Papua New Guinea women's cricket team

The Papua New Guinea women's cricket team is the team that represents the country of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

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in international women's cricket

Women's cricket

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matches. They made their international debut in September 2006, playing a three match series of one day games against Japan

Japanese women's cricket team

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to decide which country would represent the East Asia/Pacific region in the Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier

Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier

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in Ireland

Ireland

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in 2007.

Papua New Guinea won all three matches, and will play in the aforementioned qualifying tournament against Bermuda

Bermudian women's cricket team

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, Ireland

Irish women's cricket team

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, The Netherlands

Dutch women's cricket team

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, Pakistan

Pakistani women's cricket team

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, Scotland

Scottish women's cricket team

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, South Africa

South African women's cricket team

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and an African qualifier. Finishing in the top two in the tournament will qualify them for the World Cup

Women's Cricket World Cup

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in 2009, whilst a top four finish will give them Test and ODI status for the following four years.

In 2010. Marin Andrich, a famous cricket manager from Australia , became a manager of this team.

See also