Papua New Guinea national cricket team explained

Papua New Guinea
Nickname:Barramundis
Association:Cricket PNG
Coach:Tatenda Taibu
Captain:Assad Vala
Icc Status:Associate Member
Icc Member Year:1973
Icc Region:East Asia-Pacific
Odi Rank:---
T20i Rank:20th
Odi Rank Best:16th (23 May 2019)
T20i Rank Best:15th (9 Sep 2016)
First Odi:v. at Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville; 8 November 2014
Most Recent Odi:v. at United Ground, Windhoek; 5 April 2023
Num Odis:66
Num Odis This Year:0
Odi Record:14/51
(1 tie, 0 no results)
Odi Record This Year:0/0
(0 ties, 0 no results)
Wcq Apps:10
Wcq First:1979
Wcq Best:3rd (1982)
First T20i:v. at Stormont, Belfast; 15 July 2015
Most Recent T20i:v. at Brian Lara Cricket Academy, San Fernando; 17 June 2024
Num T20is:65
Num T20is This Year:12
T20i Record:35/29
(0 ties, 1 no result)
T20i Record This Year:4/8
(0 ties, 0 no results)
Wt20 Apps:2
Wt20 First:2021
Wt20 Best:First round (2021,2024)
Wt20q Apps:5
Wt20q First:2012
Wt20q Best:Champions (2023)
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The Papua New Guinea men's national cricket team, nicknamed the Barramundis, is the team that represents the country of Papua New Guinea in international cricket. The team is organised by Cricket PNG, which has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1973.[1] [2] Papua New Guinea previously had One-Day International (ODI) status, which it gained by finishing fourth in 2014 World Cup Qualifier.[3] Papua New Guinea lost both their ODI and T20I status in March 2018 after losing a playoff match against Nepal during the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, a result that earned ODI and T20I status for their opponents. On 26 April 2019, Papua New Guinea defeated Oman to secure a top-four finish in the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two and reclaim their ODI status.[4]

Papua New Guinea is the strongest team in the ICC East Asia-Pacific region, winning most ICC regional tournaments and having a similar record in the cricket tournament at the Pacific Games.[5] The team has also played in every edition of the World Cup Qualifier (previously the ICC Trophy).[6] Papua New Guinea holds the world record for the highest score in a one-day match, making 572/7 against New Caledonia in 2007.[7]

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its Members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Papua New Guinea and other ICC members since 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status.[8]

History

Beginnings

Cricket was introduced to the Territory of Papua by missionaries in the 1890s, and the local population soon took up the game. Matches were not always played to strict rules, with teams of more than fifty players a common occurrence. Cricket did not arrive in the Territory of New Guinea until Australia took over the administration of the territory under a United Nations mandate.

Cricket in rural areas tended to be played mostly by the indigenous population, whilst in urban areas such as Port Moresby the game was played mostly by the British and Australian expatriate population, and a competition for clubs in the city was started in 1937. A team of nine expatriate and two indigenous players played in Papua New Guinea's first international, against Australia in 1972.[9]

Since its beginnings cricket was picked up naturally in the Motuan areas of Papua New Guinea, most recognisably the village of Hanuabada. Hanuabada village is located on the outer suburbs of Port Moresby, here cricket is played everyday from small children to their national stars, every afternoon the streets are flooded with boys playing cricket, this was also where the Liklik Kricket Competition was started in PNG. It may be for these reasons more than half of the PNG national cricket team is from Hanuabada village.

ICC Membership

Papua New Guinea became an associate member of the ICC in 1973,[10] shortly before the country gained independence in 1975. The West Indies cricket team visited the country that year, beating the national side by four wickets.[11] The team for that match contained six indigenous players, and from this point on, indigenous players began to dominate the national team.

They played in the first ICC Trophy in 1979, though they failed to progress beyond the first round.[12] They won the gold medal at the first South Pacific Games cricket tournament later in the year and have won the gold medal every time since. After a tour of Australia in 1981,[13] Papua New Guinea had their best international performance in the 1982 ICC Trophy where they finished third after beating Bangladesh in a play-off.[14]

Papua New Guinea again failed to progress beyond the first round at the 1986 ICC Trophy,[15] though they did record the highest total in the tournament's history in their match against Gibraltar.[16] They bounced back to win the gold medal at the South Pacific Games in New Caledonia the following year. They reached the second round of the 1990 ICC Trophy in the Netherlands[17] and the gold medal when they hosted the South Pacific Games in 1991.

They reached the plate final of the 1994 ICC Trophy, but did not play the match as they had already booked a flight home, not expecting to qualify.[18] This has been an occasional problem for Papua New Guinea, as flights to and from the country are infrequent. They also left the 1998 ACC Trophy in Nepal early after losing their first two games, forfeiting their match against the Maldives as otherwise they would have had to have waited more than a week for the next flight. This has also meant they have rarely played overseas outside of official tournaments, the only exceptions being a visit to Fiji in 1977, a tour of Hong Kong in the early 1980s and the aforementioned tour of Australia.

Modern era

Another international outlet for Papua New Guinea team opened up in 1996 when they participated in the first ACC Trophy in Kuala Lumpur. They reached the semi-final, where they lost to Bangladesh.[19] They played in the tournament again in 1998, but left the tournament early. They have not played in the tournament since due to the establishment of the ICC's East Asia/Pacific development region. Between the two ACC Trophy tournaments, Papua New Guinea finished 13th in the 1997 ICC Trophy.[20] They failed to progress beyond the first round of the 2001 tournament in Ontario.[21] They finished third in the 2001 Pacifica Cup[22] and won the same event in 2002, beating Tonga in the final.[23]

They again won the gold medal at cricket tournament of the 2003 South Pacific Games,[24] and in 2005 played in the repêchage tournament of the 2005 ICC Trophy. They won the tournament, beating regional rivals Fiji in the final.[25] This qualified them for the 2005 ICC Trophy, where they finished 11th.[26] In 2007, Papua New Guinea played in Division Three of the World Cricket League in Darwin where they finished third.[27] They played in the cricket tournament of the 2007 South Pacific Games, where they again won the gold medal.

In late January 2009, Papua New Guinea travelled to Buenos Aires to take part in Division Three of the World Cricket League where they played Argentina, the Cayman Islands, Uganda and the top two teams from Division Four in 2008. A top-two finish in this tournament would have qualified them for the 2009 ICC World Cup Qualifier in South Africa later in 2009, from which they could have qualified for the 2011 World Cup.[28] Papua New Guinea narrowly missed qualification, ending up in third place behind Afghanistan and Uganda.

It was third time lucky for Papua New Guinea when they contested Division Three of the World Cricket League in January 2011. Winning their first 4 matches of the tournament, they had assured themselves a top-two finish, before losing the final round robin match and then the final, both against Hong Kong.

In April 2011, Papua New Guinea took part in Division Two of the World Cricket League, held in the United Arab Emirates and came third, thus qualifying for the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier in New Zealand.

In February 2013, Papua New Guinea travelled to Auckland, New Zealand, for the EAP Championship and went through the group stages unbeaten before defeating Vanuatu in the final.[29] As a result, they participated in the 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in the UAE in October.

ODI and T20I status

Papua New Guinea finished 4th in the final qualifying tournament for the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, in New Zealand in 2014. While missing out on qualification for the World Cup, their final position allowed them to gain One Day International (ODI) status for the first time.[30] By having ODI status, the International Cricket Council (ICC) also granted Papua New Guinea Twenty20 International (T20I) status.[31]

The team played their first ODI match in a two-match series against Hong Kong in Australia in November 2014.[32] They won the first by 4 wickets, the second by 3 wickets. As on date (November-2016), they are the only country that has won its first two ODIs.[33]

Papua New Guinea's first scheduled T20I match was against Hong Kong on 13 July 2015 at the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier. However the match was abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain, with no toss taking place.[34] They played their first full match two days later, against Ireland, beating them by 2 wickets.[35] With their victory against Nepal on 17 July, they became the first team to qualify for the play-off section of the tournament.[36]

In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Papua New Guinea and other ICC members since 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status.[37]

Papua New Guinea crashed out early from the race of qualification for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 slated to be held in India. They finished eighth during the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in Ireland and Scotland.

In September 2017, then team coach Jason Gillespie suggested that Papua New Guinea should be added to the Australian domestic limited-overs cricket tournament.[38] [39]

Papua New Guinea qualified for 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup to be held in India.

On the 30th of March 2021, it was announced that Carl Sandri was to be the new national coach and high performance manager for all three national squads and will oversee the high performance department and the development of talent in PNG.[40]

Papua New Guinea Cricket Board

Papua New Guinea Cricket Board is the official governing body of the sport of cricket in Papua New Guinea. Its current headquarters is in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea Cricket Board is Papua New Guinea's representative at the International Cricket Council and is an associate member and has been a member of that body since 1973. It is also a member of the East Asia-Pacific Cricket Council.

Home ground

Amini Park

Amini Park is a cricket ground in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.[41] [42] The ground -- named after the Amini family, several of whose members have played cricket for Papua New Guinea[43] -- has seen the men's team play Australia, the West Indies and Victoria.

The women's team played Japan in a three match series at the ground in September 2006.[44]

Current squad

This lists all the players who have played for Papua New Guinea in the past 12 months or has been part of the latest ODI or T20I squad. Updated as of 5 April 2023.

NameAgeBatting styleBowling styleFormsNotes
Batters
Left-handed ODI & T20I
Right-handed ODI & T20I
Right-handed ODI & T20I
Right-handed ODI
Left-handed ODI
All-rounders
Right-handed ODI & T20I Captain
Right-handed ODI & T20I
Left-handed ODI & T20I Vice-captain
Right-handed ODI & T20I
Left-handed T20I Also wicket-keeper
Wicket-keepers
Right-handed ODI
Left-handed T20I
Spin Bowler
Left-handed ODI
Pace Bowlers
Right-handed ODI & T20I
Left-handed ODI & T20I
Right-handed ODI & T20I
Right-handed ODI & T20I
Right-handed T20I

Coaching staff

PositionName
Team manager
Head coachTatenda Taibu
Batting coach
Bowling coach
Fielding coach
Physiotherapist
Strength and conditioning coach
Analyst
Specialist coach / Consultant Phil Simmons

Coaching history

Tournament history

ICC Cricket World Cup

World Cup record
width=150 Yearwidth=150 Roundwidth=50 Positionwidth=50 GPwidth=50 Wwidth=50 Lwidth=50 Twidth=50 NR
1975did not participate
1979did not qualify
1983
1987
1992
1996
1999
2003
2007
2011Not eligible
2015did not qualify
2019
2023
Total0 Titles0/1000000

ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier (ICC Trophy)

First round

3rd place

First round

Second round

Reached plate final but did not take part

13th place

First round

11th place

Did not qualify

4th place

9th place

Did not qualify

ICC T20 World Cup

See main article: Papua New Guinea at the T20 World Cup.

ICC T20 World Cup
width=150 Yearwidth=150 Roundwidth=50 Positionwidth=50 GPwidth=50 Wwidth=50 Lwidth=50 Twidth=50 NR
2007did not qualify
2009
2010
2012
2014
2016
2021First round16/163030-2.655
2022did not qualify
2024First round19/204040-1.268
Total0 Titles2/970700

ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier

8th place[45]

8th place[46]

8th Place[47]

Runners-up[48]

3rd place[49]

ICC World Cricket League

ICC EAP Cricket Trophy

1st place[54]

1st place[55]

1st place[29]

Pacifica Cup

(South) Pacific Games

Gold medal

Gold medal

Gold medal

Silver medal

Gold medal

ACC Trophy

Records and statistics of international matches

International match summary – Papua New Guinea[56] [57]

Playing record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural match
One-Day Internationals 66 14 51 1 0 8 November 2014
Twenty20 Internationals 65 35 29 0 1 15 July 2015
Last updated 17 June 2024

One-Day Internationals

Most ODI runs for Papua New Guinea[61]

PlayerRunsAverageCareer span
2,003 30.81 2014–2023
1,363 22.71 2014–2023
1,128 23.50 2014–2023
1,089 20.16 2016–2023
931 19.80 2014–2022

Most ODI wickets for Papua New Guinea[62]

PlayerWicketsAverageCareer span
70 28.35 2016–2023
61 34.18 2014–2023
55 28.70 2014–2023
33 26.30 2016–2023
32 43.06 2014–2023

ODI record versus other nations

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
v. Full Members
1 0 1 0 0 6 March 2018
1 0 1 0 0 8 March 2018
v. Associate Members
1 0 1 0 0 5 April 2023
8 4 4 0 0 8 November 2014 8 November 2014
1 0 1 0 0 1 April 2023
7 0 7 0 0 22 September 2019
10 2 8 0 0 7 September 2021 25 March 2022
6 0 6 0 0 14 August 2019
10 1 9 0 0 6 October 2017 8 October 2017
11 5 6 0 0 31 March 2017 2 April 2017
10 2 7 1 0 27 April 2019 27 April 2019
Records complete to ODI #4567. Last updated 5 April 2023.

Twenty20 Internationals

Most T20I runs for Papua New Guinea[66]

PlayerRunsAverageCareer span
1,634 32.03 2015–2024
1,274 24.98 2015–2024
1,028 24.47 2015–2024
958 23.36 2015–2024
773 15.46 2015–2024

Most T20I wickets for Papua New Guinea[67]

PlayerWicketsAverageCareer span
66 19.01 2015–2024
47 19.27 2015–2024
37 15.62 2015–2024
34 15.02 2021–2024
34 17.82 2015–2024

T20I record versus other nations

OppositionFirst MatchFirst Win
v. Full Members
2 0 2 0 0 23 July 2015
1 0 1 0 0 21 October 2021
4 2 2 0 0 15 July 2015 15 July 2015
1 0 1 0 0 17 June 2024
1 0 1 0 0 2 June 2024
1 0 1 0 0 15 July 2022
v. Associate Members
1 1 0 0 0 19 October 2019 19 October 2019
4 3 1 0 0 14 July 2022 22 September 2023
2 2 0 0 0 25 July 2023 25 July 2023
1 1 0 0 0 27 October 2019 27 October 2019
6 4 2 0 0 29 March 2022 1 April 2022
3 2 1 0 0 20 October 2019 20 October 2019
6 2 4 0 0 17 July 2015 17 July 2015
3 1 2 0 0 24 October 2019 24 October 2019
4 1 3 0 0 17 October 2021 7 March 2024
4 3 0 0 1 22 March 2019 22 March 2019
2 2 0 0 0 8 July 2019 8 July 2019
3 0 3 0 0 21 October 2019
3 2 1 0 0 25 October 2019 25 October 2019
2 1 1 0 0 12 July 2022 12 July 2022
3 0 3 0 0 12 April 2017
1 1 0 0 0 17 July 2022 17 July 2022
7 7 0 0 0 22 March 2019 22 March 2019
Records complete to T20I #2702. Last updated 17 June 2024.

Other records and statistics

First-class matches

ICC Trophy

Overall

See also

Notes and References

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