Association | Cook Islands Cricket Association | |||||||||
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International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
ICC status | Associate member[1] (2017) Affiliate member (2000) | |||||||||
ICC region | East Asia-Pacific | |||||||||
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Women's international cricket | ||||||||||
First international | v. Samoa at Port Vila, Vanuatu; 15 May 2012 | |||||||||
Women's Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
First WT20I | v Japan at Vanuatu Cricket Ground, Port Vila; 1 September 2023 | |||||||||
Last WT20I | v Fiji at Lloyd Elsmore Park 3, Auckland; 21 January 2024 | |||||||||
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As of 21 May 2024 |
The Cook Islands women's national cricket team represents the Cook Islands, an associated state of New Zealand, in international women's cricket. It is organised by the sport's governing body in the country, the Cook Islands Cricket Association (CICA), which has been an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 2000.
The Cook Islands made its international debut at the 2012 ICC East Asia-Pacific regional qualifiers for the World Twenty20, but lost every match, finishing last. They improved slightly at the 2014 edition, winning a single match (against Vanuatu) and placing fourth out of five teams. In April 2018, the ICC granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between the Cook Islands women and another international side since 1 July 2018 have been full WT20Is.[5]