Vanuatu women's national cricket team

The Vanuatu women's national cricket team represents the Republic of Vanuatu in international women's cricket. It is organised by the game's governing body in the country, the Vanuatu Cricket Association (VCA), which is an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Vanuatu

Association	Vanuatu Cricket Association
Personnel
Captain	Selina Solman
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Affiliate member (1995) Associate member (2009)
ICC region	East Asia-Pacific
ICC Rankings Current [1] Best-ever WT20I 28th 27th (2 Jun 2019)
Women's international cricket
First international	Vanuatu vs. Fiji  (Port Vila; 11 April 2011)
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20I	v  Papua New Guinea at Independence Park, Port Vila; 6 May 2019
Last WT20I	v  Fiji at Faleata Ovals, Apia; 10 May 2019
WT20Is Played Won/Lost Total [2] 12 6/6 (0 ties, 0 no result) This year [3] 0 0/0 (0 ties, 0 no result)
As of 23 June 2020

Having made its international debut the previous year, against Fiji, Vanuatu first participated in an international tournament at the 2012 ICC East Asia-Pacific regional qualifiers for the World Twenty20, winning two matches and placing fourth out of six teams. At the 2014 edition of the same tournament, they finished last, with only a single win (against the Cook Islands). Vanuatu's next major event was the women's tournament at the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

In April 2018, the ICC granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Vanuatu women and another international side after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I.[4]

History

"Traditional cricket", similar to the kilikiti played in Samoa, has long been popular amongst Ni-Vanuatu women, but the standard version of the sport was only popularised in the late 2000s, with the backing of the Vanuatu Cricket Association (VCA) and the ICC East Asia-Pacific development programme.[5] Vanuatu made its international debut in April 2011, hosting a tri-series against Fiji and a team from the North Coast region of the Australian state of New South Wales.[6][7] In May 2012, the country hosted the 2012 East Asia-Pacific Women's Championship.[8] The tournament was played using the Twenty20 format, with the winner progressing to the 2013 World Twenty20 Qualifier in Ireland.[9] Vanuatu joined the three teams from the previous 2010 tournament – Japan, Papua New Guinea, and Samoa – as well as the Cook Islands and Fiji.[10] In the round-robin stage, Vanuatu recorded wins against Fiji and the Cook Islands, finishing fourth in the table. In the third-place playoff against Samoa, they lost by eight wickets.[11]

At the 2014 EAP Women's Championship in Japan (a qualifier for the 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier), Vanuatu again placed fourth in the group stages, though out of five rather than six teams (Fiji having dropped out).[12] Their only win in the round-robin was by eight runs against the Cook Islands,[13] but they were unable to repeat in the fifth-place playoff, losing by six wickets.[14] In April 2015, the New Caledonian national women's team toured Vanuatu, playing six matches against Vanuatu in Port Vila. The tour was part of both sides' preparation for the women's tournament at the 2015 Pacific Games in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.[15] Vanuatu also played against a mixed men and women's side from the Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) in the lead-up to the games.[16]

Tournament history

EAP Women's Championship

• 2010: did not qualify[17]
• 2012: 4th place (6 teams)[18]
• 2014: 5th place (5 teams)[19]

Pacific Games

• 2015: 4th place (6 teams)

Records and Statistics

International Match Summary — Vanuatu Women[20]

Last Updated 13 July 2019

Playing Record
Format	M	W	L	T	NR	Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals	12	6	6	0	0	6 May 2019

Twenty20 International

• Highest team total: 133/5 (17.5 Overs) v Fiji on 9 July 2019 at Faleata Oval No 4, Apia. [21]
• Lowest team total (completed innings only): 58 (17.3 Overs) v Samoa on 9 May 2019 at Independence Park, Port Vila. [22]
• Highest individual innings: 50, Valenta Langiatu v Fiji on 7 May 2019 at Independence Park, Port Vila. [23]
• Best innings bowling: 4/15, Nasimana Navaika v Japan on 10 May 2019 at Independence Park, Port Vila. [24]

Most T20I runs for Vanuatu Women[25] Player Runs Average Career span Rachel Andrew 207 23.00 2019–2019 Valenta Langiatu 148 12.33 2019–2019 Leimauri Chilia 135 22.50 2019–2019 Nasimana Navaika 121 24.20 2019–2019 Leimara Tastuki 100 14.28 2019–2019

Most T20I wickets for Vanuatu Women[26] Player Wickets Average Career span Leimara Tastuki 16 10.31 2019–2019 Rachel Andrew 14 11.50 2019–2019 Nasimana Navaika 14 15.64 2019–2019 Selina Solman 11 14.18 2019–2019 Alvina Chilia 10 20.00 2019–2019

T20I record versus other nations[20]

Records complete to WT20I #698. Last updated 13 July 2019.

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
ICC Associate members
v  Fiji	4	4	0	0	0	7 May 2019	7 May 2019
v  Indonesia	1	1	0	0	0	9 May 2019	9 May 2019
v  Japan	1	1	0	0	0	10 May 2019	10 May 2019
v  Papua New Guinea	3	0	3	0	0	6 May 2019
v  Samoa	3	0	3	0	0	9 May 2019

See also

• List of Vanuatu women Twenty20 International cricketers
• Vanuatu men's national cricket team
• Vanuatu men's national under-19 cricket team

References

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2. "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
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6. (18 April 2011). "First ever Women's Cricket Tri Series on home soil" – Vanuatu Women and Sport Commission. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
7. (13 April 2011). "2011 Women’s Tri Series Launched" – Vanuatu Cricket. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
8. Other women's matches played by Vanuatu Women – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
9. (30 April 2012). "Squads Named For Women's ICC EAP T20 Championship" – Cricket World. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
10. ICC East Asia-Pacific Women's Championship 2012 table – CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
11. (18 May 2012). "Samoa defeat Vanuatu to claim third" – ICC East Asia-Pacific. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
12. ICC East Asia-Pacific Women's Championship 2014 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
13. Cook Islands Women v Vanuatu Women, ICC East Asia-Pacific Women's Championship 2014 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
14. Cook Islands Women v Vanuatu Women, ICC East Asia-Pacific Women's Championship 2014 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
15. (15 April 2015). "Vanuatu prepare for Pacific Games with Friendly Matches" – ICC East Asia-Pacific. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
16. (1 July 2015)."Vanuatu and New Caledonia hope to shine at Pacific Games" – ICC East Asia-Pacific. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
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