Cook Islands women's national cricket team

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Cook Islands
LogoCICA.png
Association Cook Islands Cricket Association
International Cricket Council
ICC status Associate member [1] (2017)
Affiliate member (2000)
ICC region East Asia-Pacific
ICC RankingsCurrent [2] Best-ever
WT20I 53rd 53rd (1 May 2024)
Women's international cricket
First internationalv. Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa at Port Vila, Vanuatu; 15 May 2012
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv Flag of Japan.svg  Japan at Vanuatu Cricket Ground, Port Vila; 1 September 2023
Last WT20Iv Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji at Lloyd Elsmore Park 3, Auckland; 21 January 2024
WT20IsPlayedWon/Lost
Total [3] 11 3/8
(0 ties, 0 no results)
This year [4] 5 2/3
(0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 21 May 2024

The Cook Islands women's national cricket team represents the Cook Islands, an associated state of New Zealand, in international women's cricket. It is organised by the sport's governing body in the country, the Cook Islands Cricket Association (CICA), which has been an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 2000.

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The Cook Islands made its international debut at the 2012 ICC East Asia-Pacific regional qualifiers for the World Twenty20, but lost every match, finishing last. They improved slightly at the 2014 edition, winning a single match (against Vanuatu) and placing fourth out of five teams. In April 2018, the ICC granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between the Cook Islands women and another international side since 1 July 2018 have been full WT20Is. [5]

History

Unlike in many other Pacific island countries, where women's cricket has been played alongside the men's game, women's cricket was only introduced to the Cook Islands in 2009. [6] A high-performance program was established in the same year, with assistance from ICC East Asia-Pacific (EAP) and a New Zealand provincial governing body, the Northern Districts Cricket Association. [7] The sport quickly gained in popularity amongst Cook Islander women, [8] with significant numbers of clubs established in only a few years – in April 2014, it was reported that there were 600 female participants in the sport, out of a total population of 8,000 women. [9] At the 2012 ICC EAP Development Programme Awards, the Cook Islands Cricket Association won the award for "Best Women's Cricket Initiative". [10]

With earlier applications to participate in regional tournaments having been declined, [11] the Cook Islands made its international debut at the 2012 EAP Women's Championship in Port Vila, Vanuatu. That tournament was played using the Twenty20 format, with the winner progressing to the 2013 World Twenty20 Qualifier in Ireland. [12] The team joined the three sides from the 2010 tournament – Japan, Papua New Guinea, and Samoa – as well as Fiji and Vanuatu (also making their tournament debut). The Cook Islands lost all three of its group-stage matches by large margins, and eventually placed last after losing to Fiji in the fifth-place playoff. [13] In the opening game against Samoa, they were bowled out for 36 from 12.1 overs, while against PNG they were all out for 47 from 17.3 overs. [14] [15]

In 2014, the Cook Islanders played several exhibition matches against club teams touring the islands from New Zealand, and were consequently invited to the 2014 EAP Women's Championship, despite their poor performance at the previous edition. [6] The winner of that tournament was to qualify for the 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier in Thailand. Despite fielding a young team, including four players under the age of 18, the Cook Islands dramatically improved upon its 2012 result, defeating Vanuatu in the fourth-place playoff by six wickets after bowling them out for 73. [16] However, they were unable to win the subsequent third-place playoff against Samoa, [17] and in the earlier group stages had lost all of their games. [18] The Cook Islands' next major tournament is the women's event at the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby. [19]

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. [20] The Cook Islands were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier regional group, alongside seven other teams; [21] however, due to COVID-19, the tournament did not go ahead. [22] The Cook Islands have been named as participants in the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier, which will mark their debut in an ICC pathway event.

Tournament history

EAP Women's Championship

Pacific Games

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Cook Islands Women [26]

Last updated 21 January 2024

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals1138001 September 2023

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations [26]

Records complete to WT20I #1741. Last updated 21 January 2024.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
ICC Associate members
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 101004 September 2023
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 330008 September 20238 September 2023
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 101001 September 2023
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 202002 September 2023
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 202007 September 2023
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 202004 September 2023

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