Cook Islands national cricket team

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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[1] and an associate member when all affiliate members were promoted to that status in 2017.[2]

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.[3] Outside ICC tournaments, the Cook Islands fielded a team in the cricket tournament at the 2003 South Pacific Games, winning the bronze medal.[4]

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 eligibile for T20I status.[5]

Cook Islands was scheduled to return to international competition at the 2019 Pacific Games in Samoa,[6] but choose not to participate and instead concentrate on development of the national team.[7]

In September 2022 they played the Tāmaki Makaurau Tāne, an all-Māori squad, in Auckland, New Zealand,[8][9] before participating in the 2022 T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier in Vanuatu.[10] They came third in the qualifiers.[11] Following the competition, they were ranked by the ICC for the first time, at 55th of 82 teams.[12]

Current squad

Team selected for the 2024 T20 Cricket World Cup East Asia Pacific Sub-Regional Qualifying Tournament in Samoa:[13]

  • Teaomua Anker
  • Ma'ara Ave (c)
  • Liam Denny
  • Cory Dickson
  • Hayden Dickson
  • Milton Kavana (vc)
  • Aue Parima (wk)
  • Thomas Parima
  • Pita Ravarua
  • Tomakanute Ritawa
  • Andrew Samuels
  • Oscar Taylor
  • Jared Tutty
  • Tiaki Wuatai

Records

International Match Summary — Cook Islands[14]

Last updated 14 May 2025

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 17 8 9 0 0 9 September 2022

Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[14]

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
vs Associate Members
Template:Cr 4 1 3 0 0 10 September 2022 14 September 2022
Template:Cr 3 0 3 0 0 9 May 2025
Template:Cr 4 3 1 0 0 9 September 2022 13 September 2022
Template:Cr 2 1 1 0 0 7 May 2025 7 May 2025
Template:Cr 4 3 1 0 0 11 September 2022 11 September 2022

Records complete to T20I #3182. Last updated 14 May 2025.

Other records

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

See also

References

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  1. Cook Islands – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
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  4. Finals matches results for the 2003 South Pacific Games cricket tournament Template:Webarchive at SportingPulse
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