The Samoa national cricket team is the men's team that represents Samoa in international cricket. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2000. They competed in the Pacifica Championship in 2001 and 2002, hosting the tournament on the second occasion. They came 6th in 2001, and 5th in 2002. In 2005, they competed in the East Asia/Pacific Cup, finishing in last place, thus missing out on qualification for the 2011 World Cup. Since 2017, they have been an ICC associate member.
History In February 1966, Prime Minister Fiamē Mataʻafa Faumuina Mulinuʻu II banned cricket from being played except on Wednesdays and Saturdays, stating it was distracting Samoans from cleaning up after a cyclone. A cricket match in Samoa in October 1977 ended in a fight in which two players were stabbed to death. According to the Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, "the row started after a player was bowled out and angrily hit the wicket with his bat".
2018–present In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Samoa and other ICC members since 1 January 2019 have the full T20I status.
Samoa played their first T20I against Papua New Guinea during the 2019 Pacific Games, losing the rain-affected match by 9 wickets.
Grounds
Tournament history T20 World Cup Asia-EAP Regional Final T20 World Cup EAP/Asia–EAP Regional Final recordsHost/YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2025Super 66/971600Total1/40 Titles 71600 A – Advanced to Global Qualifier. Q – Qualified for T20 World Cup.
ICC EAP Cricket Trophy (ODI format) ICC EAP Cricket Trophy recordsYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2005Round-robin6/650500 2006Did not qualify 2007Round-robin4/652300 2009Round-robin2/853200Total3/40 Title 1551000
ICC EAP Cricket Trophy Division One (Twenty20 format) ICC EAP Cricket Trophy recordsHots/YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2011Round-robin1/655000Total1/11 Title 55000
ICC EAP Cricket Trophy Division Two (Twenty20 format) ICC EAP Cricket Trophy recordsHots/YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2011Round-robin3/442200Total1/10 Title 42000
Pacific Games Cricket at the Pacific Games recordsHots/YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2003Round-robin3/653200 2007Round-robin3/542200 2019Round-robin3/474300Total3/30 Title 169700
Records and statistics
International Match Summary — Samoa
Last updated 18 May 2026 Playing Record Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match Twenty20 Internationals 37 11 26 0 0 8 July 2019
Twenty20 International
Highest team total: 188/2 v Malaysia, on 24 July 2025 at Singapore National Cricket Ground, Singapore. Highest individual score: 132, Darius Visser v Vanuatu, on 20 August 2024 at Feleata Oval 2, Apia. Best bowling figures in an innings: 4/11, Darius Visser v Fiji, on 17 August 2024 at Feleata Oval 2, Apia.
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 5 2 3 0 0 9 September 2022 9 September 2022 6 2 4 0 0 11 September 2022 17 August 2024 2 0 1 0 0 19 July 2025 1 1 0 0 0 9 May 2026 9 May 2026 2 0 2 0 0 12 October 2025 2 0 2 0 0 20 July 2025 1 0 1 0 0 17 October 2025 1 0 1 0 0 8 October 2025 4 1 3 0 0 8 July 2019 9 October 2025 1 1 0 0 0 10 May 2026 10 May 2026 1 0 1 0 0 16 October 2025 2 0 2 0 0 18 July 2025 1 0 1 0 0 15 October 2025 8 4 4 0 0 9 July 2019 9 July 2019
Other records For a list of selected international matches played by Samoa, see Cricket Archive.
Notable players James Baker Dom Michael Faasao Mulivai Sean Solia Ofisa Tonu'u Darius Visser Ross Taylor
See also Samoa women's national cricket team Samoa T20I cricketers
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