JP\/9\/Cricket<\/p>\n
Japan to host first ever International tournament<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post
\nJakarta<\/p>\n
Four ICC East Asia-Pacific countries - Fiji, Indonesia, Japan and
\nTonga - will compete in the ICC East Asia-Pacific Cricket
\nChallenge 2004 event, with the winner joining another EAP nation,
\nPapua New Guinea, together with a further six countries from
\nother ICC Development Program regions (Asia, Europe, Africa and
\nAmerica) at the ICC World Cup Qualifying Series event in Malaysia
\nin February 2005.<\/p>\n
The event also sees the Japan Cricket Association hosts an
\ninternational tournament for the very first time. The venue,
\nFuji City, has two adjacent grounds, one of which has only
\nrecently been completed, an ICC media release reached here from
\nFuji City, Japan on Tuesday said..<\/p>\n
The teams will play four 50-over matches in the round robin
\nevent, concluding on Saturday May 29 with a final and consolation
\nfinal. On the opening day Fiji face Tonga, while Indonesia takes
\non hosts Japan.<\/p>\n
Two local television stations will also be present on the
\nfinal day to record short segments for an evening highlights
\npackage.<\/p>\n
The ICC East Asia-Pacific Cricket Challenge forms part of the
\nICC World Cup Qualifying Series, where ICC Associate and
\nAffiliate Members from the five Development Program regions
\ncompete in a series of qualifying tournaments on their way to a
\npossible place at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007.<\/p>\n
This is the fourth international tournament in the East Asia-
\nPacific Region since the inception in of the ICC East Asia-
\nPacific Development Program. Previous events were the Pacifica
\nCricket Championships (2001 in New Zealand and 2002 in Samoa) and
\nthe East Asia Eights (2002 in Perth).<\/p>",
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