Cricket PNG, originally founded as the Papua New Guinea Cricket Board of Control, is the official governing body of the sport of

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Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

. Its current headquarters is in

Port Moresby (; Tok Pisin: ''Pot Mosbi''), also referred to as Pom City or simply Moresby, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea. It is one of the largest cities in the southwestern Pacific (along with Jayapura) outside of Australia and New Z ...

. Cricket PNG was founded in 1972 and was elected an Associate Member of the

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on 24 July 1973. It is also a Member of the

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. 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.

Home ground

Amini Park Amini Park is a cricket ground in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Part of the Bisini Parade sports complex in the suburb of Boroko, it is the headquarters of Cricket PNG. History The ground was established in 1956 and named Amini Park in 1983 afte ...

is a

ground in

. The ground is named for the Amini family, several of whom have played cricket for Papua New Guinea (both the men's and

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teams), the ground has seen the men's team play

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, the

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and Victoria. The women's team played

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in a three match series at the ground in September 2006.Other matches played on Amini Park, Port Moresby
at CricketArchive

References

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