New Zealand Māori

Association	New Zealand Cricket
International Cricket Council
ICC status	None
ICC region	ICC East Asia-Pacific
International cricket
First international	New Zealand Māori v. Cook Islands  (Auckland, New Zealand; 3 February 2001)
As of 20 January 2017

The New Zealand Māori cricket team is a team that represented the Māori community of New Zealand in the 2001 Pacifica Cup cricket tournament. Whilst their rugby union and rugby league counterparts play often, this is the only appearance to date of the cricket team.

The New Zealand Māori team took part in the first Pacifica Cup. They topped their first round group, winning all three of their matches against the Cook Islands, Papua New Guinea and Samoa. They then beat Tonga in the semi-finals before beating Fiji in the final to win the tournament.^[1] They did not compete in the 2002 tournament.^[2]

A women's team representing the New Zealand Māori played in the 2024 Pacific Cup in January 2024 in Auckland.^[3]

The following players played for the New Zealand Māori in the 2001 Pacifica Cup:^[4][5]

• Robert Bird
• Ben J. Cochrane
• Leigh Kelly (captain) - previously played first-class cricket for Wellington^[6]
• David Little - previously played first-class and List A cricket for Wellington^[7]
• Peter McGlashan - has since played international Twenty20 cricket for New Zealand^[8]
• Jonathan McNamee - previously played for New Zealand Under-19s^[9]
• Thomas Nukunuku
• Phillip T. Otto
• Jonathan Paine
• Jesse Ryder - has since played first-class and List A cricket for Central Districts and Wellington, Twenty20 cricket for Wellington, List A cricket as an overseas player for Ireland and is a middle order batsman in the Tests and opened the batting in One Day Internationals and Twenty20's for New Zealand^[10]
• Tane Topia - played one List A match for Auckland^[11]
• Ash Turner - has since played first-class and List A cricket for Wellington^[12]
• Gene Waller

• Trent Boult
• Shane Bond
• Doug Bracewell
• Daryl Tuffey
• Craig McMillan
• Heath Davis
• Kieran Noema-Barnett
• Adam Parore
• Anaru Kitchen
• Ben Wheeler
• Tama Canning
• Ben Stokes
• Zak Gibson
• Agnes Ell
• Hilda Buck
• Rona McKenzie
• Suzie Bates
• Sara McGlashan
• Lea Tahuhu

• New Zealand Māori rugby union team
• New Zealand Māori rugby league team

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