Papua New Guinea national cricket team
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| Nickname | Barramundis |
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| Association | Cricket PNG |
| ICC status | Associate (1973) |
| ICC region | ICC East Asia-Pacific |
| WCL | WCL Championship |
| Coach | Dipak Patel |
| Captain | Jack Vare |
| First international | |
 PNG v. Australia  (Port Moresby; 30 March 1972) |
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| First-class debut | |
 PNG v. Netherlands  (Amstelveen, Netherlands; 16 June 2015) |
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| List A debut | |
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PNG v. Netherlands (Belfast, Northern Ireland; 1 July 2005) |
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| Twenty20 debut | |
PNG v. Afghanistan  (Dubai, UAE; 13 March 2012) |
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| World Cup Qualifier | |
| Appearances | 10 (first in 1979) |
| Best result | 3rd place (1982) |
| World Twenty20 Qualifier | |
| Appearances | 3 (first in 2012) |
| Best result | 8th place (2012, 2013, 2015) |
| As of 14 September 2015 | |
The Papua New Guinea national cricket team, nicknamed the Barramundis, is the team that represents the country of Papua New Guinea in international cricket matches. The team is organised by Cricket PNG, which has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1973. Papua New Guinea currently has One Day International (ODI) status, which it gained by finishing fourth in 2014 World Cup Qualifier, and this also accords them Twenty20 International (T20I) status.
Papua New Guinea is the strongest team in the ICC East Asia-Pacific region, winning most ICC regional tournaments and having a similarly record in the cricket tournament at the Pacific Games. The team has also played in every edition of the World Cup Qualifier (previously the ICC Trophy). Papua New Guinea holds the world record for the highest score in a one-day match, making 572/7 against New Caledonia in 2007.
Cricket was introduced to the Territory of Papua by missionaries in the 1890s, and the local population soon took up the game. Matches were not always played to strict rules, with teams of more than fifty players a common occurrence. Cricket did not arrive in the Territory of New Guinea until Australia took over the administration of the territory under a United Nations mandate.
Cricket in rural areas tended to be played mostly by the indigenous population, whilst in urban areas such as Port Moresby the game was played mostly by the British and Australian expatriate population, and a competition for clubs in the city was started in 1937. A team of nine expatriate and two indigenous players played in Papua New Guinea's first international, against Australia in 1972.
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