ICC status Associate (1965) Location Fiji | ICC region ICC East Asia-Pacific Icc membership granted 1965 | |
Association Fiji Cricket Association | ||
The Fiji women's national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Fiji in international Women's cricket matches. Fiji has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council since 1965, although the team's history of the game in the country goes back to the late 19th century.
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History
Cricket was introduced to Fiji by European settlers in 1874, and the native population began taking up the game in 1878. The governor of Fiji at the time listed introducing cricket to the native Fijians as one of the achievements of his tenure in his memoirs.
Women Cricket in Fiji
Fiji's women Cricket team came into existence sometime in the middle of 2009. In January 2010, Cricket Fiji announced its first ever National Women’s Cricket team that will play a three match series against Samoa in Samoa in the first week of February.
In January 2011, Cricket Fiji announced it's women's teams second tour. This one was to Vanuatu.
In July 2019, Fiji Women's cricket team won a bronze medal in the Pacific Games. But this was not enough to earn them a spot in the International Cricket Council Women's World Twenty20 Qualifiers.
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