The Vanuatu cricket team is the team that represents the country of Vanuatu

Vanuatu

Vanuatu , officially the Republic of Vanuatu , is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is some east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and southeast of the Solomon Islands, near New Guinea.Vanuatu was...

 in international cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

 matches. They became an affiliate member of the International Cricket Council

International Cricket Council

The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...

 in 1995 and were subsequently promoted to associate membership in 2009 .

In recognition of the growing interest in cricket in Vanuatu, multinational communications company Digicel

Digicel

Digicel is a mobile phone network provider covering parts of Oceania, Central America, and the Caribbean regions. The company is owned by Irishman Denis O'Brien, is incorporated in Bermuda, and based in Jamaica. It provides mobile services in 26 countries and territories throughout the Caribbean...

 announced they would be sponsoring the Vanuatu national team in its upcoming tournaments.

International Competition

Vanuatu competed in the Pacifica Championships on the two occasions it was held, finishing seventh in 2001 and sixth in 2002. In 2005, they hosted the East Asia/Pacific Cricket Cup

2005 ICC EAP Cricket Cup

The 2005 ICC EAP Cricket Cup was held in Vanuatu between 23–29 September 2005 as part of the qualification for the 2011 Cricket World Cup. Six teams from the East Asia-Pacific Region competed in a round-robin stage, followed by ranking finals. Japan defeated the Cook Islands in a close final held...

, finishing third in the six team competition, therefore missing out on qualification for the 2007 World Cup

2007 Cricket World Cup

The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was the ninth edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup tournament that took place in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007, using the sport's One Day International format...

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At the East Asia - Pacific Trophy in Auckland, New Zealand in December 2007, Vanuatu finished second, therefore qualifying through to the World Cricket League Division Five in 2008. In the highly successful 2009 calendar year, Vanuatu defeated Fiji in two One-Day Series in Port Vila as well as claiming the prestigious 2009 ICC EAP Men's Cricket Trophy (Non-World Cricket League) held in Samoa, defeating the hosts in the final.
At a junior level, Vanuatu has finished second to Papua New Guinea in the following competitions:
East Asia - Pacific Under 15 Super 8s, Melbourne, Australia, 2005;
East Asia - Pacific Under 15 Super 8s, Apia, Samoa, 2007;
East Asia - Pacific Under 19 World Cup Qualifying Tournament, Port Vila, Vanuatu, 2007.

Vanuatu finished third in the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight

2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight

The 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight was a cricket tournament that took place from November 6 to 12, 2010 in Kuwait. It is a part of the World Cricket League competition administered by the International Cricket Council, the international governing body for cricket.-Teams:Relegated from...

 in Kuwait

Kuwait

The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the...

. This means they will stay in that league for the 2012 competition

2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight

The 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight is a cricket tournament due to take place at some point in 2012. It forms part of the ICC World Cricket League and qualifying for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.-Teams:...

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World Cricket League

• 2005 (Division Five)
  2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Five
  The 2008 ICC World Cricket League Division Five is a cricket tournament that took place between 23 and 31 May 2008 in Jersey. It forms part of the ICC World Cricket League and qualifying for the 2011 Cricket World Cup.-Teams:...
  
  : 12th place
• 2008 (Division Eight)
  2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight
  The 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight was a cricket tournament that took place from November 6 to 12, 2010 in Kuwait. It is a part of the World Cricket League competition administered by the International Cricket Council, the international governing body for cricket.-Teams:Relegated from...
  
  : 3rd place

World Cricket League EAP region (50 Over)

• 2005
  2005 ICC EAP Cricket Cup
  The 2005 ICC EAP Cricket Cup was held in Vanuatu between 23–29 September 2005 as part of the qualification for the 2011 Cricket World Cup. Six teams from the East Asia-Pacific Region competed in a round-robin stage, followed by ranking finals. Japan defeated the Cook Islands in a close final held...
  
  : 4th place
• 2007
  2007 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy
  The 2007 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy is an international cricket tournament that forms part of the ICC World Cricket League...
  
  : 2nd place
• 2009 (Division Two): 1st place

World Cricket League EAP region (Twenty20)

• 2009: 5th place

South Pacific Games

• 1987: Bronze medal
• 1991: Bronze medal
• 2003
  Cricket at the 2003 South Pacific Games
  Cricket at the 2003 South Pacific Games was contested by six teams. The gold medal was won by Papua New Guinea.-First round:The six participating teams were placed into one pool. Papua New Guinea won all five of their matches, including a match against New Caledonia where they scored more than 500...
  
  : 5th place
• 2011
  Cricket at the 2011 Pacific Games
  Cricket at the 2011 Pacific Games in Nouméa, New Caledonia was held on August 29–September 2, 2011.-Format:The four teams play a round robin before the best ranked team faces the second best team in the final.-Preliminary round:------------...
  
  : Bronze medal

Squad

The following list contains the 14 players in Vanuatu's squad for the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight

2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight

The 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Eight was a cricket tournament that took place from November 6 to 12, 2010 in Kuwait. It is a part of the World Cricket League competition administered by the International Cricket Council, the international governing body for cricket.-Teams:Relegated from...

:

• Andrew Mansale
• Patrick Haines
• Simpson Obed
• Trevor Langa
• Patrick Matautaava
• Kenny Tari
• Damian Smith
• Jonathan Dunn
• Jelany Chilia
• Lenica Natapei
• Frederick Timakata
• Edy Mansale
• Aby John
• Nalin Nipiko