Cook Islands national cricket team

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Cook Islands
LogoCICA.png
Association Cook Islands Cricket Association
Personnel
Captain Ma'ara Ave
International Cricket Council
ICC status Associate member [1] (2017)
Affiliate member (2000)
ICC region East Asia-Pacific
ICC RankingsCurrent [2] Best-ever
T20I 59th 53rd (4-Mar-2023)
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa at Vanuatu Cricket Ground, Port Vila; 9 September 2022
Last T20Iv Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu at Vanuatu Cricket Ground, Port Vila; 15 September 2022
T20IsPlayedWon/Lost
Total [3] 6 3/3
(0 ties, 0 no result)
This year [4] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no result)
As of 1 January 2024

The Cook Islands national cricket team is the team that represents the Cook Islands - an island country in a free association with New Zealand - in international cricket. The team is organised by the Cook Islands Cricket Association, which became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2000 [5] and an associate member when all affiliate members were promoted to that status in 2017. [1]

Contents

The Cook Islands' first international tournament was the 2001 edition of the Pacifica Cup, which was played in New Zealand. The team has played at ICC East Asia-Pacific tournaments, and at the 2006 EAP Trophy finished second to Fiji and narrowly missed out on qualifying for the World Cricket League. [6] Outside ICC tournaments, the Cook Islands fielded a team in the cricket tournament at the 2003 South Pacific Games, winning the bronze medal. [7]

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between the Cook Islands and other ICC members since 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status. [8]

Cook Islands was scheduled to return to international competition at the 2019 Pacific Games in Samoa, [9] but choose not to participate and instead concentrate on development of the national team. [10]

In September 2022 they played the Tāmaki Makaurau Tāne, an all-Māori squad, in Auckland, New Zealand, [11] [12] before participating in the T-20 Cricket World Cup East Asia Pacific Sub-Regional Qualifying Tournament in Vanuatu. [13] They came third in the qualifiers. [14] Following the competition, they were ranked by the ICC for the first time, at 55th of 82 teams. [15]

Current squad

Team selected for the T-20 Cricket World Cup East Asia Pacific Sub-Regional Qualifying Tournament in Vanuatu: [16]

Records

International Match Summary — Cook Islands [17]

Last updated 15 September 2022

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals633009 September 2022

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations [17]

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
vs Associate Members
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 211009 September 202213 September 2022
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 2110010 September 202214 September 2022
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 2110011 September 202211 September 2022

Records complete to T20I #1775. Last updated 15 September 2022.

Other records

For a list of selected international matches played by Cook Islands, see Cricket Archive.

See also

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  3. ↑ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ↑ "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
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  6. ↑ Other matches played by Cook Islands Archived 18 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  7. ↑ Finals matches results for the 2003 South Pacific Games cricket tournament Archived 6 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine at SportingPulse
  8. ↑ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council . 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  9. ↑ "Cricket announces Pac Games squads". 18 August 2020.
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  13. ↑ "Trained, blessed, and ready for take-off". Cook Islands News. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
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  15. ↑ "ICC rankings for Cook Islands". Cook Islands News. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
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