The 2006 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy was held in

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from 27 June – 2 July 2006, functioning as the East Asia-Pacific regional final for the

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and EAP qualification tournament for the inaugural

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, Division 3. Hosted by

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, the 50-over competition was held at the

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of the Redlands Cricket Club, located on

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in southeast Brisbane.

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nation

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, plus Associates

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and

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made up the three-team field. Japan and Cook Islands advanced from the six-team

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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

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.) 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

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.) 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

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2011 World Cup implications

The three-team tournament determined the East Asia-Pacific representative for Division 3 of the 2007

. (One representative from each

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Region qualifies for Division 3, the bottom division of the WCL, which will begin play in the early part of the year.)

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for the

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-

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playing nations. (The 2009 WCQ tournament replaces the 2005 ICC Trophy, the qualifying system for the

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version, as the pathway to the World Cup.)

Points table

Match 1: Fiji vs. Japan (27 June)

Match 2: Fiji vs. Cook Islands (28 June)

Match 3: Japan vs. Cook Islands (29 June)

Match 4: Fiji vs. Japan (30 June)

Match 5: Fiji vs. Cook Islands (1 July)

Match 6: Cook Islands vs. Japan (2 July)

External links

EAP Trophy official site

Tournament scorecards

Japan Cricket Association official site

References

published 26 June 2006
ICC World Cricket League

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