Cricket PNG
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| Sport | Cricket |
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| Jurisdiction | |
| Abbreviation | CPNG |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Affiliation | International Cricket Council |
| Affiliation date | 1973 |
| Regional affiliation | ICC East Asia-Pacific |
| Affiliation date | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Port Moresby |
| Chairperson | Helen Macindoe |
| CEO | Greg Campbell |
| Coach | Joe Dawes |
| Official website | |
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Cricket PNG, originally founded as the Papua New Guinea Cricket Board of Control, is the official governing body of the sport of cricket in Papua New Guinea. Its current headquarters is in Port Moresby. Cricket PNG was founded in 1972[1] and was elected an Associate Member of the International Cricket Council on 24 July 1973.[2][3] It is also a Member of the East Asia-Pacific Cricket Council.
In July 2020, Cricket PNG won the Gray-Nicolls Participation Programme of the Year award, in the ICC's Annual Development Awards to recognise developing cricketing nations.[4][5]
Home ground
[edit | edit source]- Amini Park is a cricket ground in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.[6][7]
The ground is named for the Amini family, several of whom have played cricket for Papua New Guinea (both the men's and women's teams),[8] the ground has seen the men's team play Australia, the West Indies and Victoria.
The women's team played Japan in a three match series at the ground in September 2006.[9]
See also
[edit | edit source]- PNG national cricket team
- PNG women's national cricket team
- PNG national under-19 cricket team
- PNG women's national under-19 cricket team
References
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- ^ Greig v Insole, 1 WLR 302, 51 (Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Amini Park at cricinfo
- ^ Amini Park at CricketArchive
- ^ Papua New Guinea players (A) at CricketArchive
- ^ Other matches played on Amini Park, Port Moresby at CricketArchive
External links
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