Vanuatu Cricket, officially the Vanuatu Cricket Association, is the national governing body of the sport of

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

in Vanuatu. Its current headquarters is in Port Vila, Vanuatu. Vanuatu Cricket Association is Vanuatu's representative at the International Cricket Council and is an associate member and has been a member of that body since 2009. It is also a member of the

East Asia-Pacific Cricket Council ICC East Asia-Pacific is the International Cricket Council region responsible for administration of the sport of cricket in East Asia and the Pacific area. The region was founded in 1996 with a regional office established in 1999. The area cove ...

. The Senior Men's Team achieved Associate status with the ICC after winning the prestigious ICC EAP Cup in 2009 (undefeated). In March 2021,

Tim Cutler Timothy Lawrence Cutler (born 23 March 1982), is an Australian born Hong Kong cricket player and administrator. He is a right-hand bat as well as slow left-arm orthodox who had played cricket for the Hong Kong Cricket Club in the Hong Kong domes ...

, formerly the CEO of

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, was appointed as the CEO of Vanuatu Cricket replacing

Shane Deitz Shane Alan Deitz (born 4 May 1975) is an Australian cricket coach and former player. He played first-class cricket for the Southern Redbacks as a left-handed top-order batsman and occasional wicket-keeper. He was appointed coach of the Netherla ...

. He was expected to commence his term as CEO from mid-April 2021.

History

The game of

was introduced to the country by English Expatriates during colonization when the country known as the New Hebrides, and has been played in Vanuatu since around 1905. The Vanuatu Cricket Association began upon affiliation with the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1995 and later gained associate status in 2005. The commencement of the Community Cricket Development Program in the year 2000 has been the key component in the growth of

in Vanuatu. The program which started with 400 participants in the year 2000, is now rolled out to numerous schools and communities throughout Efate, Espiritu Santo, Malekula and Tanna encouraging many juniors to take up the game. Vanuatu Cricket also maintains a strong local club competitions structure at both junior and senior levels which feeds into our high performance streams. To date Vanuatu Cricket has grown to have roughly 25,000+ participants, approximately 10% of the total population of Vanuatu, through its development programs, an annual club cricket season from February to November each year, a sport for development program in partnership with the Pacific Sports Partnership Program (soon to be Australian Sports Partnership Program) aimed at combating NCD's, promote social inclusion and soon to include a Gender Based program to use cricket to combat Gender Based Violence in our communities and country and 3 High Performance teams representing Vanuatu at International and regional competitions, National Men, Women and U19s team.

References

External links

Cricinfo-VanuatuVanuatu-FB
Cricket administration {{Affiliate Members of the International Cricket Council