Cook Islands cricket team
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| Cook Islands | |
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| ICC membership granted | 2000 |
| ICC member status | affiliate member |
| ICC development region | East-Asia Pacific |
| Captain | Moumou Marurai |
| World Cricket League division | Five |
| World Cricket League EAP region division | Trophy |
| First recorded match | 3 February 2001 v New Zealand Māori at Melville Park, Auckland, New Zealand |
| As of 10 September 2006 | |
The Cook Islands cricket team is the team that represents the New Zealand dependency of the Cook Islands in international cricket matches. They became an International Cricket Council member in 2000. [1]
They made their international debut in the Pacifica Championship in 2001, finishing fifth in the eight team tournament. [2] They finished one place higher the following year. [3]
They entered the qualification race for the 2011 World Cup, finishing as runners up in the 2005 ICC EAP Cricket Cup. This gave them a place in the 2006 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy, where they finished second to Fiji, missing out on a place in Division Three of the ICC World Cricket League in 2007, but gaining a place in Division Five of the tournament in 2008, where they will play Afghanistan, Argentina, Botswana, Norway and three teams yet to be decided.
