[6][7] Papua New Guinea previously had One-Day International (ODI) status, which it gained by finishing fourth in 2014 World Cup Qualifier.

On 26 April 2019, Papua New Guinea defeated Oman to secure a top-four finish in the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two and reclaim their ODI status.

[11] Papua New Guinea holds the world record for the highest score in a one-day match, making 572/7 against New Caledonia in 2007.

[14] Since its beginnings cricket was picked up naturally in the Motuan areas of Papua New Guinea, most recognisably the village of Hanuabada.

[7][10] After a tour of Australia in 1981,[18] Papua New Guinea had their best international performance in the 1982 ICC Trophy where they finished third after beating Bangladesh in a play-off.

[19] Papua New Guinea again failed to progress beyond the first round at the 1986 ICC Trophy,[20] though they did record the highest total in the tournament's history in their match against Gibraltar.

[7] They reached the plate final of the 1994 ICC Trophy, but did not play the match as they had already booked a flight home, not expecting to qualify.

They also left the 1998 ACC Trophy in Nepal early after losing their first two games, forfeiting their match against the Maldives as otherwise they would have had to have waited more than a week for the next flight.

[7] Another international outlet for Papua New Guinea team opened up in 1996 when they participated in the first ACC Trophy in Kuala Lumpur.

In February 2013, Papua New Guinea travelled to Auckland, New Zealand, for the EAP Championship and went through the group stages unbeaten before defeating Vanuatu in the final.

Papua New Guinea finished 4th in the final qualifying tournament for the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, in New Zealand in 2014.

While missing out on qualification for the World Cup, their final position allowed them to gain One Day International (ODI) status for the first time.

[42] Papua New Guinea crashed out early from the race of qualification for the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 slated to be held in India.

In September 2017, then team coach Jason Gillespie suggested that Papua New Guinea should be added to the Australian domestic limited-overs cricket tournament.

[45] Papua New Guinea won the 2022–23 ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier, defeating the Japan national cricket team in the final.

Subsequently, Papua New Guinea qualified for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup that was co-hosted by the United States and the West Indies.

[49] This lists all the players who have played for Papua New Guinea in the past 12 months or has been part of the latest ODI or T20I squad.