The Papua New Guinea national cricket team is one of the associate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), they are nicknamed as the Barramundis. Papua New Guinea qualified for their maiden T20 World Cup in 2021, after finishing as runners-up of the 2019 qualifier, the team failed to make it past the first round. They made their reappearance at the tournament in the 2024 edition. In two editions that they have participated, the team is yet to register a win in World Cup.
| ICC T20 World Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | |||||||||||||
 2007 | Did not qualify | Did not participate | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | |||||||||||||||
| 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 16 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 14 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| First round | 16/16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Did not qualify | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Group stage | 19/20 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 Titles | 2/9 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 72 | 51 | 18 | 0 | 3 | |
| Opponent | M | W | L | T+W | T+L | NR | Ab | Win % | First played |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2024 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2021 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2024 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2021 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2021 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2024 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2024 | |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Source:[1] Last Updated: 17 June 2024 | |||||||||
See main article: 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
| Event | First round (Group B) | Super 12 | Semifinal | Final | Overall Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||||||
| 2021 | L by 10 wickets | L by 17 runs | L by 84 runs | 4 | Did not advance | First round | ||||||||
| Source: ESPNcricinfo[2] | ||||||||||||||
See main article: 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
| Event | Group stage (Group C) | Super 8 | Semifinal | Final | Overall Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||||||
| 2024 | L by 5 wickets | L by 3 wickets | L by 7 wickets | L by 7 wickets | 5 | Did not advance | Group stage | |||||||
| Source: ESPNcricinfo[3] | ||||||||||||||