Papua New Guinea women's national cricket team

Papua New Guinea

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Nickname(s)	Lewas
Association	Cricket PNG
Personnel
Captain	Brenda Tau
Coach	Kath Hempenstall
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Associate member (1973)
ICC region	East Asia-Pacific
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever WT20I 12th 11th (3 Oct 2023)
Women's international cricket
First international	v.  Japan at Port Moresby; 12 September 2006
Women's One Day Internationals
First WODI	v  Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club, Harare; 24 March 2024
Last WODI	v  Scotland at ICC Academy Ground, Dubai; 12 April 2024
WODIs Played Won/Lost Total[2] 5 1/4 (0 ties, 0 no results) This year[3] 5 1/4 (0 ties, 0 no results)
Women's World Cup Qualifier appearances	2 (first in 2008)
Best result	7th (2008)
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20I	v.  Bangladesh at VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen; 7 July 2018
Last WT20I	v.  Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club, Harare; 2 April 2024
WT20Is Played Won/Lost Total[4] 51 36/13 (1 tie, 1 no result) This year[5] 7 4/2 (1 tie, 0 no results)
Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances	3 (first in 2015)
Best result	4th (2018, 2019)
As of 12 April 2024

The Papua New Guinea women's national cricket team, nicknamed the Lewas, represents the country of Papua New Guinea in international women's cricket. The team is organised by Cricket PNG, an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Papua New Guinea has been the leading women's associate team in the ICC East Asia-Pacific (EAP) since its international debut in 2006. It has represented EAP at the 50-Over World Cup Qualifier and T20 World Cup Qualifier on a number of occasions, making the semi-finals of the 2018 and 2019 T20 World Cup Qualifiers. It was awarded One Day International (ODI) status in 2022.