Samoa national cricket team

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

Samoa

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Association| Samoa International Cricket Association
Personnel
Captain| James Baker
Coach| Tarun Nethula
International Cricket Council
ICC status| Associate member[1] (2017)
ICC region| East Asia-Pacific
| ICC Rankings|  Current[2]|  Best-ever

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T20I|  82nd|  49th (12 May 2019)
International cricket
First international| v  Papua New Guinea at Colin Maiden Park, Auckland, New Zealand; 3 February 2001[3]
Twenty20 Internationals
First T20I| v  Papua New Guinea at Faleata Ovals, Apia; 8 July 2019
Last T20I| v  Fiji at Faleata Oval 2, Apia; 17 August 2024
| T20Is|  Played|  Won/Lost

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Total[4]|  14|  3/11 (0 ties, 0 no result)
This year[5]|  1|  1/0 (0 ties, 0 no results)
As of 17 August 2024

The Samoan national cricket team is the men's team that represents Samoa in international cricket. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2000. They competed in the Pacifica Championship in 2001 and 2002, hosting the tournament on the second occasion. They came 6th in 2001, and 5th in 2002. In 2005, they competed in the East Asia/Pacific Cup, finishing in last place, thus missing out on qualification for the 2011 World Cup. Since 2017, they have been an ICC associate member.[1]

## History

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In February 1966, Prime Minister Fiamē Mataʻafa Faumuina Mulinuʻu II banned cricket from being played except on Wednesdays and Saturdays, stating it was distracting Samoans from cleaning up after a cyclone.[6] A cricket match in Samoa in October 1977 ended in a fight in which two players were stabbed to death. According to the Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, "the row started after a player was bowled out and angrily hit the wicket with his bat".[7]

### 2018–present

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In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Samoa and other ICC members since 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status.[8]

Samoa played their first T20I against Papua New Guinea during the 2019 Pacific Games, losing the rain-affected match by 9 wickets.[9]

8 July 2019
09:30
Scorecard

Samoa
83/5 (15 overs)

Papua New Guinea
29/1 (3.1 overs)

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Sean Cotter 25 (22)
Chad Soper 2/15 (4 overs)

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Tony Ura 14 (12)
Lester Evile 1/0 (1 over)

Papua New Guinea won by 9 wickets (DLS method)
Faleata Oval 1, Apia
Umpires: Mac Markia (Van) and Mervyn McGoon (Fij)

* Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.
* Papua New Guinea were set a revised target of 24 runs from 5 overs due to rain.
* First ever T20I match for Samoa with Twenty20 International status.

## Grounds

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Faleata Garden Ovals

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Locations of all stadiums which have hosted international cricket matches within Samoa

## Tournaments

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### 2011 East Asia-Pacific Division Two

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Samoa hosted the East Asia-Pacific Division Two tournament from 4 to 7 April 2011. The tournament was part of a qualifying pyramid for the 2012 twenty-20 cricket world cup in Sri Lanka. The competing teams were as follows:

* Samoa
* Cook Islands
* Indonesia
* Philippines
* South Korea
* Tonga

Samoa won the event, thus qualifying for the 2011 East Asia-Pacific Division 1.

### 2011 East Asia-Pacific Division 1

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The East Asia-Pacific Division 1 was held in Papua New Guinea from 4 to 7 July 2011. Samoa finished 4th out of the 5 teams with 2 wins, upsetting Fiji in the opening game and beating Japan in the final round-robin game. They then lost their semi-final against PNG by 141 runs, then they beat Fiji for the second time in the tournament in the 3rd Place Play-off. The competing teams were:

* Fiji
* Japan
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Vanuatu

### 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight

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The men's team qualified for the World Cricket League following good performances in the Oceania regional competitions. They hosted the 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight in September 2012 after they were approved as hosts by the ICC.[10]

## Tournament history

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### ICC T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier

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* 2005 ICC EAP Cricket Cup
* 2006 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy (One day)
* 2007 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy (One day)
* 2009 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy (One day)

### 2009

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This was the first time that Twenty20 games were played in the EAP trophy. The matches were held from 17–18 September with the eight teams being split into two groups of four in which each team played the other three. The play-offs were based on the final standings from the group stage. The final was between Papua New Guinea and Fiji and Papua New Guinea won comfortably.

Pos. | Team

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1 |  Papua New Guinea
2 |  Fiji
3 |  Samoa
4 |  Japan
5 |  Vanuatu
6 |  Cook Islands
7 |  Tonga
8 |  Indonesia

* 2011 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy (One day)
* 2011 EAP Trophy
* 2018–19-:3rd place(Group A Subregional qualifier)

### Pacific Games

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* 2003: 4th place
* 2007: Bronze medal
* 2019: Bronze medal

## Records and statistics

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International Match Summary — Samoa[11]

Last updated 17 August 2024

Playing Record

Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 July 2019

### Twenty20 International

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* Highest team total: 157/9 v Cook Islands, on 13 September 2022 at Independence Park, Port Vila.[12]
* Highest individual score: 63*, Dom Michael v Fiji, on 11 September 2022 at Independence Park, Port Vila.[13]
* Best bowling figures in an innings: 3/18, Timezeen Rapi v Vanuatu, on 13 March 2023 at Albert Park Ground 1, Suva.[14]

T20I record versus other nations[11]

Records complete to T20I #2776. Last updated 17 August 2024.

Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win

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vs Associate Members
Cook Islands | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 September 2022 | 9 September 2022
Fiji | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 September 2022 | 17 August 2024
Papua New Guinea | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 July 2019 |
Vanuatu | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 July 2019 | 9 July 2019

### Other records

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

## Notable players

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* James Baker
* Benjamin Mailata
* Dom Michael
* Faasao Mulivai
* Sean Solia
* Ofisa Tonu'u

## See also

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* Samoa women's national cricket team
* Samoa T20I cricketers

## References

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1. ^ a b "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. ^ "The Home of CricketArchive".
4. ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
5. ^ "T20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
6. ^ "Just not cricket". The Canberra Times. 7 February 1966.
7. ^ "Cricket ends in deaths". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. 4 October 1977.
8. ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
9. ^ "Vanuatu and Samoa look to defend their titles in 2019 Pacific Games T20I". CzarSports. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
10. ^ "Samoa prepares for home turf tournament". Auckland Cricket. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
11. ^ a b "Records / Samoa / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
12. ^ "Records / Samoa / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo.
13. ^ "Records / Samoa / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo.
14. ^ "Records / Samoa / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo.

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| ODI status|

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* Egypt
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See also|

* Anguilla
* Antigua and Barbuda
* Barbados
* British Virgin Islands
* Dominica
* Grenada
* Guyana
* Jamaica
* Montserrat
* Northern Ireland
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Saint Lucia
* Sint Maarten
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States Virgin Islands
* Vatican City cricket team
* Wales

1 For Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Sint Maarten, the British Virgin Islands and the United States Virgin Islands the national team is the West Indies. 2 For England and Wales, the national team is England. 3 For the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, the national team is Ireland.

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