Association | Samoa International Cricket Association | |||||||||
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Personnel | ||||||||||
Captain | James Baker | |||||||||
Coach | Tarun Nethula | |||||||||
International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
ICC status | Associate member[1] (2017) | |||||||||
ICC region | East Asia-Pacific | |||||||||
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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 Vanuatu at Faleata Oval 2, Apia; 24 August 2024 | |||||||||
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As of 24 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]