Vanuatu

Vanuatu Cricket Association logo
Association	Vanuatu Cricket
Personnel
Captain	Selina Solman
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Associate member (2009) Affiliate member (1995)
ICC region	East Asia-Pacific
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever T20I 33rd 27th (2 Jun 2019)
International cricket
First international	v. Fiji atPort Vila; 11 April 2011
T20 Internationals
First T20I	v. Papua New Guinea atIndependence Park,Port Vila; 6 May 2019
Last T20I	v. Papua New Guinea atAlbert Park Ground 1,Suva; 15 September 2025
T20Is Played Won/Lost Total[2] 53 32/19 (0 ties, 2 no results) This year[3] 0 0/0 (0 ties, 0 no results)
T20Ikit
As of 15 September 2025

TheVanuatu women's national cricket team representsVanuatu in internationalwomen's cricket. It is organised by the game's governing body in the country, theVanuatu Cricket Association (VCA), which is anassociate member of theInternational Cricket Council (ICC).

Having made its international debut the previous year, againstFiji, Vanuatu first participated in an international tournament at the 2012ICC East Asia-Pacific regional qualifiers for theWorld Twenty20, winning two matches and placing fourth out of six teams. At the 2014 edition of the same tournament, they finished last, with only a single win (against theCook Islands). Vanuatu's next major event wasthe women's tournament at the2015 Pacific Games inPort Moresby,Papua New Guinea.

In April 2018, the ICC granted fullWomen's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, allTwenty20 matches played between Vanuatu women and any ICC member since 1 July 2018 have the full WT20I status.^[4]

"Traditional cricket", similar to thekilikiti played inSamoa, has long been popular amongstNi-Vanuatu women, but the standard version of the sport was only popularised in the late 2000s, with the backing of theVanuatu Cricket Association (VCA) and theICC East Asia-Pacific development programme.^[5] Vanuatu made its international debut in April 2011, hosting a tri-series againstFiji and a team from theNorth Coast region of the Australian state ofNew South Wales.^[6][7] In May 2012, the country hosted the 2012 East Asia-Pacific Women's Championship.^[8] The tournament was played using theTwenty20 format, with the winner progressing to the2013 World Twenty20 Qualifier in Ireland.^[9] Vanuatu joined the three teams from the previous 2010 tournament –Japan,Papua New Guinea, andSamoa – as well as theCook Islands and Fiji.^[10] In theround-robin stage, Vanuatu recorded wins against Fiji and the Cook Islands, finishing fourth in the table. In the third-place playoff against Samoa, they lost by eight wickets.^[11]

At the 2014 EAP Women's Championship in Japan (a qualifier for the2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier), Vanuatu again placed fourth in the group stages, though out of five rather than six teams (Fiji having dropped out).^[12] Their only win in the round-robin was by eight runs against the Cook Islands,^[13] but they were unable to repeat that in the fifth-place playoff, losing by six wickets to the same opposition.^[14] In April 2015, theNew Caledonian national women's team toured Vanuatu, playing six matches against Vanuatu inPort Vila. The tour was part of both sides' preparation forthe women's tournament at the2015 Pacific Games inPort Moresby,Papua New Guinea.^[15] Vanuatu also played against a mixed men and women's side from theMelbourne Cricket Club (MCC) in the lead-up to the games.^[16]

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.^[17] Vanuatu were named in the2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier regional group, alongside seven other teams.^[18]

In 2023, Vanuatu beatPapua New Guinea for the first time in their history at the2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier to ultimately qualify for the2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier, where they would also earn a win overZimbabwe.

On 19 January 2024, Rachel Andrew became the first player from Vanuatu to score a century inWomen's Twenty20 International (WT20I), making 105 not out against theCook Islands at theWomen's T20I Pacific Cup inAuckland, New Zealand.^[19][20][21] In the same match,Selina Solman became the first player from the country to take a WT20Ifive wicket haul with 5/9.^[19][20][21]

Women's Cricket World Cup records
Host Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
1973	Did not qualified
1978
1982
1988
1993
1997
2000
2005
2009
2013
2017
2022
2025
Total	0/13	0 Titles	0	0	0	0	0

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier records
Host Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2003	Did not qualify
2008
2011
2017
2021
2025
Total	0/5	0 Title	0	0	0	0	0

Twenty20 World Cup records
Host/Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2009	Did not qualify
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2023
2024
2026	To be determined
Total	0/10	0 Titles	0	0	0	0	0

ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier records
Host Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2013	Did not qualify
2015
2018
2019
2022
2024
2026	To be determined
Total	0/6	0 Titles	0	0	0	0	0

ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy records
Host Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2027	To be determined
2031
Total	–	0 Title	0	0	0	0	0

ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier East Asia Pacific records
Host/Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2019	Round-robin	3/6	5	3	2	0	0
2021	Tournament did not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2023	Qualified	1/7	6	6	0	0	0
2025	Runners-up DNQ	2/8	5	4	1	0	0
Total	3/3	1 Title	16	13	3	0	0

Cricket at the Pacific Games records
Host/Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2015	3rd-place	4/6	7	3	4	0	0
2019	3rd-place	3/4	7	3	4	0	0
Total	2/2	0 Titles	14	6	8	0	0

Women's T20I Pacific Cup records
Host/Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2022	Round-robin	2/4	6	3	2	0	1
2024	Round-robin	3/6	6	4	2	0	0
Total	2/2	0 Titles	12	7	4	0	1

East Asia Pacific Women's Championship records
Host/Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2010	The full information of the tournament have not found[22][23][24]
2012
2014
2016
Total	4/4	0 Titles	0	0	0	0	0

Updated on 3 May 2024

This lists all the players who were named in the squad for2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier.

International Match Summary — Vanuatu Women^[25]

Last updated 15 September 2025

• Highest team total: 177/1 v.Cook Islands on 19 January 2024 atLloyd Elsmore Park 1,Auckland.^[26]
• Highest individual innings: 106*, Rachel Andrew v.Cook Islands on 19 January 2024 atLloyd Elsmore Park 1,Auckland.^[27]
• Best innings bowling: 5/9,Selina Solman v.Cook Islands on 19 January 2024 atLloyd Elsmore Park 1,Auckland.^[28]

T20I record versus other nations^[25]

Records complete to WT20I #2515. Last updated 15 September 2025.

Opponent	M	W	L	T	NR	First match	First win
ICC Full Members
Ireland	1	0	1	0	0	1 May 2024
Zimbabwe	1	1	0	0	0	25 April 2024	25 April 2024
ICC Associate members
Cook Islands	3	3	0	0	0	4 September 2023	4 September 2023
Fiji	12	12	0	0	0	7 May 2019	7 May 2019
France	1	1	0	0	0	11 March 2025	11 March 2025
Indonesia	3	3	0	0	0	9 May 2019	9 May 2019
Japan	5	5	0	0	0	10 May 2019	10 May 2019
Netherlands	1	0	1	0	0	27 April 2024
Papua New Guinea	12	1	10	0	1	6 May 2019	1 September 2023
Samoa	13	6	6	0	1	9 May 2019	3 October 2022
United Arab Emirates	1	0	1	0	0	3 May 2024

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