Papua New Guinea were first granted T20I status in January 2014, simultaneously being granted One Day International (ODI) status. This was a result of their performance at the 2014 World Cup Qualifier, where they placed fourth to narrowly miss out on qualifying for the 2015 World Cup."Netherlands, Kenya and Canada lose ODI status" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 November 2015. The team made its ODI debut in November 2014, against Hong Kong,"The Barramundis' big break" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 November 2015. but did not play a full Twenty20 International until July 2015, during the 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier.International Twenty20 matches played by Papua New Guinea – CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 November 2015. Papua New Guinea's debut in the format was originally intended to come in its second match of the tournament, against Hong Kong, but the match was rained out.Hong Kong v Papua New Guinea, ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2015 (Group A) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 November 2015. Instead, the team's first Twenty20 International came against Ireland, with PNG winning by two wickets.Ireland v Papua New Guinea, ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2015 (Group A) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 November 2015. 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 after 1 January 2019 will be eligible for T20I status.
This list comprises all members of the Papua New Guinea cricket team who have played at least one T20I match. It is initially arranged in the order in which each player won his first Twenty20 cap. Where more than one player won his first Twenty20 cap in the same match, their surnames are listed alphabetically.
Key General – Captain – Wicket-keeper First – Year of debut Last – Year of latest game Mat – Number of matches playedBatting Runs – Runs scored in career HS – Highest score Avg – Runs scored per dismissal * – Batsman remained not out 50 – Half-centuries scored 100 – Centuries scoredBowling Balls – Balls bowled in career Wkt – Wickets taken in career BBI – Best bowling in an innings Ave – Average runs per wicketFielding Ca – Catches taken St – Stumpings affected
List of players Statistics are correct as of 18 May 2026.Players / Papua New Guinea / T20I caps – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
+Papua New Guinea T20I cricketers General Batting Bowling Fielding RefNo.NameFirstLastMatRunsHSAvg50100BallsWktBBIAveCaSt 1 2015 2024 59 5 0 18 0 2 2015 2017 9 0 0 5 0 3 2015 2017 6 0 0 1 0 4 2015 2015 3 0 0 0 0 5 2015 2015 2 0 0 – 1 0 6 2015 2019 9 0 0 1 0 7 2015 2026 70 3 0 42 0 8 2015 2026 66 16 2 – 26 0 9 2015 2026 72 8 0 32 0 10 2015 2024 58 3 0 21 0 11 2015 2017 8 0 0 – 4 2 12 2015 2017 5 0 0 – 0 0 13 2015 2024 31 0 0 5 0 14 2016 2026 65 6 0 24 0 15 2016 2024 28 1 0 8 0 16 2016 2024 31 0 0 8 0 17 2016 2016 2 0 0 0 0 18 2017 2026 27 0 0 8 0 19 2017 2017 1 – – – 0 0 20 2019 2025 43 0 0 – 30 5 21 2019 2025 17 0 0 3 0 22 2019 2025 27 0 0 8 0 23 2019 2022 18 0 0 6 0 24 2019 2023 24 0 0 6 0 25 2021 2026 26 0 0 6 0 26 2022 2024 19 0 0 5 0 27 2022 2026 22 0 0 9 2 28 2023 2026 28 0 0 8 0 29 2023 2024 6 0 0 2 0 30 2023 2023 2 0 0 1 0 31 2025 2026 9 0 0 2 0 32 2025 2025 1 0 0 0 0 33 2025 2026 8 0 0 3 0 34 2025 2025 2 0 0 1 0 35 2026 2026 2 0 0 1 0 36 2026 2026 6 0 0 2 0 37 2026 2026 2 0 0 3 0
Note: The following matches include one or more missing catchers in their Cricinfo scorecard and hence statistics (as of 19 July 2019): vs. Samoa (10 July 2019); 4 missing catchers vs. Vanuatu (12 July 2019); 2 missing catchers vs. Vanuatu (13 July 2019); 1 missing catcher
See also List of Papua New Guinean first-class cricketers Papua New Guinea ODI cricketers
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