin Bani              3       3       1       98      44      49.00   148     66.22   0       0       6       0       0       0       0       0       
Apolinaire Saksak        3       3       1       82      53      41.00   98      83.67   0       1       8       1       0       1       0       0       
Tim Donald               3       2       1       78      53      78.00   104     75.00   0       1       6       0       0       3       0       0       
Luuk Kalotang            3       2       1       74      71      74.00   113     65.49   0       1       4       3       0       1       0       0       
Mark Mansale             3       1       0       38      38      38.00   68      55.88   0       0       3       1       0       1       0       0       
Dgen Kalsakau            3       3       0       37      33      12.33   47      78.72   0       0       5       0       1       1       0       0       
Edwin Tangis             3       1       0       20      20      20.00   39      51.28   0       0       0       0       0       1       0       1       
Eprahim Meto             3       3       0       10      8       3.33    24      41.67   0       0       0       0       1       3       0       0       
Jarryd Vira              3       1       1       3       3       -NA-    8       37.50   0       0       0       0       0       1       0       0       
Selwyn Welwel            3       1       0       1       1       1.00    5       20.00   0       0       0       0       0       1       0       0       
Simon Bule               3       1       0       0       0       0.00    2       0.00    0       0       0       0       1       0       0       0

Player                  Mat    Inns     Overs   Mdns    Runs    Wkts      Avg    Econ     S/R    WB     NB       BBI    4w      5w     
Jarryd Vira              3       3       21.5    1       106     5       21.20   4.85    26.20   6       3       3/20    0       0       
Mark Mansale             3       3       27.0    1       129     4       32.25   4.78    40.50   5       0       3/31    0       0       
Selwyn Welwel            3       3       24.0    1       87      4       21.75   3.63    36.00   6       3       3/43    0       0       
Simon Bule               3       3       24.0    1       102     4       25.50   4.25    36.00   0       1       3/11    0       0       
Dgen Kalsakau            3       2       7.0     0       32      2       16.00   4.57    21.00   1       1       2/24    0       0       
Apolinaire Saksak        3       3       13.0    0       58      0       -NA-    4.46    0.00    4       1       0/7     0       0

 

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NIUE -6th in WCC ODI Team Rankings --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Squad Nia Tutakitoa-Williams Misikea Feleti Rata Tui Aisea Atiola Dalton Nemani Jayson Okesene Haitrosene Vemoa Mark Manusaute Uniki Waaka Abdul Qadir Aika Enoka Taleni Halatau Faleuka Tagelagi Talaititama Holo Duken Talaiti --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Spoiler: Career Statistics

Spoiler: Tournament Statistics

Player                  Mat     Inns    NO      Runs     HS       Avg    BF       S/R   100s    50s      4s     6s      0s      Ct      St      RO     
Jayson Okesene           4       4       0       212     83      53.00   267     79.40   0       2       22      4       0       1       0       0      
Haitrosene Vemoa         4       4       1       210     77      70.00   213     98.59   0       2       23      4       0       2       1       0      
Misikea Feleti           4       4       0       115     68      28.75   112     102.68  0       1       14      2       0       5       0       0      
Aisea Atiola             4       4       0       115     67      28.75   199     57.79   0       1       3       5       1       4       0       0      
Abdul Qadir              4       3       0       107     44      35.67   95      112.63  0       0       11      3       0       1       0       0      
Dalton Nemani            4       4       2       100     36      50.00   133     75.19   0       0       4       3       0       1       0       1      
Tutakitoa-Williams       4       4       0       50      20      12.50   81      61.73   0       0       2       1       1       0       0       0      
Faleuka Tagelagi         4       2       1       33      17      33.00   42      78.57   0       0       4       0       0       0       0       0      
Aika Enoka               4       3       2       24      12      24.00   46      52.17   0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0      
Talaititama Holo         4       1       1       11      11      -NA-    15      73.33   0       0       0       0       0       2       0       0      
Duken Talaiti            4       1       1       6       6       -NA-    17      35.29   0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0

Player                  Mat    Inns     Overs   Mdns    Runs    Wkts      Avg    Econ     S/R    WB     NB       BBI    4w      5w     
Talaititama Holo         4       4       34.5    1       142     12      11.83   4.08    17.42   4       3       4/24    2       0      
Faleuka Tagelagi         4       4       35.0    0       154     8       19.25   4.40    26.25   2       3       3/20    0       0      
Duken Talaiti            4       4       36.0    2       130     6       21.67   3.61    36.00   3       1       3/43    0       0      
Abdul Qadir              4       4       28.0    0       154     4       38.50   5.50    42.00   5       1       3/49    0       0      
Aika Enoka               4       4       33.3    0       153     3       51.00   4.57    67.00   9       2       1/18    0       0      
Jayson Okesene           4       4       13.2    0       60      0       -NA-    4.50    0.00    5       1       0/4     0       0      
Dalton Nemani            4       4       9.0     0       48      0       -NA-    5.33    0.00    1       1       0/7     0       0

 

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NEW ZEALAND -12th in WCC ODI Team Rankings --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Squad Fritz Collins Abraham Spinka Joe Barbaro Nasir West Max Haley Michel Gottlieb Thad Wolf Rembrant Marcelino Trace Roberts Pete Mitchell Martin Franecki Emile Leannon Solomon Richards Rene Carroll Clinton Hintz --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Spoiler: Career Statistics

Spoiler: Tournament Statistics

Player                  Mat     Inns    NO      Runs     HS       Avg    BF       S/R   100s    50s      4s     6s      0s      Ct      St      RO      
Fritz Collins            4       4       0       195     89      48.75   228     85.53   0       1       12      7       0       1       0       0       
Abraham Spinka           4       4       0       131     53      32.75   138     94.93   0       2       11      1       0       1       0       0       
Michel Gottlieb          4       3       1       128     82      64.00   129     99.22   0       1       8       4       0       0       0       0       
Nasir West               4       4       2       123     52      61.50   205     60.00   0       1       5       2       0       1       0       0       
Rembrant Marcelino       4       2       2       91      57      -NA-    104     87.50   0       1       5       4       0       0       0       0       
Joe Barbaro              4       4       1       71      44      23.67   114     62.28   0       0       4       1       1       1       0       0       
Thad Wolf                4       3       1       30      25      15.00   37      81.08   0       0       2       1       1       6       0       0       
Trace Roberts            4       1       0       12      12      12.00   20      60.00   0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       
Emile Leannon            4       1       0       11      11      11.00   14      78.57   0       0       0       0       0       2       0       0       
Clinton Hintz            4       1       1       1       1       -NA-    4       25.00   0       0       0       0       0       1       0       0       
Martin Franecki          4       1       0       0       0       0.00    4       0.00    0       0       0       0       1       1       0       0

Player                  Mat    Inns     Overs   Mdns    Runs    Wkts      Avg    Econ     S/R    WB     NB       BBI    4w      5w      
Emile Leannon            4       4       37.0    2       169     7       24.14   4.57    31.71   3       4       4/47    1       0       
Trace Roberts            4       4       30.0    1       164     6       27.33   5.47    30.00   0       2       4/27    1       0       
Martin Franecki          4       4       36.0    2       172     5       34.40   4.78    43.20   3       5       3/20    0       0       
Rembrant Marcelino       4       3       26.0    2       154     3       51.33   5.92    52.00   5       1       2/63    0       0       
Clinton Hintz            4       4       35.5    1       155     3       51.67   4.33    71.67   7       2       2/24    0       0       
Abraham Spinka           4       3       4.0     0       29      1       29.00   7.25    24.00   1       3       1/7     0       0       
Joe Barbaro              4       4       8.0     0       59      0       -NA-    7.38    0.00    1       2       0/6     0       0

 

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2002 Nations Cup commences soon!
Please announce your squad for the tournament.[/centre]

Rules

Your squad for the tournament must consist of EXACTLY fifteen players
You must mark your captain () for the tournament; marked captain can not be dropped unless injured
You must have at least one wicket-keeper () in your squad; but you are advised to have two
Upgrades must be confirmed before the squad is announced; mid-tourney upgrades are not allowed

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Deadline

48 hours - failure to submit squad within the deadline results in auto-selection

@VC the slogger @pillowprocter @Till Valhalla @TSPrathik

 

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We will go with the same squad that we've been using for a while now in ODIs

Dgen Kalsakau
Nailin Bani
Clement Lal
Eprahim Meto

Luuk Kalotang
Apolinaire Saksak
Tim Donald
Kane Matautaava

Edwin Tangis
Mark Mansale
Alwyn Calvo

Jarryd Vira
Phillip Kaltak

Simon Bule
Selwyn Welwel

Ignore my last minute attempt at a logo

 

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Niue were the two-time defending champions.

Were? Looks like you have some insider knowledge.

 

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Nia Tutakitoa-Williams
Misikea Feleti
Rata Tui
Aisea Atiola

Dalton Nemani
Jayson Okesene
Haitrosene Vemoa
Mark Manusaute

Uniki Waaka
Abdul Qadir
Aika Enoka

Taleni Halatau
Faleuka Tagelagi
Talaititama Holo

Duken Talaiti

 

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Were? Looks like you have some insider knowledge.

"were" because they will be three-times defending champions by the end