Following another invitation from the ICC EAP, CWOB visited Samoa in July to participate in a Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier involving teams from Samoa, Japan and Papua New Guinea. CWOB established a community partnership for this tour with Maddie Riewoldt’s Vision with the partnership being formed through the realisation of mutually beneficial goals of promoting women’s participation in sport and raising awareness and funding for research into bone marrow failure.

During this tour CWOB participated in two key development initiatives under DFAT’s Pacific Sports Partnership program- the first of these was a development /fun day at the Divine Mercy Primary School in Apia for 100plus students aged 5-13 old.The second initiative was the “Healthy Nana “ program involving women in the 40-50 year age bracket and high risk NCD group. The CWOB players and support staff joined the group of women in their aerobic routine and lunch before game of traditional Samoan cricket called “ kilikiti.”

CWOB aims to raise the profile of women’s cricket ,creating new opportunities for female players in the process and alongside this is actively involved in sports diplomacy .During the tour to Samoa the CWOB team was involved in the opening ceremony at the Australian High Commission and were able to meet with the High Commissioner to discuss their career paths, studies and sporting plans.

CWOB players visited Japan on internships in June and December 2015 and through arrangements with CWOB the Prahran Cricket Club in Melbourne hosted a young Japanese player for six weeks.

CWOB toured Fiji in September 2015 for a series of matches and coaching activities with the Fiji national women’s team who had not had an opportunity for any competitive cricket for three years prior to CWOB’s visit. The Australian Government –Pacific Sports partnership program provided opportunities for a number of local 15-18 year old female players to participate in matches against CWOB.

The CWOB tour with its focus on inspiring and increasing participation rates of young women was a rare time that female cricket took centre stage over the development of the male game.

During the tour CWOB visited the Veiuto Primary School and the Arya Samaj Primary school, the later a mulit ethnic and multi religious school that caters to children with and without disabilities. The CWOB coaches and players organised and participated in activities with the students,teachers and development officers from Cricket Fiji in doing so demonstrating that cricket is both a universally accepting sport and a sport that cuts through countless divides and inequalities.

At the invitation of the International Cricket Council (East Asia Pacific Office) CWOB participated in the ICC EAP Regional Women’s World Cup qualifying event in Sano,Japan.This involved competing against open aged women’s teams from Japan, Samoa, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea.

CWOB also assisted Cricket Japan in the promotion and development of the sport in Akishima.

As a result of this tour an MOU was signed with Cricket Japan providing for internships for CWOB players to visit Japan for 5-6 weeks annually to further assist in the development of the game of cricket through school visits, training and coaching with the Japanese national teams and assisting with administration of the sport.Three CWOB players have undertaken internships with Cricket Japan.

In October 2014 following negotiations with the Australia Himalaya Foundation CWOB hosted a visit to Melbourne by the Queen Mother of Bhutan and specifically organised a skills demonstration at the MCG that involved young female players invited by CWOB to attend and also by Cricket Victoria. The Queen Mother is very supportive of empowering young women through sport and this day also involved young Bhutanese students studying in Melbourne .The Chair of CWOB also announced on this occasion that CWOB would be providing sponsorship support for the education of three young girls in Bhutan for a period of three years.