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Papua New Guinea women's national cricket team
Cricket team
Cricket team
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Papua New Guinea |
| image | Cricket PNG logo.png |
| alt | Refer to caption |
| caption | Cricket PNG logo |
| nickname | Lewas |
| association | Cricket PNG |
| coach | Kath Hempenstall |
| captain | Brenda Tau |
| icc_status | Associate member |
| icc_member_year | 1973 |
| icc_region | East Asia-Pacific |
| wodi_rank | 16th |
| wodi_rank_best | 15th (2 May 2025) |
| wt20i_rank | 13th |
| wt20i_rank_best | 11th (3 Oct 2023) |
| first_wmatch | v. at Port Moresby; 12 September 2006 |
| first_wodi | v at Harare Sports Club, Harare; 24 March 2024 |
| most_recent_wodi | v at Amini Park, Port Moresby; 19 October 2025 |
| num_wodis | 13 |
| num_wodis_this_year | 0 |
| wodi_record | 3/10 |
| (0 ties, 0 no results) | |
| wodi_record_this_year | 0/0 |
| (0 ties, 0 no results) | |
| wwcq_apps | 2 |
| wwcq_first | 2008 |
| wwcq_best | 7th (2008) |
| first_wt20i | v. at VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen; 7 July 2018 |
| most_recent_wt20i | v. at Mulpani International Cricket Ground, Kageshwari-Manohara; 26 January 2026 |
| num_wt20is | 76 |
| num_wt20is_this_year | 4 |
| wt20i_record | 50/23 |
| (1 tie, 2 no results) | |
| wt20i_record_this_year | 1/3 |
| (0 ties, 0 no results) | |
| wwt20q_apps | 3 |
| wwt20q_first | 2015 |
| wwt20q_best | 4th (2018, 2019) |
| t_pattern_b | _pngw_24 |
| t_leftarm | F40B58 |
| t_body | F40B58 |
| t_rightarm | F40B58 |
| t_pants | 000000 |
| asofdate | 26 January 2026 |
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(1 tie, 2 no results) (0 ties, 0 no results)
The Papua New Guinea women's national cricket team, nicknamed the Lewas, represents Papua New Guinea in international women's cricket. The team is organised by Cricket PNG, an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Papua New Guinea has been the leading women's associate team in the ICC East Asia-Pacific (EAP) since its international debut in 2006. It has represented EAP at the 50-Over World Cup Qualifier and T20 World Cup Qualifier on a number of occasions, making the semi-finals of the 2018 and 2019 T20 World Cup Qualifiers. It was awarded One Day International (ODI) status in 2022.
History
Papua New Guinea made its international debut in September 2006, playing a three-match series against Japan to determine which team would represent the ICC East Asia-Pacific (EAP) region at the 2008 World Cup Qualifier. Papua New Guinea won the series against Japan three–nil, but at the World Cup Qualifier won only two matches, both against Bermuda.
The team failed to qualify for either the 2011 World Cup Qualifier or the 2013 World Twenty20 Qualifier, with Japan representing the EAP region on both occasions.
At the 2015 Pacific Games, which Papua New Guinea hosted, a women's cricket event was included for the first time. The team narrowly lost to Samoa in the final, having been undefeated up to that point. Later in the year, Papua New Guinea participated at its second global tournament, the 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier, placing fifth out of eight teams.
In April 2018, the ICC granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Papua New Guinea women and other international sides since 1 July 2018 have the full WT20I status.
The team played its first WT20I match against Bangladesh on 7 July 2018 at VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen in the Netherlands in the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier.
In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. Papua New Guinea were named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier regional group, alongside seven other teams. However, in August 2021, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that the tournament had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and due to their ranking, Papua New Guinea qualified for the global qualifier held in 2022.
In October 2021, it was reported that Australian Kath Hempenstall had been appointed head coach of the Lewas in preparation for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe, and it was expected that Hempenstall would meet the team in person for the first time there. However, on 8 November 2021, Papua New Guinea announced that they had been forced to withdraw due to several players testing positive for COVID-19.
In May 2022, the ICC announced Papua New Guinea as one of five women's sides to gain Women's One Day International (ODI) status.
The team played its first WODI match against Zimbabwe on 24 March 2024 at the Harare Sports Club, Harare during their tour of Zimbabwe.
Current squad
This lists all the players who were named in the PNG squad for the 2024 Netherlands Women's Tri-Nation Series. Updated on 15 August 2024.
| Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | Batters | All-rounders | Wicket-keeper | Spin Bowlers | Pace Bowlers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanya Ruma | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |||||||
| Naoani Vare | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |||||||
| Kevau Frank | Right-handed | ||||||||
| Lakshmi Rajadurai | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |||||||
| Sibona Jimmy | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | |||||||
| Vicky Araa | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |||||||
| Pauke Siaka | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |||||||
| Brenda Tau | Left-handed | Captain | |||||||
| Henao Thomas | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |||||||
| Dika Lohia | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |||||||
| Isabel Toua | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |||||||
| Geua Tom | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |||||||
| Vicky Buruka | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | |||||||
| Mahuta Jayphert | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
Tournament history
ICC Women's ODI World Cup
| Women's Cricket World Cup records | Host | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| England 1973 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| India 1978 | ||||||||
| New Zealand 1982 | ||||||||
| Australia 1988 | ||||||||
| England 1993 | ||||||||
| India 1997 | ||||||||
| New Zealand 2000 | ||||||||
| South Africa 2005 | ||||||||
| Australia 2009 | ||||||||
| India 2013 | ||||||||
| England 2017 | ||||||||
| New Zealand 2022 | ||||||||
| India 2025 | ||||||||
| Total | 0/13 | 0 Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier
| ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier records | Host | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| NED 2003 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| RSA 2008 | ||||||||
| BAN 2011 | ||||||||
| SL 2017 | ||||||||
| ZIM 2021 | ||||||||
| PAK 2025 | ||||||||
| Total | 0/6 | 0 Title | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ICC Women's World T20
| Twenty20 World Cup records | Host | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| England 2009 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| West Indies 2010 | ||||||||
| Sri Lanka 2012 | ||||||||
| Bangladesh 2014 | ||||||||
| India 2016 | ||||||||
| West Indies 2018 | ||||||||
| Australia 2020 | ||||||||
| South Africa 2023 | ||||||||
| United Arab Emirates 2024 | ||||||||
| ENG 2026 | To be determined | |||||||
| Total | 0/9 | 0 Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ICC Women's Twenty20 Global Qualifier
| ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier records | Host | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| IRE 2013 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| THA 2015 | DNQ | 5/8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| NED 2018 | DNQ | 4/8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| SCO 2019 | DNQ | 4/8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| UAE 2022 | DNQ | 5/8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| UAE 2024 | Did not qualify | |||||||
| NEP 2026 | To be determined | |||||||
| Total | 4/6 | 0 Titles | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Cricket at Summer Olympics Games
| Cricket at Summer Olympics records | Host | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| United States 2028 | To be determined | |||||||
| Australia 2032 | ||||||||
| Total | – | 0 Title | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy
| ICC Women's T20 Champions Trophy records | Host | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| Sri Lanka 2027 | To be determined | |||||||
| Flag.svg 2031 | ||||||||
| Total | – | 0 Title | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ICC Women's Twenty20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier
| ICC Women's Twenty20 World Cup Qualifier East Asia Pacific records | Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAN 2019 | Champion | |||||||
| Qualified | 1/6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| SAM 2021 | The tournament had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||
| VAN 2023 | DNQ | 2/7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| FIJ 2025 | Champion | |||||||
| Qualified | 1/8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 3/3 | 2 Titles | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Women's T20I Pacific Cup
| Women's T20I Pacific Cup records | Host/Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanuatu 2022 | Round-robin | 1/6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| New Zealand 2024 | Round-robin | 1/6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 2/2 | 0 Titles | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Cricket at the Pacific Games
| Pacific Games record | Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNG 2015 | Runners-up | 2/6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| SAM 2019 | Runners-up | 2/4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 2/2 | 0 Titles | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
East Asia Pacific Women's Championship
| East Asia Pacific Women's Championship records | Host/Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN 2010 | Champion | 1/6 | The full information of the tournament have not found | |||||
| VAN 2012 | Champion | 1/6 | The full information of the tournament have not found | |||||
| JPN 2014 | Champion | 1/5 | The full information of the tournament have not found | |||||
| SAM 2016 | Champion | 1/6 | The full information of the tournament have not found | |||||
| Total | 4/4 | 4 Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Records and statistics
International Match Summary — Papua New Guinea Women
Last updated 26 January 2026
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One-Day Internationals | 13 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 24 March 2024 |
| Twenty20 Internationals | 76 | 50 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 7 July 2018 |
One-Day Internationals
- Highest team total: 196 v. Scotland on 6 August 2024 at Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd, Utrecht.
- Highest individual score: 80*, Tanya Ruma v. United States on 11 April 2024 at ICC Academy Ground, Dubai.
- Best innings bowling: 4/19, Vicky Ara'a v. Zimbabwe on 26 March 2024 at Harare Sports Club, Harare.
ODI record versus other nations
Records complete to WODI #1508. Last updated 19 October 2024.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICC Full Members | |||||||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 March 2024 | ||
| ICC Associate members | |||||||
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 August 2024 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 April 2024 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 October 2025 | 15 October 2025 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 April 2024 | 11 April 2024 |
Twenty20 International
- Highest team total: 224/1 v. Philippines on 10 September 2025 at Albert Park Ground 2, Suva.
- Highest individual innings: 130*, Konio Oala v. Philippines on 10 September 2025 at Albert Park Ground 2, Suva.
- Best innings bowling: 5/1, Pauke Siaka v. Philippines on 10 September 2025 at Albert Park Ground 2, Suva.
Most T20I runs for PNG Women
| Player | Runs | Average | Career span |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brenda Tau | 1,352 | 28.16 | 2019–2026 |
| Naoani Vare | 1,250 | 25.00 | 2019–2026 |
| Tanya Ruma | 1,214 | 33.72 | 2019–2024 |
| Sibona Jimmy | 746 | 16.21 | 2019–2026 |
| Pauke Siaka | 478 | 14.93 | 2018–2026 |
Most T20I wickets for PNG Women
| Player | Wickets | Average | Career span |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaia Arua | 59 | 10.20 | 2019–2024 |
| Sibona Jimmy | 52 | 13.69 | 2019–2026 |
| Isabel Toua | 51 | 14.45 | 2018–2026 |
| Ravina Oa | 49 | 10.40 | 2019–2023 |
| Mairi Tom | 39 | 18.48 | 2018–2026 |
T20I record versus other nations
Records complete to WT20I #2646. Last updated 26 January 2026.
| Opponent | M | W | L | T | NR | First match | First win |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICC Full members | |||||||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 July 2018 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 July 2018 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 September 2022 | ||
| ICC Associate members | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 September 2023 | 2 September 2023 | |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 May 2019 | 7 May 2019 | |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 May 2019 | 6 May 2019 | |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 May 2019 | 9 May 2019 | |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 November 2025 | 15 November 2025 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 July 2018 | 10 July 2018 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 September 2025 | 10 September 2025 | |
| 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 May 2019 | 10 May 2019 | |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 July 2018 | 1 September 2019 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 November 2025 | 30 November 2025 | |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 September 2019 | 21 November 2025 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 November 2025 | 25 November 2025 | |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 July 2018 | 8 July 2018 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 September 2019 | 3 September 2019 | |
| 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 May 2019 | 6 May 2019 |
References
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- [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/3/3330/Womens_Twenty20_Matches.html Women's Twenty20 matches played by Papua New Guinea women] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
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