Fiji women's national cricket team
| Association | Fiji Cricket Association | |||||||||
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| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate (1965) | |||||||||
| ICC region | ICC East Asia-Pacific | |||||||||
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| Women's Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First WT20I | v  Samoa at Independence Park, Port Vila; 6 May 2019 | |||||||||
| Last WT20I | v  Vanuatu at Faleata Ovals, Apia; 13 July 2019 | |||||||||
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| As of 8 June 2020 | ||||||||||
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,[4] although the team's history of the game in the country goes back to the late 19th century.[5]
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.[6]
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.[7]
Women's Cricket in Fiji
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.[8]
In January 2011, Cricket Fiji announced its women's team's second tour. This one was to Vanuatu.[9]
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.[10]
To know more about Fiji program's on women's cricket, click here
Records and Statistics
International Match Summary — Fiji Women[11]
Last Updated 13 July 2019| Playing Record | ||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twenty20 Internationals | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 May 2019 |
Twenty20 International
- Highest team total: 131/8 v Vanuatu, on 9 July 2019 at Faleata Oval No 4, Apia[12]
- Highest individual innings: 55, Alicia Dean v Samoa, on 12 July 2019 at Faleata Oval No 1, Apia[13]
- Best innings bowling: 4/21, Alicia Dean v Vanuatu, on 9 July 2019 at Faleata Oval No 4, Apia[14]
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Most T20I runs for Fiji Women[15]
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Most T20I wickets for PNG Women[16]
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T20I record versus other nations[11]
Records complete to WT20I #698. Last updated 13 July 2019.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICC Associate members | |||||||
v  Indonesia
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 May 2019 | |
v  Japan
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 May 2019 | |
v  Papua New Guinea
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 May 2019 | |
| v Samoa
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 May 2019 | |
| v Vanuatu
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4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 May 2019 | |
See also
References
- ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
- ^ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "WT20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ Fiji at Cricket Archive
- ^ "Fijian Cricket History". Retrieved 13 August 2016.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ "Fijian Cricket History(Fiji)". Retrieved 13 August 2016.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "Fiji women's first cricket tour". Fox sports. 15 January 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ^ "Fiji women's second cricket tour". Fox sports. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ^ "Fiji Women's cricket fails T20 place". Fiji Times. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Records / Fiji Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Records / Fiji Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "Records / Fiji Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / High Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "Records / Fiji Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "Records / Fiji Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Records / Fiji Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo.
