Fiji national cricket team
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| Association | Cricket Fiji |
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| ICC status | Associate (1965) |
| ICC region | ICC East Asia-Pacific |
| WCL | 2015 Division Six |
| Coach | Shane Jurgensen |
| Captain | Josefa Rika |
| First international | |
 Fiji v. Australia  (Suva, Fiji; 27 March 1905) |
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| First-class debut | |
Fiji v. Auckland  (Auckland, New Zealand; 25 January 1895) |
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| World Cup Qualifier | |
| Appearances | 7 (first in 1979) |
| Best result | 11th place (1997) |
| As of 4 September 2015 | |
The Fiji national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Fiji in international cricket matches. They have been an associate member of the International Cricket Council since 1965, although the team's history goes back to the late 19th century.
Cricket was introduced to Fiji by European settlers in 1874, and the native population began taking up the game in 1878. The governor of Fiji at the time listed introducing cricket to the native Fijians as one of the achievements of his tenure in his memoirs.
Fiji was playing first-class cricket just 21 years after cricket was introduced to the country, when they toured New Zealand in early 1895.
Fiji's team on the tour in 1895 was captained by John Udal, whose great-grandson Shaun would eventually play Test cricket for England. The first match of the tour was a two-day match against Auckland, which Fiji lost by an innings.
A low scoring second match against Otago was drawn after rain washed out the first of the two days. The third match against Canterbury was also lost by an innings, before a draw against Wellington.
The final two matches of the tour went much better for the Fijians, winning against Hawke's Bay by an innings after a century from John Collins, and beating Taranaki by two wickets.
In 1907-08, Fiji toured Australia, playing 26 matches against state, university and district sides between 11 December 1907 and 30 March 1908. In the drawn two-day match against Queensland, Pope Cakobau took 7 for 105 and 3 for 56. The Fijian team also played a two-day match against New South Wales and two against Victoria. All four of these matches were drawn.
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