Samoa national cricket team

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Samoa
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Nickname(s)The 685 [1]
Association Samoa International Cricket Association
Personnel
CaptainCaleb Jasmat
Coach Tarun Nethula
International Cricket Council
ICC status Associate member [2] (2017)
ICC region East Asia-Pacific
ICC RankingsCurrent [3] Best-ever
T20I 64th 49th (12 May 2019)
International cricket
First internationalv Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea at Colin Maiden Park, Auckland, New Zealand; 3 February 2001 [4]
T20 Internationals
First T20Iv Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea at Faleata Ovals, Apia; 8 July 2019
Last T20Iv Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal at Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat; 17 October 2025
T20IsPlayedWon/Lost
Total [5] 31 7/24 (0 ties, 0 no result)
This year [6] 12 1/11 (0 ties, 0 no results)
T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances1 [a] (first in 2025 )
Best result6th place (2025)
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T20I kit

As of 17 October 2025

The Samoa national cricket team is the men's team that represents Samoa in international cricket. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2000. They competed in the Pacifica Championship in 2001 and 2002, hosting the tournament on the second occasion. They came 6th in 2001, and 5th in 2002. In 2005, they competed in the East Asia/Pacific Cup, finishing in last place, thus missing out on qualification for the 2011 World Cup. Since 2017, they have been an ICC associate member. [2]

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History

In February 1966, Prime Minister Fiamē Mataʻafa Faumuina Mulinuʻu II banned cricket from being played except on Wednesdays and Saturdays, stating it was distracting Samoans from cleaning up after a cyclone. [7] A cricket match in Samoa in October 1977 ended in a fight in which two players were stabbed to death. According to the Papua New Guinea Post-Courier , "the row started after a player was bowled out and angrily hit the wicket with his bat". [8]

2018–present

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Samoa and other ICC members since 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status. [9]

Samoa played their first T20I against Papua New Guinea during the 2019 Pacific Games, losing the rain-affected match by 9 wickets. [10]

8 July 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg
83/5 (15 overs)
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Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
29/1 (3.1 overs)
Sean Cotter 25 (22)
Chad Soper 2/15 (4 overs)
Tony Ura 14 (12)
Lester Evile 1/0 (1 over)
Papua New Guinea won by 9 wickets (DLS method)
Faleata Oval 1, Apia
Umpires: Mac Markia (Van) and Mervyn McGoon (Fij)
  • Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.
  • Papua New Guinea were set a revised target of 24 runs from 5 overs due to rain.
  • First ever T20I match for Samoa with Twenty20 International status.

Grounds

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Faleata Garden Ovals
Locations of all stadiums which have hosted international cricket matches within Samoa

Tournament history

T20 World Cup Asia-EAP Regional Final

T20 World Cup EAP/Asia–EAP Regional Final records
Host/YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR
Flag of Oman.svg 2025 Super 66/971600
Total1/40 Titles 71600

ICC EAP Cricket Trophy (ODI format)

ICC EAP Cricket Trophy records
YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR
Flag of Vanuatu.svg 2005 Round-robin6/650500
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2006 Did not qualify
Flag of New Zealand.svg 2007 Round-robin4/652300
Flag of Samoa.svg 2009 Round-robin2/853200
Total3/40 Title 1551000

ICC EAP Cricket Trophy Division One (Twenty20 format)

ICC EAP Cricket Trophy records
Hots/YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR
Flag of Samoa.svg 2011 Round-robin1/655000
Total1/11 Title 55000

ICC EAP Cricket Trophy Division Two (Twenty20 format)

ICC EAP Cricket Trophy records
Hots/YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg 2011 Round-robin3/442200
Total1/10 Title 42000

Pacific Games

Cricket at the Pacific Games records
Hots/YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR
Flag of Fiji.svg 2003 Round-robin3/653200
Flag of Samoa.svg 2007 Round-robin3/542200
Flag of Samoa.svg 2019 Round-robin3/474300
Total3/30 Title 169700

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Samoa [11]

Last updated 17 October 2025

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals31724008 July 2019

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations [11]

Records complete to T20I #3526. Last updated 17 October 2025.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
vs Associate Members
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 413009 September 20229 September 2022
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 6240011 September 202217 August 2024
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 2010019 July 2025
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1010012 October 2025
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 2020020 July 2025
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 1010017 October 2025
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 101008 October 2025
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 312008 July 20199 October 2025
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 1010016 October 2025
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2020018 July 2025
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 1010015 October 2025
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 734009 July 20199 July 2019

Other records

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

Notable players

See also

Notes

  1. T20 World Cup Qualifier refers to the Regional Final of the ICC Asia/EAP region from the 2023 edition.


References

  1. "'You do it': Mother's words as Ross Taylor answers Samoa call". 15 September 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council . 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  3. "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  4. "The Home of CricketArchive".
  5. "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  6. "T20I matches - 2025 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  7. "Just not cricket". The Canberra Times. 7 February 1966.
  8. "Cricket ends in deaths". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. 4 October 1977.
  9. "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council . 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  10. "Vanuatu and Samoa look to defend their titles in 2019 Pacific Games T20I". CzarSports. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  11. 1 2 "Records / Samoa / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  12. "Records / Samoa / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo.
  13. "Records / Samoa / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo.
  14. "Records / Samoa / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo.