The Cook Islands national cricket team is the team that represents the Cook Islands - an island country in a free association with New Zealand - in international cricket. The team is organised by the Cook Islands Cricket Association, which became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2000Cook Islands – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2015. and an associate member when all affiliate members were promoted to that status in 2017.
The Cook Islands' first international tournament was the 2001 edition of the Pacifica Cup, which was played in New Zealand. The team has played at ICC East Asia-Pacific tournaments, and at the 2006 EAP Trophy finished second to Fiji and narrowly missed out on qualifying for the World Cricket League.Other matches played by Cook Islands – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2015. Outside ICC tournaments, the Cook Islands fielded a team in the cricket tournament at the 2003 South Pacific Games, winning the bronze medal.Finals matches results for the 2003 South Pacific Games cricket tournament at SportingPulse
In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between the Cook Islands and other ICC members since 1 January 2019 are eligible for T20I status.
Cook Islands was scheduled to return to international competition at the 2019 Pacific Games in Samoa, but choose not to participate and instead concentrate on development of the national team.
In September 2022 they played the Tāmaki Makaurau Tāne, an all-Māori squad, in Auckland, New Zealand, before participating in the 2022 T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier in Vanuatu. They came third in the qualifiers. Following the competition, they were ranked by the ICC for the first time, at 55th of 82 teams.
Current squad Team selected for the 2024 T20 Cricket World Cup East Asia Pacific Sub-Regional Qualifying Tournament in Samoa: Teaomua Anker Ma'ara Ave (c) Liam Denny Cory Dickson Hayden Dickson Milton Kavana (vc) Aue Parima (wk) Thomas Parima Pita Ravarua Tomakanute Ritawa Andrew Samuels Oscar Taylor Jared Tutty Tiaki Wuatai
Records International Match Summary — Cook Islands
Last updated 18 May 2026 Playing Record Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match Twenty20 Internationals 23 12 11 0 0 9 September 2022
Twenty20 International T20I record versus other nations
Records complete to T20I #3882. Last updated 18 May 2026. Opponent M W L T NR First match First win vs Associate Members 4 1 3 0 0 10 September 2022 14 September 2022 1 1 0 0 0 17 May 2026 17 May 2026 4 1 3 0 0 9 May 2025 14 May 2026 1 0 1 0 0 10 May 2026 5 3 2 0 0 9 September 2022 13 September 2022 1 1 0 0 0 8 May 2026 8 May 2026 2 1 1 0 0 7 May 2025 7 May 2025 5 4 1 0 0 11 September 2022 11 September 2022
Other records For a list of selected international matches played by Cook Islands, see Cricket Archive.
See also Cricket in the Cook Islands List of Cook Islands Twenty20 International cricketers Cook Islands women's national cricket team
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