The Fiji women's national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Fiji in international Women's cricket matches. Fiji has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1965.Fiji at Cricket Archive The national women's team made its international debut against Samoa in 2010 and its Women's Twenty20 International (T20I) debut in 2019. It is included in the ICC East Asia-Pacific development region.
History Cricket was introduced to Fiji by European settlers in 1874, and the native population began taking up the game in 1878. The governor of Fiji at the time listed introducing cricket to the native Fijians as one of the achievements of his tenure in his memoirs.
The Fiji women's cricket team came into existence some time in the middle of 2009. In January 2010, Cricket Fiji announced its first international series would take place against Samoa the following month. Fiji's first international match was played against Samoa on 2 February 2010 at Faleata Oval, Apia. The Fijian captain for the team's inaugural tour was former New Zealand international Losi Harford, who scored 57 runs opening the batting as Fiji lost to Samoa by six runs on debut.
In January 2011, Cricket Fiji announced its women's team's second tour. This one was to Vanuatu.
In April 2018, the ICC granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members, with all Twenty20 matches played between Fiji women and other international sides after 1 July 2018 having the full T20I status. Fiji made its T20I debut at the 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier EAP in Vanuatu, losing all five matches. The team's next T20I appearances came in the 2019 Pacific Games in Samoa, again failing to win ay games.
In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. Fiji were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier regional group, alongside seven other teams. However, the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fiji lost 19 consecutive T20I matches between its debut in 2019 and its inaugural T20I victory against Samoa in the 2023 Women's Pacific Island Cricket Challenge. This surpassed the previous record of 15 consecutive defeats held by Bangladesh.
Tournament history
ICC Women's ODI World Cup
Women's Cricket World Cup recordsHostYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 1973 Did not qualified 1978 1982 1988 1993 1997 2000 2005 2009 2013 2017 2022 2025Total0/130 Titles00000 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier records HostYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2003Did not qualify 2008 2011 2017 2021 2025Total0/50 Title00000
ICC Women's Twenty20 World Cup
Twenty20 World Cup recordsHost/YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2009 Did not qualify 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2023 2024 2026To be determinedTotal0/100 Titles00000 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Global Qualifier ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier recordsHostYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2013Did not qualify 2015 2018 2019 2022 2024 2026To be determined Total0/60 Titles00000
ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy recordsHostYearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2027To be determined 2031Total–0 Title00000
ICC Women's World Twenty20 East Asia Pacific Qualifiers ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier East Asia Pacific records Host/YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2019Round-robin6/650500 2021Tournament did not held due to COVID-19 pandemic 2023Round-robin7/761500 20255th-place5/853200Total2/20 Titles1641200
Pacific Games Cricket at the Pacific Games records Host/YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 20153rd-place3/663300 2019Round-robin4/470700Total2/20 Titles1331000 Women's T20I Pacific Cup Women's T20I Pacific Cup records Host/YearRoundPositionGPWLTNR 2022Round-robin4/460501 2024Round-robin6/660600Total2/20 Titles1201101
Current Squad Updated as on 21 January 2024
This lists all the players who played for Fiji in the past 12 months or were named in the most recent squad.
Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes Batters Sulia Vuni Right-handed Lagakali Lomani Right-handed Right-arm medium Mereani Rodan Right-handed Marica Ratuki Right-handed Cilia Lewatu Akosita Poulter Right-handed All-rounders Ilisapeci Waqavakatoga Left-handed Right-arm off break Captain Ateca Kainoco Right-handed Right-arm medium Ruci Muriyalo Right-handed Right-arm medium Wicket-keeper Maeavhanisi Erasito Right-handed Bowlers Karalaini Vakuruivalu Left-handed Left-arm medium Melaia Biu Left-handed Left-arm medium Ana Gonerara Right-handed Right-arm medium Mele Waqanisau Right-handed Right-arm medium Silvia Kijiana
Records and statistics International Match Summary — Fiji Women
Last updated 15 September 2025 Playing Record Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match Twenty20 Internationals 45 6 37 1 1 6 May 2019
Twenty20 International
Highest team total: 131/8 v. Vanuatu on 9 July 2019 at Faleata Oval No 4, Apia. Highest individual innings: 55, Alicia Dean v. Samoa on 12 July 2019 at Faleata Oval No 1, Apia. Best innings bowling: 4/11, Ilisapeci Waqavakatoga v. France on 13 March 2025 at Stade N'Du, Nouméa.
Most T20I runs for Fiji Women PlayerRunsAverageCareer spanRuci Muriyalo 443 17.03 2019–2023Ilisapeci Waqavakatoga 393 10.34 2019–2025Sulia Vuni 220 10.00 2022–2025Semaema Lomani 215 12.64 2019–2025Melaia Biu 155 7.38 2022–2025
Most T20I wickets for Fiji Women PlayerWicketsAverageCareer spanKaralaini Vakuruivalu 25 23.00 2022–2025Ilisapeci Waqavakatoga 22 18.81 2019–2025Ruci Muriyalo 18 27.88 2019–2023Ana Gonerara 15 31.13 2022–2025Melaia Biu 15 38.33 2022–2025
T20I record versus other nations
Records complete to WT20I #2513. Last updated 15 September 2025. Opponent M W L T NR First match First win ICC Associate members 4 1 3 0 0 8 September 2023 9 September 2025 2 1 0 1 0 13 March 2025 13 March 2025 3 0 3 0 0 10 May 2019 4 0 4 0 0 9 May 2019 8 0 8 0 0 7 May 2019 1 1 0 0 0 13 September 2025 13 September 2025 11 3 7 0 1 6 May 2019 14 March 2023 12 0 12 0 0 7 May 2019
See also List of Fiji women Twenty20 International cricketers
References
External links Cricket Fiji Cricinfo-Fiji