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Cook Islands women's national cricket team

For the men's team, see Cook Islands national cricket team.

Cook Islands
AssociationCook Islands Cricket Association
Personnel
CaptainGabby Sullivan
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member[1] (2017)
Affiliate member (2000)
ICC regionEast Asia-Pacific
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever
T20I 61st 53rd (1 May 2024)
International cricket
First internationalv.  Samoa at Port Vila, Vanuatu; 15 May 2012
T20 Internationals
First T20Iv  Japan at Vanuatu Cricket Ground, Port Vila; 1 September 2023
Last T20Iv  Philippines at Albert Park Ground 2, Suva; 15 September 2025
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 19 4/15
(0 ties, 0 no results)
This year[4] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no results)

T20I kit

As of 15 September 2025

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.

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

ICC Women's ODI World Cup

Women's Cricket World Cup records
Host
Year 		Round Position GP W L T NR
England 1973 Did not qualify/No Women's ODI status
India 1978
New Zealand 1982
Australia 1988
England 1993
India 1997
New Zealand 2000
South Africa 2005
Australia 2009
India 2013
England 2017
New Zealand 2022
India 2025
Total 0/13 0 Titles 0 0 0 0 0

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier records
Host
Year 		Round Position GP W L T NR
Netherlands 2003 Did not qualify/No ODI status
South Africa 2008
Bangladesh 2011
Sri Lanka 2017
Zimbabwe 2021
Pakistan 2025
Total 0/6 0 Title 0 0 0 0 0

ICC Women's World T20

Twenty20 World Cup records
Host
Year 		Round Position GP W L T NR
England 2009 Did not qualify
Cricket West Indies 2010
Sri Lanka 2012
Bangladesh 2014
India 2016
Cricket West Indies 2018
Australia 2020
South Africa 2023
United Arab Emirates 2024
England 2026 To be determined
Total 0/9 0 Titles 0 0 0 0 0

ICC Women's Twenty20 Global Qualifier

ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier records
Host
Year 		Round Position GP W L T NR
Republic of Ireland 2013 Did not qualify
Thailand 2015
Netherlands 2018
Scotland 2019
United Arab Emirates 2022
United Arab Emirates 2024
Nepal 2026
Total 0/7 0 Titles 0 0 0 0 0

Cricket at Summer Olympics Games

Cricket at Summer Olympics records
Host
Year 		Round Position GP W L T NR
United States 2028 To be determined
Australia 2032
Total – 0 Title 0 0 0 0 0

ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy

ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy records
Host
Year 		Round Position GP W L T NR
Sri Lanka 2027 To be determined
2031
Total – 0 Title 0 0 0 0 0

East Asia Pacific Women's Championship

East Asia Pacific Women's Championship records
Host/Year Round Position GP W L T NR
Japan 2010 Did not qualify
Vanuatu 2012[23] Round-robin 3l6/6 The full information of the tournament have not found
Japan 2014[24] Round-robin 4/5 The full information of the tournament have not found
Samoa 2016 Did not participate
Total 2/4 0 Titles 0 0 0 0 0

Cricket at the Pacific Games

Pacific Games record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
Papua New Guinea 2015 Group stage 5/6 5 1 4 0 0
Samoa 2019 Did not participate
Total 1/2 0 Titles 5 1 4 0 0

EAP Women's Twenty20 World Cup Qualifier

EAP Women's Twenty20 World Cup Qualifier records
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
Vanuatu 2019 Runners-up 2/6 5 4 1 0 0
Samoa 2021 The tournament had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Vanuatu 2023 Round-robin 5/7 6 1 5 0 0
Fiji 2025 8th-place 8/8 5 0 5 0 0
Total 3/3 0 Titles 16 5 11 0 0

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Cook Islands Women[25]

Last updated 15 September 2025

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 19 4 15 0 0 1 September 2023

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[25]

Records complete to WT20I #2512. Last updated 15 September 2025.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
ICC Associate members
 Fiji 4 3 1 0 0 8 September 2023 8 September 2023
 Indonesia 4 0 4 0 0 4 September 2023
 Japan 1 0 1 0 0 1 September 2023
 Papua New Guinea 2 0 2 0 0 2 September 2023
 Philippines 2 1 1 0 0 11 April 2025 11 April 2025
 Samoa 3 0 3 0 0 7 September 2023
 Vanuatu 3 0 3 0 0 4 September 2023

See also

References

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  2. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  3. ^ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^ "WT20I matches - 2026 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ^ "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  6. ^ a b Matariki Wilson (29 January 2015). "Lifetime service award for local cricket diehard" – Cook Islands News. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  7. ^ EAP Newsflash, October 2010 – ICC East Asia-Pacific. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  8. ^ (2014). "Meet our new Maori women's team" Archived 13 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine – Northern Districts Cricket. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  9. ^ (28 April 2014). "Cook Islands aim to use tournament to provide a legacy for future generations" – ICC East Asia-Pacific. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  10. ^ Matariki Wilson (22 February 2013). "Awards for innovative cricket" – Cook Islands News. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  11. ^ Affiliate Members: Cook Islands Archived 13 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine – International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  12. ^ (30 April 2012). "Squads Named For Women's ICC EAP T20 Championship" – Cricket World. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  13. ^ ICC East Asia-Pacific Women's Championship 2012 table – CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  14. ^ Cook Islands Women v Samoa Women, ICC East Asia-Pacific Women's Championship 2012 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  15. ^ Cook Islands Women v Papua New Guinea Women, ICC East Asia-Pacific Women's Championship 2012 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  16. ^ Cook Islands Women v Vanuatu Women, ICC East Asia-Pacific Women's Championship 2014 (4th Place Play-off) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  17. ^ Cook Islands Women v Samoa Women, ICC East Asia-Pacific Women's Championship 2014 (3rd Place Play-off) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  18. ^ ICC East Asia-Pacific Women's Championship 2014 table – CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  19. ^ "Cook Islanders and Pacific MMI PNG Lewas aim to make mark in Pacific Games" – Loop Tonga. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  20. ^ "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  21. ^ "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  22. ^ "ICC Confirm Cancellation of EAP Tournaments in 2021". Japan Cricket Association. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  23. ^ ICC East Asia-Pacific Women's Championship 2012 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 June.
  24. ^ ICC East Asia-Pacific Women's Championship 2014 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 June.
  25. ^ a b "Records / Cook Islands Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
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