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| Association | Cook Islands Cricket Association | |||||||||
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| Captain | Ma'ara Ave | |||||||||
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| ICC status | Associate member [1] (2017) Affiliate member (2000) | |||||||||
| ICC region | East Asia-Pacific | |||||||||
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| T20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v  Samoa at Vanuatu Cricket Ground, Port Vila; 9 September 2022 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v  Japan at Sano International Cricket Ground, Sano; 14 May 2025 | |||||||||
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| As of 14 May 2025 | ||||||||||
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]
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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 are eligible for 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 2022 T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier 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]
