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| Association | Vanuatu Cricket | |||||||||
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| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Joshua Rasu | |||||||||
| Coach | Chris Laffan[1] | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member (2009) Affiliate member (1995) | |||||||||
| ICC region | East Asia-Pacific | |||||||||
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| International cricket | ||||||||||
| First international |  New Hebrides v. Fiji  (Suva; 30 August 1979) | |||||||||
| Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v  Papua New Guinea at Amini Park, Port Moresby; 22 March 2019 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v  Kuwait at Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran; 11 March 2024 | |||||||||
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| T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances | 1[a] (first in 2023) | |||||||||
| Best result | 3rd (2023) | |||||||||
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| As of 11 March 2024 | ||||||||||
The Vanuatu national cricket team is the men's team that represents Vanuatu in international cricket. The team is organised by the Vanuatu Cricket Association, which became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1995 and an associate member in 2009.[5] Vanuatu made its international debut at the 1979 Pacific Games, at which time the country was still known as the New Hebrides.[6] The majority of the team's matches have come against other members of the ICC East Asia-Pacific region, including both at ICC regional tournaments and at the cricket events at the Pacific Games.
Vanuatu entered the World Cricket League at the 2008 Division Five tournament. The team participated in the WCL system at the 2015 Division Six event, where it placed third.[7] Following the withdrawal of Suriname from the 2016 Division Five tournament, Vanuatu were named as their replacement.[8] After the abolition of the WCL, Vanuatu currently is part of the 2019–22 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League.
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- ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
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- ^ Cricinfo "Vanuatu granted associate status" 6 July 2009 http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/412973.html. Retrieved 6 July 2009
- ^ Other matches played by New Hebrides Archived 3 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ^ Other matches played by Vanuatu Archived 19 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ^ "Suriname withdrawal was sparked by Vanuatu appeal". ESPN Cricinfo. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
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