Fiji women's national cricket team

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,[5] although the team's history of the game in the country goes back to the late 19th century.[6]

Fiji
AssociationFiji Cricket Association
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate (1965)
ICC regionICC East Asia-Pacific
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
WT20I 52nd 52nd (02 Oct 2020)[2]
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv  Samoa at Independence Park, Port Vila; 6 May 2019
Last WT20Iv  Vanuatu at Faleata Ovals, Apia; 13 July 2019
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 12 0/12
(0 ties, 0 no result)
This year[4] 0 0/0
(0 ties, 0 no result)
As of 4 October 2020

In April 2018, the ICC granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Fiji women and another international side after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I.[7]

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.[8]

Fiji's women Cricket team came into existence sometime in the middle of 2009. In January 2010, Cricket Fiji announced its first ever National Women’s Cricket team that will play a three match series against Samoa in Samoa in the first week of February.[9]

In January 2011, Cricket Fiji announced its women's team's second tour. This one was to Vanuatu.[10]

In July 2019, Fiji Women's cricket team won a bronze medal in the Pacific Games. But this was not enough to earn them a spot in the International Cricket Council Women's World Twenty20 Qualifiers.[11]

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[12] Fiji were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier regional group, alongside seven other teams.[13]

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Fiji Women[14]

Last Updated 13 July 2019

Playing Record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals12012006 May 2019

Twenty20 International
  • Highest team total: 131/8 v Vanuatu, on 9 July 2019 at Faleata Oval No 4, Apia[15]
  • Highest individual innings: 55, Alicia Dean v Samoa, on 12 July 2019 at Faleata Oval No 1, Apia[16]
  • Best innings bowling: 4/21, Alicia Dean v Vanuatu, on 9 July 2019 at Faleata Oval No 4, Apia[17]

T20I record versus other nations[14]

Records complete to WT20I #698. Last updated 13 July 2019.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
ICC Associate members
v  Indonesia 1010010 May 2019
v  Japan 101009 May 2019
v  Papua New Guinea 303007 May 2019
v  Samoa 303006 May 2019
v  Vanuatu 404007 May 2019

See also

References
  1. "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  2. "Australia Women remain No.1 in ODIs, T20Is after annual update". ICC. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  3. "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. "WT20I matches - 2021 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. Fiji at Cricket Archive
  6. "Fijian Cricket History". Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  7. "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  8. "Fijian Cricket History(Fiji)". Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  9. "Fiji women's first cricket tour". Fox sports. 15 January 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  10. "Fiji women's second cricket tour". Fox sports. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  11. "Fiji Women's cricket fails T20 place". Fiji Times. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  12. "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  13. "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  14. "Records / Fiji Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
  15. "Records / Fiji Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  16. "Records / Fiji Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / High Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  17. "Records / Fiji Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  18. "Records / Fiji Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo.
  19. "Records / Fiji Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo.
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