Samoa national cricket team
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| Nickname | The 685[1] | |||||||||
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| Association | Samoa International Cricket Association | |||||||||
| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Caleb Jasmat | |||||||||
| Coach | Tarun Nethula | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Associate member[2] (2017) | |||||||||
| ICC region | East Asia-Pacific | |||||||||
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| International cricket | ||||||||||
| First international | v Papua New Guinea at Colin Maiden Park, Auckland, New Zealand; 3 February 2001[4] | |||||||||
| T20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v Papua New Guinea at Faleata Ovals, Apia; 8 July 2019 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v Nepal at Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat; 17 October 2025 | |||||||||
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| T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances | 1[a] (first in 2025) | |||||||||
| Best result | 6th place (2025) | |||||||||
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| As of 17 October 2025 | ||||||||||
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
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
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]
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Sean Cotter 25 (22)
Chad Soper 2/15 (4 overs) |
Tony Ura 14 (12)
Lester Evile 1/0 (1 over) |
- 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
Tournament history
T20 World Cup Asia-EAP Regional Final
| T20 World Cup EAP/Asia–EAP Regional Final records | ||||||||
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| Host/Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| 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)
| ICC EAP Cricket Trophy records | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| 2005 | Round-robin | 6/6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2007 | Round-robin | 4/6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 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)
| ICC EAP Cricket Trophy records | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hots/Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| 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)
| ICC EAP Cricket Trophy records | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hots/Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| 2011 | Round-robin | 3/4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1/1 | 0 Title | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Pacific Games
| Cricket at the Pacific Games records | ||||||||
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| Hots/Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| 2003 | Round-robin | 3/6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 | Round-robin | 3/5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 | Round-robin | 3/4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 3/3 | 0 Title | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
Records and statistics
International Match Summary — Samoa[11]
Last updated 17 October 2025
| Playing Record | ||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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| Twenty20 Internationals | 31 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 8 July 2019 |
Twenty20 International
- Highest team total: 188/2 v Malaysia, on 24 July 2025 at Singapore National Cricket Ground, Singapore.[12]
- Highest individual score: 132, Darius Visser v Vanuatu, on 20 August 2024 at Feleata Oval 2, Apia.[13]
- Best bowling figures in an innings: 4/11, Darius Visser v Fiji, on 17 August 2024 at Feleata Oval 2, Apia.[14]
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 |
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| 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
For a list of selected international matches played by Samoa, see Cricket Archive.
Notable players
See also
Notes
- ^ T20 World Cup Qualifier refers to the Regional Final of the ICC Asia/EAP region from the 2023 edition.
References
- ^ "'You do it': Mother's words as Ross Taylor answers Samoa call". 15 September 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
- ^ a b "Ireland and Afghanistan ICC newest full members amid wide-ranging governance reform". International Cricket Council. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
- ^ "The Home of CricketArchive".
- ^ "T20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "T20I matches - 2025 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Just not cricket". The Canberra Times. 7 February 1966.
- ^ "Cricket ends in deaths". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. 4 October 1977.
- ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "Vanuatu and Samoa look to defend their titles in 2019 Pacific Games T20I". CzarSports. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Records / Samoa / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
- ^ "Records / Samoa / Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Records / Samoa / Twenty20 Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Records / Samoa / Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo.