Papua New Guinea national cricket team

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Papua New Guinea
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Nickname(s)Barramundis
Association Cricket PNG
Personnel
Captain Assad Vala
Coach Tatenda Taibu
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate Member (1973)
ICC region East Asia-Pacific
ICC RankingsCurrent [1] Best-ever
ODI --- 16th (23 May 2019)
T20I 19th 15th (9 Sep 2016)
One Day Internationals
First ODIv. Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong at Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville; 8 November 2014
Last ODIv. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada at United Ground, Windhoek; 5 April 2023
ODIsPlayedWon/Lost
Total [2] 66 14/51
(1 tie, 0 no results)
This year [3] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no results)
World Cup Qualifier appearances10 (first in 1979 )
Best result3rd (1982)
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20Iv. Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland at Stormont, Belfast; 15 July 2015
Last T20Iv. Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia at Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran; 17 March 2024
T20IsPlayedWon/Lost
Total [4] 61 35/25
(0 ties, 1 no result)
This year [5] 8 4/4
(0 ties, 0 no results)
T20 World Cup appearances1 (first in 2021 )
Best resultFirst round (2021)
T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances5 [lower-alpha 1] (first in 2012 )
Best resultChampions (2023)
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ODI and T20I kit

As of 17 March 2024

The Papua New Guinea men's national cricket team, nicknamed the Barramundis, is the team that represents the country of Papua New Guinea in international cricket. The team is organised by Cricket PNG, which has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1973. [6] [7] Papua New Guinea previously had One-Day International (ODI) status, which it gained by finishing fourth in 2014 World Cup Qualifier. [8] Papua New Guinea lost both their ODI and T20I status in March 2018 after losing a playoff match against Nepal during the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, a result that earned ODI and T20I status for their opponents. On 26 April 2019, Papua New Guinea defeated Oman to secure a top-four finish in the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two and reclaim their ODI status. [9]

Contents

Papua New Guinea is the strongest team in the ICC East Asia-Pacific region, winning most ICC regional tournaments and having a similar record in the cricket tournament at the Pacific Games. [7] [10] The team has also played in every edition of the World Cup Qualifier (previously the ICC Trophy). [11] Papua New Guinea holds the world record for the highest score in a one-day match, making 572/7 against New Caledonia in 2007. [12]

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its Members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Papua New Guinea and other ICC members since 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status. [13]

History

Beginnings

Cricket was introduced to the Territory of Papua by missionaries in the 1890s, and the local population soon took up the game. Matches were not always played to strict rules, with teams of more than fifty players a common occurrence. Cricket did not arrive in the Territory of New Guinea until Australia took over the administration of the territory under a United Nations mandate. [7]

Cricket in rural areas tended to be played mostly by the indigenous population, whilst in urban areas such as Port Moresby the game was played mostly by the British and Australian expatriate population, and a competition for clubs in the city was started in 1937. A team of nine expatriate and two indigenous players played in Papua New Guinea's first international, against Australia [7] in 1972. [14]

Since its beginnings cricket was picked up naturally in the Motuan areas of Papua New Guinea, most recognisably the village of Hanuabada. Hanuabada village is located on the outer suburbs of Port Moresby, here cricket is played everyday from small children to their national stars, every afternoon the streets are flooded with boys playing cricket, this was also where the Liklik Kricket Competition was started in PNG. It may be for these reasons more than half of the PNG national cricket team is from Hanuabada village.

ICC Membership

Papua New Guinea became an associate member of the ICC in 1973, [15] shortly before the country gained independence in 1975. [7] The West Indies cricket team visited the country that year, beating the national side by four wickets. [16] The team for that match contained six indigenous players, and from this point on, indigenous players began to dominate the national team. [7]

They played in the first ICC Trophy in 1979, though they failed to progress beyond the first round. [17] They won the gold medal at the first South Pacific Games cricket tournament later in the year and have won the gold medal every time since. [7] [10] After a tour of Australia in 1981, [18] Papua New Guinea had their best international performance in the 1982 ICC Trophy where they finished third after beating Bangladesh in a play-off. [19]

Papua New Guinea again failed to progress beyond the first round at the 1986 ICC Trophy, [20] though they did record the highest total in the tournament's history in their match against Gibraltar. [21] They bounced back to win the gold medal at the South Pacific Games in New Caledonia the following year. [7] They reached the second round of the 1990 ICC Trophy in the Netherlands [22] and the gold medal when they hosted the South Pacific Games in 1991. [7]

They reached the plate final of the 1994 ICC Trophy, but did not play the match as they had already booked a flight home, not expecting to qualify. [23] This has been an occasional problem for Papua New Guinea, as flights to and from the country are infrequent. They also left the 1998 ACC Trophy in Nepal early after losing their first two games, forfeiting their match against the Maldives as otherwise they would have had to have waited more than a week for the next flight. This has also meant they have rarely played overseas outside of official tournaments, the only exceptions being a visit to Fiji in 1977, a tour of Hong Kong in the early 1980s and the aforementioned tour of Australia. [7]

Modern era

Another international outlet for Papua New Guinea team opened up in 1996 when they participated in the first ACC Trophy in Kuala Lumpur. They reached the semi-final, where they lost to Bangladesh. [24] They played in the tournament again in 1998, but left the tournament early. They have not played in the tournament since due to the establishment of the ICC's East Asia/Pacific development region. [7] Between the two ACC Trophy tournaments, Papua New Guinea finished 13th in the 1997 ICC Trophy. [25] They failed to progress beyond the first round of the 2001 tournament in Ontario. [26] They finished third in the 2001 Pacifica Cup [27] and won the same event in 2002, beating Tonga in the final. [28]

They again won the gold medal at cricket tournament of the 2003 South Pacific Games, [29] and in 2005 played in the repêchage tournament of the 2005 ICC Trophy. They won the tournament, beating regional rivals Fiji in the final. [30] This qualified them for the 2005 ICC Trophy, where they finished 11th. [31] In 2007, Papua New Guinea played in Division Three of the World Cricket League in Darwin where they finished third. [32] They played in the cricket tournament of the 2007 South Pacific Games, where they again won the gold medal. [10]

In late January 2009, Papua New Guinea travelled to Buenos Aires to take part in Division Three of the World Cricket League where they played Argentina, the Cayman Islands, Uganda and the top two teams from Division Four in 2008. A top-two finish in this tournament would have qualified them for the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier in South Africa later in 2009, from which they could have qualified for the 2011 World Cup. [33] Papua New Guinea narrowly missed qualification, ending up in third place behind Afghanistan and Uganda.

It was third time lucky for Papua New Guinea when they contested Division Three of the World Cricket League in January 2011. Winning their first 4 matches of the tournament, they had assured themselves a top-two finish, before losing the final round robin match and then the final, both against Hong Kong.

In April 2011, Papua New Guinea took part in Division Two of the World Cricket League, held in the United Arab Emirates and came third, thus qualifying for the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in New Zealand.

In February 2013, Papua New Guinea travelled to Auckland, New Zealand, for the EAP Championship and went through the group stages unbeaten before defeating Vanuatu in the final. [34] As a result, they participated in the 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in the UAE in October.

ODI and T20I status

Papua New Guinea finished 4th in the final qualifying tournament for the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, in New Zealand in 2014. While missing out on qualification for the World Cup, their final position allowed them to gain One Day International (ODI) status for the first time. [35] By having ODI status, the International Cricket Council (ICC) also granted Papua New Guinea Twenty20 International (T20I) status. [36]

The team played their first ODI match in a two-match series against Hong Kong in Australia in November 2014. [37]

8 November 2014
Scorecard
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg
202 (48.3)
v
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
203/6 (40 overs)
Jamie Atkinson 59 (79)
Assad Vala 2/17 (5 overs)
Charles Amini 61* (67)
Irfan Ahmed 3/51 (8 overs)
Papua New Guinea won by 4 wickets
Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville
Umpires: Phil Jones (NZ) and Paul Wilson (Aus)
  • Hong Kong won the toss and chose to bat.
  • First ever ODI match for Papua New Guinea.

They won the first by 4 wickets, the second by 3 wickets. As on date (November-2016), they are the only country that has won its first two ODIs. [38]

Papua New Guinea's first scheduled T20I match was against Hong Kong on 13 July 2015 at the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier. However the match was abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain, with no toss taking place. [39] They played their first full match two days later, against Ireland, beating them by 2 wickets. [40] With their victory against Nepal on 17 July, they became the first team to qualify for the play-off section of the tournament. [41]

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Papua New Guinea and other ICC members since 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status. [42]

Papua New Guinea crashed out early from the race of qualification for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 slated to be held in India. They finished eighth during the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in Ireland and Scotland.

In September 2017, then team coach Jason Gillespie suggested that Papua New Guinea should be added to the Australian domestic limited-overs cricket tournament. [43] [44]

Papua New Guinea qualified for 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup to be held in India.

On the 30th of March 2021, it was announced that Carl Sandri was to be the new national coach and high performance manager for all three national squads and will oversee the high performance department and the development of talent in PNG. [45]

Papua New Guinea Cricket Board

Papua New Guinea Cricket Board is the official governing body of the sport of cricket in Papua New Guinea. Its current headquarters is in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea Cricket Board is Papua New Guinea's representative at the International Cricket Council and is an associate member and has been a member of that body since 1973. It is also a member of the East Asia-Pacific Cricket Council.

Home ground

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Locations of all stadiums which have hosted international cricket matches within Papua New Guinea

Amini Park

Amini Park is a cricket ground in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. [46] [47] The ground -- named after the Amini family, several of whose members have played cricket for Papua New Guinea [48] -- has seen the men's team play Australia, the West Indies and Victoria.

The women's team played Japan in a three match series at the ground in September 2006. [49]

Current squad

This lists all the players who have played for Papua New Guinea in the past 12 months or has been part of the latest ODI or T20I squad. Updated as of 5 April 2023.

NameAgeBatting styleBowling styleFormsNotes
Batters
Sese Bau 31Left-handedRight-arm medium ODI & T20I
Tony Ura 34Right-handedODI & T20I
Lega Siaka 31Right-handedRight-arm leg break ODI & T20I
Hiri Hiri 29Right-handedRight-arm off break ODI
Gaudi Toka 29Left-handedRight-arm medium ODI
All-rounders
Assad Vala 36Right-handedRight-arm off break ODI & T20ICaptain
Norman Vanua 30Right-handedRight-arm medium ODI & T20I
Charles Amini 32Left-handedRight-arm leg break ODI & T20IVice-captain
Chad Soper 32Right-handedRight-arm medium ODI & T20I
Simon Atai 24Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox T20IAlso wicket-keeper
Wicket-keepers
Kiplin Doriga 28Right-handedODI
Hila Vare 22Left-handedT20I
Spin Bowler
John Kariko 20Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox ODI
Pace Bowlers
Riley Hekure 29Right-handedRight-arm medium ODI & T20I
Semo Kamea 22Left-handedLeft-arm fast ODI & T20I
Kabua Morea 30Right-handedLeft-arm medium ODI & T20I
Alei Nao 30Right-handedRight-arm medium ODI & T20I
Damien Ravu 30Right-handedRight-arm medium T20I

Coaching staff

PositionName
Team manager
Head coach Tatenda Taibu
Batting coach
Bowling coach
Fielding coach
Physiotherapist
Strength and conditioning coach
Analyst
Specialist coach / Consultant Phil Simmons

==Coaching history==

Tournament history

ICC Cricket World Cup

World Cup record
YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR
Flag of England.svg 1975 did not participate
Flag of England.svg 1979 did not qualify
Flag of England.svg 1983
Flag of India.svg Flag of Pakistan.svg 1987
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of New Zealand.svg 1992
Flag of India.svg Flag of Pakistan.svg Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 1996
Flag of England.svg 1999
Flag of South Africa.svg 2003
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg 2007
Flag of India.svg Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Flag of Bangladesh.svg 2011 Not eligible
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of New Zealand.svg 2015 did not qualify
Flag of England.svg 2019
Flag of India.svg 2023
Total0 Titles0/1000000

ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier (ICC Trophy)

ICC T20 World Cup

ICC T20 World Cup
YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR
Flag of South Africa.svg 2007 did not qualify
Flag of England.svg 2009
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg 2010
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 2012
Flag of Bangladesh.svg 2014
Flag of India.svg 2016
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Flag of Oman.svg 2021 Group Stage16/1630300
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2022 did not qualify
Flag of the United States.svg WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg 2024 Qualified
Total0 Titles1/830300

ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier

ICC World Cricket League

ICC EAP Cricket Trophy

Pacifica Cup

(South) Pacific Games

ACC Trophy

Records and statistics of international matches

International match summary – Papua New Guinea [61] [62]

Playing record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural match
One-Day Internationals661451108 November 2014
Twenty20 Internationals6135250115 July 2015

Last updated 17 March 2024

One-Day Internationals

ODI record versus other nations [61]

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
v. Full Members
Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 101006 March 2018
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 101008 March 2018
v. Associate Members
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 101005 April 2023
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 844008 November 20148 November 2014
Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey 101001 April 2023
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 7070022 September 2019
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 1028007 September 202125 March 2022
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 6060014 August 2019
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1019006 October 20178 October 2017
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 11560031 March 20172 April 2017
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 10271027 April 201927 April 2019

Records complete to ODI #4567. Last updated 5 April 2023.

Twenty20 Internationals

T20I record versus other nations [62]

OppositionMWLTNRFirst MatchFirst Win
v. Full Members
Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 1010023 July 2015
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 1010021 October 2021
Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 4220015 July 201515 July 2015
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1010015 July 2022
v. Associate Members
Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 1100019 October 201919 October 2019
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 4310014 July 202222 September 2023
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2200025 July 202325 July 2023
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1100027 October 201927 October 2019
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 6420029 March 20221 April 2022
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 3210020 October 201920 October 2019
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 6240017 July 201517 July 2015
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 3120024 October 201924 October 2019
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 4130017 October 20217 March 2024
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 4300122 March 201922 March 2019
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 220008 July 20198 July 2019
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 3030021 October 2019
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 3210025 October 201925 October 2019
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 1100012 July 202212 July 2022
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 3030012 April 2017
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1100017 July 202217 July 2022
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 7700022 March 201922 March 2019

Records complete to T20I #2523. Last updated 17 March 2024.

Other records and statistics

First-class matches

ICC Trophy

Overall

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ T20 World Cup Qualifier refers to the Regional Final of the ICC East Asia-Pacific region from the 2023 edition.

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