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Papua New Guinea women's national cricket team

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Nickname
  
Lewas

ICC status
  
Associate (1973)

Coach
  
Rodney Maha

Location
  
Papua New Guinea

Association
  
Cricket PNG

ICC region
  
East Asia-Pacific

Captain
  
Pauke Siaka

Papua New Guinea women's national cricket team

The Papua New Guinea women's national cricket team represents the country of Papua New Guinea in international women's cricket. The team is organised by Cricket PNG, an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Papua New Guinea made its international debut in September 2006, playing a three-match series against Japan to determine which team would represent the ICC East Asia-Pacific (EAP) region at the 2008 World Cup Qualifier. Papua New Guinea won the series against Japan three–nil, but at the World Cup Qualifier won only two matches, both against Bermuda.

The team failed to qualify for either the 2011 World Cup Qualifier or the 2013 World Twenty20 Qualifier, with Japan representing the EAP region on both occasions.

At the 2015 Pacific Games, which Papua New Guinea hosted, a women's cricket event was included for the first time. The team narrowly lost to Samoa in the final, having been undefeated up to that point. Later in the year, Papua New Guinea participated at its second global tournament, the 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier, placing fifth out of eight teams.

Current Squad

The Papua New Guinea squad for the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier was as follows:

  • Pauke Siaka (c)
  • Kaia Arua
  • Helen Buruka (wk)
  • Veru Frank
  • Sibona Jimmy
  • Kopi John
  • Ravina Oa
  • Konio Oala
  • Norma Ovasuru
  • Hinamutawa Philip
  • Tanya Ruma
  • Brenda Tau
  • Mairi Tom
  • References

    Papua New Guinea women's national cricket team Wikipedia