Papua New Guinea women's national cricket team

The Papua New Guinea women's national cricket team represents the country of Papua New Guinea in international women's cricket. The team is organised by Cricket PNG, an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Papua New Guinea

Flag of Papua New Guinea
Nickname(s)	Lewas
Association	Cricket PNG
Personnel
Captain	Kaia Arua
Coach	Rarua Dikana
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Associate member (1973)
ICC region	East Asia-Pacific
ICC Rankings Current [1] Best-ever WT20I 15th 15th (2-Jun-2019)
Women's international cricket
First international	v  Japan at Port Moresby; 12 September 2006
Women's One Day Internationals
Women's World Cup Qualifier appearances	2 (first in 2008)
Best result	7th (2008)
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20I	v  Bangladesh at VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen; 7 July 2018
Last WT20I	v  Ireland at Forthill, Dundee; 7 September 2019
WT20Is Played Won/Lost Total [2] 22 14/8 (0 ties, 0 no result) This year [3] 0 0/0 (0 ties, 0 no result)
Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances	3 (first in 2015)
Best result	4th (2018,2019)
As of 2 July 2020

Papua New Guinea made its international debut in September 2006, playing a three-match series against Japan to determine which team would represent the ICC East Asia-Pacific (EAP) region at the 2008 World Cup Qualifier.[4] Papua New Guinea won the series against Japan three–nil, but at the World Cup Qualifier won only two matches, both against Bermuda.[5]

The team failed to qualify for either the 2011 World Cup Qualifier or the 2013 World Twenty20 Qualifier, with Japan representing the EAP region on both occasions.[6]

At the 2015 Pacific Games, which Papua New Guinea hosted, a women's cricket event was included for the first time. The team narrowly lost to Samoa in the final, having been undefeated up to that point.[4] Later in the year, Papua New Guinea participated at its second global tournament, the 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier, placing fifth out of eight teams.[6]

In April 2018, the ICC granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Papua New Guinea women and another international side after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I.[7]

The team played its first WT20I match against Bangladesh on 7 July 2018 at VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen in Netherlands in the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier.

Current squad

The Papua New Guinea squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier was as follows:[8]

• Kaia Arua (c)
• Ravina Oa (vc)
• Tanya Ruma (vc)
• Natasha Ambo
• Vicky Araa
• Gari Buruka
• Veru Frank
• Nerela Ila
• Sibona Jimmy
• Konio Oala
• Brenda Tau
• Isabel Toua
• Mairi Tom
• Naoani Vare

Tournament history

ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier

• 2015: 5th (DNQ)
• 2018: 4th (DNQ)
• 2019: 4th (DNQ)

Records and Statistics

International Match Summary — Papua New Guinea Women[9]

Last updated 7 September 2019

Playing Record
Format	M	W	L	T	NR	Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals	22	14	8	0	0	7 July 2018

Twenty20 International

• Highest team total: 144/4 v Vanuatu on 6 May 2019 at Independence Park, Port Vila. [10]
• Highest individual innings: 66, Tanya Ruma v Vanuatu on 6 May 2019 at Independence Park, Port Vila. [11]
• Best innings bowling: 5/7, Kaia Arua v Japan on 9 May 2019 at Independence Park, Port Vila. [12]

Most T20I runs for PNG Women[13] Player Runs Average Career span Brenda Tau 402 26.80 2019–2019 Tanya Ruma 324 18.00 2019–2019 Sibona Jimmy 270 14.21 2019–2019 Kaia Arua 199 16.58 2019–2019 Naoani Vare 120 10.00 2019–2019

Most T20I wickets for PNG Women[14] Player Wickets Average Career span Ravina Oa 27 12.22 2019–2019 Sibona Jimmy 22 12.90 2019–2019 Kaia Arua 22 13.72 2019–2019 Mairi Tom 21 13.40 2019–2019 Natasha Ambo 16 11.00 2019–2019

T20I record versus other nations[9]

Records complete to WT20I #753. Last updated 7 September 2019.

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
ICC Full members
v  Bangladesh	2	0	2	0	0	7 July 2018
v  Ireland	2	0	2	0	0	12 July 2018
ICC Associate members
v  Fiji	3	3	0	0	0	7 May 2019	7 May 2019
v  Indonesia	1	1	0	0	0	6 May 2019	6 May 2019
v  Japan	1	1	0	0	0	9 May 2019	9 May 2019
v  Netherlands	1	1	0	0	0	10 July 2018	10 July 2018
v  Samoa	4	2	2	0	0	10 May 2019	10 May 2019
v  Scotland	2	1	1	0	0	14 July 2018	1 September 2019
v  Thailand	1	0	1	0	0	5 September 2019
v  United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	0	0	8 July 2018	8 July 2018
v  United States	1	1	0	0	0	3 September 2019	3 September 2019
v  Vanuatu	3	3	0	0	0	6 May 2019	6 May 2019

See also

• Papua New Guinea men's cricket team
• List of Papua New Guinea women Twenty20 International cricketers

References

1. "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
2. "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
3. "WT20I matches - 2020 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
4. Other women's matches played by Papua New Guinea women – CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
5. Women's List A matches played by Papua New Guinea women – CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
6. Women's Twenty20 matches played by Papua New Guinea women – CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
7. "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
8. "Matches and Squads Announced for ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019". Cricket World. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
9. "Records / Papua New Guinea Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
10. "Records / PNG Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
11. "Records / PNG Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / High Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
12. "Records / PNG Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
13. "Records / PNG Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo.
14. "Records / PNG Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo.