The Cook Islands cricket team is the team that represents the New Zealand

New Zealand

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 dependency of the Cook Islands

Cook Islands

The Cook Islands is a self-governing parliamentary democracy in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand...

 in international cricket matches. They became an International Cricket Council

International Cricket Council

The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...

 member in 2000. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Countries/104.html

They made their international debut in the Pacifica Championship in 2001, finishing fifth in the eight team tournament. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/71/71602.html They finished one place higher the following year. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/74/74744.html

They entered the qualification race for the 2011 World Cup

2011 Cricket World Cup

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, finishing as runners up in the 2005 ICC EAP Cricket Cup

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The 2005 ICC EAP Cricket Cup was held in Vanuatu between 23–29 September 2005 as part of the qualification for the 2011 Cricket World Cup. Six teams from the East Asia-Pacific Region competed in a round-robin stage, followed by ranking finals. Japan defeated the Cook Islands in a close final held...

. This gave them a place in the 2006 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy

2006 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy

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, where they finished second to Fiji

Fijian cricket team

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, missing out on a place in Division Three

2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Three

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 of the ICC World Cricket League in 2007.