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Samoa national cricket team

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This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Samoa women's national cricket team.

Samoa
SICA logo
NicknameThe 685[1]
AssociationSamoa International Cricket Association
Personnel
CaptainCaleb Jasmat
CoachTarun Nethula
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member[2] (2017)
ICC regionEast Asia-Pacific
ICC Rankings Current[3] Best-ever
T20I 68th 49th (12 May 2019)
International cricket
First internationalv  Papua New Guinea at Colin Maiden Park, Auckland, New Zealand; 3 February 2001[4]
T20 Internationals
First T20Iv  Papua New Guinea at Faleata Ovals, Apia; 8 July 2019
Last T20Iv    Nepal at Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat; 17 October 2025
T20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[5] 31 7/24 (0 ties, 0 no result)
This year[6] 0 0/0 (0 ties, 0 no results)
T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances1[a] (first in 2025)
Best result6th place (2025)

T20I kit

As of 17 January 2026

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.[2]

History

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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.[7] 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".[8]

2018–present

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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.[9]

Samoa played their first T20I against Papua New Guinea during the 2019 Pacific Games, losing the rain-affected match by 9 wickets.[10]

8 July 2019
09:30
Scorecard
Samoa 
83/5 (15 overs)
v
 Papua New Guinea
29/1 (3.1 overs)
Sean Cotter 25 (22)
Chad Soper 2/15 (4 overs)
Tony Ura 14 (12)
Lester Evile 1/0 (1 over)
Papua New Guinea won by 9 wickets (DLS method)
Faleata Oval 1, Apia
Umpires: Mac Markia (Van) and Mervyn McGoon (Fij)
  • Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.
  • Papua New Guinea were set a revised target of 24 runs from 5 overs due to rain.
  • First ever T20I match for Samoa with Twenty20 International status.

Grounds

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Faleata Garden Ovals is located in Samoa
Faleata Garden Ovals
Faleata Garden Ovals
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Locations of all stadiums which have hosted international cricket matches within Samoa

Tournament history

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T20 World Cup Asia-EAP Regional Final

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T20 World Cup EAP/Asia–EAP Regional Final records
Host/Year Round Position GP W L T NR
Oman 2025 Super 6 6/9 7 1 6 0 0
Total 1/4 0 Titles 7 1 6 0 0
  • A – Advanced to Global Qualifier.
  • Q – Qualified for T20 World Cup.

ICC EAP Cricket Trophy (ODI format)

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ICC EAP Cricket Trophy records
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
Vanuatu 2005 Round-robin 6/6 5 0 5 0 0
Australia 2006 Did not qualify
New Zealand 2007 Round-robin 4/6 5 2 3 0 0
Samoa 2009 Round-robin 2/8 5 3 2 0 0
Total 3/4 0 Title 15 5 10 0 0

ICC EAP Cricket Trophy Division One (Twenty20 format)

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ICC EAP Cricket Trophy records
Hots/Year Round Position GP W L T NR
Samoa 2011 Round-robin 1/6 5 5 0 0 0
Total 1/1 1 Title 5 5 0 0 0

ICC EAP Cricket Trophy Division Two (Twenty20 format)

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ICC EAP Cricket Trophy records
Hots/Year Round Position GP W L T NR
Papua New Guinea 2011 Round-robin 3/4 4 2 2 0 0
Total 1/1 0 Title 4 2 0 0 0

Pacific Games

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Cricket at the Pacific Games records
Hots/Year Round Position GP W L T NR
Fiji 2003 Round-robin 3/6 5 3 2 0 0
Samoa 2007 Round-robin 3/5 4 2 2 0 0
Samoa 2019 Round-robin 3/4 7 4 3 0 0
Total 3/3 0 Title 16 9 7 0 0

Records and statistics

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International Match Summary — Samoa[11]

Last updated 17 October 2025

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
Twenty20 Internationals 31 7 24 0 0 8 July 2019

Twenty20 International

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T20I record versus other nations[11]

Records complete to T20I #3526. Last updated 17 October 2025.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
vs Associate Members
 Cook Islands 4 1 3 0 0 9 September 2022 9 September 2022
 Fiji 6 2 4 0 0 11 September 2022 17 August 2024
 Hong Kong 2 0 1 0 0 19 July 2025
 Japan 1 0 1 0 0 12 October 2025
 Malaysia 2 0 2 0 0 20 July 2025
   Nepal 1 0 1 0 0 17 October 2025
 Oman 1 0 1 0 0 8 October 2025
 Papua New Guinea 3 1 2 0 0 8 July 2019 9 October 2025
 Qatar 1 0 1 0 0 16 October 2025
 Singapore 2 0 2 0 0 18 July 2025
 United Arab Emirates 1 0 1 0 0 15 October 2025
 Vanuatu 7 3 4 0 0 9 July 2019 9 July 2019

Other records

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For a list of selected international matches played by Samoa, see Cricket Archive.

Notable players

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ T20 World Cup Qualifier refers to the Regional Final of the ICC Asia/EAP region from the 2023 edition.


References

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  1. ^ "'You do it': Mother's words as Ross Taylor answers Samoa call". 15 September 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  3. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  4. ^ "The Home of CricketArchive".
  5. ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  6. ^ "T20I matches - 2026 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  7. ^ "Just not cricket". The Canberra Times. 7 February 1966.
  8. ^ "Cricket ends in deaths". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. 4 October 1977.
  9. ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Vanuatu and Samoa look to defend their titles in 2019 Pacific Games T20I". CzarSports. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  11. ^ a b "Records / Samoa / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
  12. ^ "Records / Samoa / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo.
  13. ^ "Records / Samoa / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo.
  14. ^ "Records / Samoa / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo.
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