Cook Islands national cricket team

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 matches. 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]

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Cook Islands women's national cricket team.

Cook Islands
AssociationCook Islands Cricket Association
Personnel
CaptainMa'ara Ave
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member[1] (2017)
Affiliate member (2000)
ICC regionEast Asia-Pacific
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever
T20I 53rd 53rd (4-Mar-2023)
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv  Samoa at Vanuatu Cricket Ground, Port Vila; 9 September 2022
Last T20Iv  Vanuatu at Vanuatu Cricket Ground, Port Vila; 15 September 2022
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 6 3/3
(0 ties, 0 no result)
This year[4] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no result)
As of 5 Mar 2023

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 been full T20Is.[8]

Cook Islands was scheduled to return to international competition at the 2019 Pacific Games in Samoa,[9] but choose to not 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]

  • Hori Miller (vice-captain)
  • Benjamin George Vakatini
  • Davis Teinaki
  • Tomakanute Ritawa
  • Tomasi Wellington Vanuarua
  • Gabe Steven Raymond
  • Ma'ara Ave (captain)
  • Cory Russell Dickson
  • Hayden Bob Dickson
  • Liam George Roderick Denny
  • William Teariki-Apainga Kokaua
  • Thomas Tereapii Nikau Parima
  • Aue Metua Parima
  • Danny Brent Simpson
  • Pare Rongokea (non-travelling reserve)
  • Christopher Mana (non-travelling reserve)
  • Pati Ataela (non-travelling reserve)

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
 Samoa211009 September 202213 September 2022
 Fiji2110010 September 202214 September 2022
 Vanuatu2110011 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

References
  1. "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  2. "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  3. "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. "T20I matches - 2023 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. Cook Islands – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  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 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.
  10. "Biggest PacGames team ever". 18 August 2020.
  11. Karanama Ruru (2 September 2022). "Auckland's first all-Māori cricket team set to take on Cook Islands". Stuff. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  12. "Cooks national cricket squad play Auckland's first all- Māori team". Cook Islands News. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  13. "Trained, blessed, and ready for take-off". Cook Islands News. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  14. "Cooks finish third in T20 Qualifier". Cook Islands News. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  15. "ICC rankings for Cook Islands". Cook Islands News. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  16. Rahul Patil (6 August 2022). "Cricket squad named for T20 Qualifiers". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  17. "Records / Cook Islands / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
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