2024 Women's T20I Pacific Cup

2024 Women's Pacific Cup
Dates17 – 21 January 2024
Administrator(s)New Zealand Cricket
Cricket formatTwenty20 International[n 1]
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and play-offs
Host(s) New Zealand
Champions Papua New Guinea (2nd title)
Runners-up New Zealand Māori
Participants6
Matches18
Player of the seriesVanuatu Rachel Andrew
Most runsVanuatu Rachel Andrew (227)
Most wicketsVanuatu Selina Solman (13)
← 2022

The 2024 Women's T20I Pacific Cup (known as the South Seas Pacific Cup for sponsorship reasons)[1][2] was the second edition of the Women's T20I Pacific Cup, a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament. It took place in Auckland, New Zealand, from 17 to 21 January 2024.[3] The participants were the women's national sides of Cook Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, and Vanuatu, as well as a New Zealand Māori team.[4]

The Cook Islands and New Zealand Māori competed in the women's Pacific Cup for the first time,[5] with it being the first tournament for the Māori women's team and the first time that a senior Māori side had competed in an international event since the men's team at the 2001 Pacific Cup.[6][7] All matches were played at Lloyd Elsmore Park (the final was originally to be played on the outer oval at Eden Park).[8]

Papua New Guinea were the defending champions, having won the previous edition of the tournament, which was played in Vanuatu in October 2022.[9]

The Cook Islands played warm-up matches against Auckland University Cricket Club and Kumeu Cricket Club.[10][11] The Papua New Guinea squad held a pre-tournament training camp in Napier.[12]

The tournament was broadcast live on TVNZ, New Zealand Cricket's YouTube channel and Sky Pacific.[11] Papua New Guinea retained the trophy after defeating the New Zealand Māori in the final.[13] Vanuatu defeated Samoa in the third place play-off, and their all-rounder Rachel Andrew was named as player of the tournament.[14] Cook Islands won the fifth place play-off against Fiji.[15]


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  1. ^ "South Seas Healthcare Announce Partnership with New Zealand Cricket and the Pacific Cup Cricket Tournament". South Seas Healthcare. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  2. ^ "New Zealand Cricket are proud to announce South Seas Healthcare Trust as Official Community Partner". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 21 January 2024 – via instagram.
  3. ^ "First Aotearoa Māori women's team to compete for 2024 Pacific Cup". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Lloyd Elsmore Park to host Pacific Cricket Cup". The Times. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Three international tournaments for national cricket teams". The Fiji Times. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Puketapu-Lyndon to lead NZ Cricket; first Aotearoa women's team to take the field". Te Ao Māori News. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Hopes cricket can provide new sporting pathway for Māori and Pasifika". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Kaiwai set for historic experience : First Fijian woman umpire at Women's T20I Pacific Cup". The Fiji Times. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Undefeated PNG crowned Pacific Cup champions as Vanuatu claim runners-up". Vanuatu Cricket. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Cricket maps out ambitious 2024 plans". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  11. ^ a b "Cook Islands aim high in Pacific Cup despite missing top bowler". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  12. ^ "Lewas set for Pacific Cup in New Zealand". Loop. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  13. ^ "Lewas claim cup". The National. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  14. ^ "Vanuatu women's cricket triumphs: 2024 Pacific Cup recap, national records shattered, and eyes set on T20 World Cup". Vanuatu Cricket. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  15. ^ "Cooks women take fifth place at Pacific Cup". Cook Islands News. Retrieved 24 January 2024.