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2024 Women's Pacific Cup

Dates	17 – 21 January 2024
Administrator(s)	New Zealand Cricket
Cricket format	Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and play-offs
Host(s)	New Zealand
Champions	Papua New Guinea (2nd title)
Runners-up	New Zealand Māori
Participants	6
Matches	18
Player of the series	Rachel Andrew
Most runs	Rachel Andrew (227)
Most wickets	Selina Solman (13)
← 2022

The 2024 Women's T20I Pacific Cup (known as the South Seas Pacific Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the second edition of the Women's T20I Pacific Cup, a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament. It took place in Auckland, New Zealand, from 17 to 21 January 2024. The participants were the women's national sides of Cook Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, and Vanuatu, as well as a New Zealand Māori team.

The Cook Islands and New Zealand Māori competed in the women's Pacific Cup for the first time, with it being the first tournament for the Māori women's team and the first time that a senior Māori side had competed in an international event since the men's team at the 2001 Pacific Cup. All matches were played at Lloyd Elsmore Park (the final was originally to be played on the outer oval at Eden Park).

Papua New Guinea were the defending champions, having won the previous edition of the tournament, which was played in Vanuatu in October 2022.

The Cook Islands played warm-up matches against Auckland University Cricket Club and Kumeu Cricket Club. The Papua New Guinea squad held a pre-tournament training camp in Napier.

The tournament was broadcast live on TVNZ, New Zealand Cricket's YouTube channel and Sky Pacific. Papua New Guinea retained the trophy after defeating the New Zealand Māori in the final. Vanuatu defeated Samoa in the third place play-off, and their all-rounder Rachel Andrew was named as player of the tournament. Cook Islands won the fifth place play-off against Fiji.

Squads

Cook Islands	Fiji	New Zealand Māori	Papua New Guinea	Samoa	Vanuatu
Tetiare Mataora (c) Rachael Auora Mummy Elikana Tai Elikana Ioane Evangelean Zamera Ikiua (vc) Tailor Maika Tracy Marurai Maya Piakura Tapuaiva Piakura Sofia Samuels Sonnia Vaia (wk) Raupa Vila Esther Williams	Ilisapeci Waqavakatoga (c, wk) Melaia Biu Maeavhanisi Erasito (wk) Ana Gonerara Ateca Kainoco Silvia Kijiana Cilia Lewatu Lagakali Lomani Akosita Poulter Marica Ratuki (wk) Mereani Rodan Saimoni Tuitoga Karalaini Vakuruivalu Mele Waqanisau	Kerry-Anne Tomlinson (c) Skye Bowden (vc) Jess McFadyen (vc, wk) Dayle Anderson Georgia Atkinson Nicole Baird Ocean Bartlett Jessica Benge Eden Carson Olivia Clark Claire Crooks Samantha Curtis Marama Downes Mollie Drumm Mereana Hyde Caitlin King Macy Lyford Sam Mackinder (wk) Emma Parker Jessica Smith Anika Todd Holly Topp (wk)	Brenda Tau (c, wk) Sibona Jimmy (vc) Vicky Araa Kaia Arua Vicky Buruka Kevau Frank (wk) Dika Lohia Erani Pokana Tanya Ruma Pauke Siaka Henao Thomas Geua Tom (wk) Isabel Toua Naoani Vare	Regina Lili'i (c) Carol Agafili Ailaoa Aoina Luella Bracey Tualili Iosefo Olive Lefaga Leitu Leong Jane Manase Avetia Mapu Francesca Nafanua (wk) Norah Salima Jacinta Sanele Tuaolao Semau Fa'aiuga Sisifo Lagi Telea Eleni Vaaetasi	Selina Solman (c) Alvina Chilia (vc) Rachel Andrew Maiyllise Carlot (wk) Gillian Chilia Leimauri Chilia Lizzing Enoch Melissa Fare Natalia Kakor Valenta Langiatu Vicky Mansale Nasimana Navaika Rayline Ova Mahina Tarimiala (wk) Vanessa Vira

Group stage

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	New Zealand Māori	5	5	0	0	0	10	2.486	Advanced to the final
2	Papua New Guinea	5	4	1	0	0	8	3.065
3	Samoa	5	3	2	0	0	6	−0.956	Advanced to the 3rd place play-off
4	Vanuatu	5	2	3	0	0	4	2.218
5	Cook Islands	5	1	4	0	0	2	−2.896	Advanced to the 5th place play-off
6	Fiji	5	0	5	0	0	0	−4.226

Fixtures

Papua New Guinea  80/9 (20 overs)	v	New Zealand Māori 81/3 (16.2 overs)
Kaia Arua 22 (37) Eden Carson 2/8 (4 overs)		Jess McFadyen 29 (34) Isabel Toua 1/17 (4 overs)

• New Zealand Māori won the toss and elected to field.

Samoa  109/9 (20 overs)	v	Cook Islands 108/9 (20 overs)
Regina Lili'i 35 (39) Sofia Samuels 3/19 (4 overs)		Zamera Ikiua 43* (46) Ailaoa Aoina 3/18 (4 overs)

• Cook Islands won the toss and elected to field.
• Rachael Auora, Tai Elikana, Zamera Ikiua, Tetiare Mataora, Raupa Vila, Esther Williams (Cok), Avetia Mapu and Francesca Nafanua (Sam) all made their T20I debuts.

Vanuatu  169/7 (20 overs)	v	Fiji 34 (9.1 overs)
Valenta Langiatu 61 (45) Mele Waqanisau 1/28 (4 overs)		Ateca Kainoco 5 (5) Melissa Fare 2/5 (1 over)

• Fiji won the toss and elected to field.
• Silvia Kijiana and Mele Waqanisau (Fij) both made their T20I debuts.

Fiji  69 (14 overs)	v	Cook Islands 70/1 (8.2 overs)
Mereani Rodan 22 (29) Sofia Samuels 2/8 (2 overs)		Zamera Ikiua 41* (32) Ilisapeci Waqavakatoga 1/20 (2 overs)

• Cook Islands won the toss and elected to field.
• Akosita Poulter (Fij) made her T20I debut.

Vanuatu  91/9 (20 overs)	v	New Zealand Māori 92/5 (19.4 overs)
Rachel Andrew 20 (14) Ocean Bartlett 4/14 (4 overs)		Jess McFadyen 35 (42) Rachel Andrew 2/13 (4 overs)

• New Zealand Māori won the toss and elected to field.

Samoa  64 (17.5 overs)	v	Papua New Guinea 65/0 (8 overs)
Regina Lili'i 18 (35) Kaia Arua 4/11 (2.5 overs)		Naoani Vare 34* (28)

• Samoa won the toss and elected to bat.
• Carol Agafili (Sam) made her T20I debut.

Vanuatu  95/9 (20 overs)	v	Samoa 99/7 (19 overs)
Rachel Andrew 42 (42) Lagi Telea 4/16 (4 overs)		Fa'aiuga Sisifo 30 (33) Selina Solman 2/17 (4 overs) Vicky Mansale 2/17 (4 overs)

• Samoa won the toss and elected to field.
• Jane Manase (Sam) and Natalia Kakor (Van) both made their T20I debuts.

Papua New Guinea  178/4 (20 overs)	v	Cook Islands 50 (16.2 overs)
Naoani Vare 54 (43) Zamera Ikiua 3/23 (4 overs)		Raupa Vila 23 (31) Vicky Araa 4/6 (4 overs)

• Cook Islands won the toss and elected to field.
• Dika Lohia (PNG) made her T20I debut.

New Zealand Māori  154/5 (20 overs)	v	Fiji 87/7 (20 overs)
Jess Smith 36 (37) Mele Waqanisau 2/29 (4 overs)		Melaia Biu 19 (34) Emma Parker 2/8 (4 overs)

• Fiji won the toss and elected to field.

Papua New Guinea  102/4 (20 overs)	v	Vanuatu 79/3 (20 overs)
Tanya Ruma 50* (52) Selina Solman 3/22 (4 overs)		Rachel Andrew 35 (50) Kaia Arua 2/15 (4 overs)

• Vanuatu won the toss and elected to field.

Samoa  115/7 (20 overs)	v	Fiji 89 (19.1 overs)
Taalili Iosefo 41* (37) Mele Waqanisau 2/25 (4 overs)		Ateca Kainoco 14 (20) Jacinta Sanele 2/9 (3.1 overs)

• Fiji won the toss and elected to field.

Cook Islands  62/9 (20 overs)	v	New Zealand Māori 63/1 (7.2 overs)
Tai Elikana 18 (23) Mollie Drumm 5/10 (4 overs)		Jessica Smith 28* (24) Rachael Auora 1/26 (3 overs)

• New Zealand Māori won the toss and elected to field.

Vanuatu  177/1 (20 overs)	v	Cook Islands 57/9 (20 overs)
Rachel Andrew 106* (68) Sofia Samuels1/20 (4 overs)		Tailor Maika 15* (23) Selina Solman 5/9 (4 overs)

• Cook Islands won the toss and elected to field.
• Ioane Evangelean (Cok) made her T20I debut.
• Rachel Andrew became the first player for Vanuatu to score a century in women's T20Is.
• Selina Solman became the first player for Vanuatu to take a WT20I five-wicket haul.

Samoa  74/7 (20 overs)	v	New Zealand Māori 78/5 (9.3 overs)
Regina Lili'i 30 (49) Nicole Baird 2/10 (3 overs)		Marama Downes 19 (19) Taalili Iosefo 2/11 (2 overs)

• Samoa won the toss and elected to bat.

Fiji  44 (20 overs)	v	Papua New Guinea 45/1 (5.5 overs)
Karalaini Vakuruivalu 9* (20) Isabel Toua 4/6 (4 overs)		Tanya Ruma 20* (11) Mereani Rodan 1/7 (1 over)

• Fiji won the toss and elected to bat.

Play-offs

5th place play-off

Fiji  80/7 (20 overs)	v	Cook Islands 81/1 (14.1 overs)
Ilisapeci Waqavakatoga 25 (38) Sofia Samuels 2/2 (4 overs)		Zamera Ikiua 29* (46) Karalaini Vakuruivalu 1/12 (2 overs)

• Cook Islands won the toss and elected to field.

3rd place play-off

Vanuatu  157/7 (20 overs)	v	Samoa 134 (19.2 overs)
Valenta Langiatu 34 (30) Lagi Telea 3/15 (4 overs)		Regina Lili'i 43 (44) Nasimana Navaika 2/23 (4 overs)

• Samoa won the toss and elected to field.

Final

New Zealand Māori  87 (20 overs)	v	Papua New Guinea 88/5 (18.3 overs)
Skye Bowden 23 (26) Sibona Jimmy 5/10 (4 overs)		Sibona Jimmy 25 (27) Georgia Atkinson 2/6 (2 overs)

• New Zealand Māori won the toss and elected to bat.

Notes

1. Matches involving New Zealand Māori did not have T20I status.
2. Samantha Curtis captained New Zealand Māori in their third match of the tournament and Jess McFadyen captained the team in their fourth and fifth matches.

References

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External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo

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• Associate international cricket competitions in 2023–24
• January 2024 sports events in New Zealand
• International cricket competitions in New Zealand