List of Papua New Guinea ODI cricketers

The Papua New Guinea cricket team gained One Day International cricket (ODI) status in February 2014 after finishing in fourth place in the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier.[1] They played their first ODI match on 8 November 2014, against Hong Kong in Australia.[2] They lost their ODI status in March 2018 after losing a playoff match against Nepal and finishing 9th in the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier.[3]

This list includes all players who have played at least one ODI match and is initially arranged in the order of debut appearance. Where more than one player won their first caps in alphabetical order at the time of debut.

Key

General – Captain – Wicket-keeper First – Year of debut Last – Year of latest game Mat – Number of matches played

Batting Runs – Runs scored in career HS – Highest score Avg – Runs scored per dismissal * – Batsman remained not out 100 – Centuries scored 50 – Half-centuries scored

Bowling Balls – Balls bowled in career Wkt – Wickets taken in career BBI – Best bowling in an innings Ave – Average runs per wicket 5WI – Five wickets or more in a match

Fielding Ca – Catches taken St – Stumpings taken

Players

Statistics are correct as of 23 September 2019.[4][5][6]

Papua New Guinea ODI cricketers

General					Batting					Bowling					Fielding		Ref
No.	Name	First	Last	Mat	Runs	HS	Avg	50	100	Balls	Wkt	BBI	Ave	5WI	Ca	St
01	Charles Amini	2014	2019	15	296	61*	21.14	2	0	732	15	4/27	37.33	0	9	0	[7]
02	Chris Amini	2014	2014	2	3	3*	–	0	0	108	3	2/33	26.33	0	1	0	[8]
03	Mahuru Dai	2014	2018	18	454	76*	28.37	3	0	954	18	3/58	37.50	0	8	0	[9]
04	Willie Gavera	2014	2017	4	4	4*	–	0	0	192	5	3/49	32.00	0	0	0	[10]
05	Geraint Jones	2014	2014	2	47	25	23.50	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	[notes 1][11]
06	Vani Morea	2014	2018	13	313	65*	26.08	3	0	–	–	–	–	–	7	0	[12]
07	Pipi Raho	2014	2014	1	–	–	–	–	–	45	2	2/32	16.00	0	1	0	[13]
08	Lega Siaka	2014	2019	25	471	109	18.84	1	1	204	3	2/33	48.66	0	8	0	[14]
09	Tony Ura	2014	2019	26	718	151	27.61	2	1	6	0	–	–	–	11	0	[15]
10	Assad Vala	2014	2019	27	739	101	27.37	2	1	1038	27	3/20	24.00	0	16	0	[16]
11	Jack Vare	2014	2018	9	81	28	10.12	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	6	3	[17]
12	Norman Vanua	2014	2019	23	254	35	14.94	0	0	1060	34	4/24	26.47	0	8	0	[18]
13	Dogodo Bau	2016	2017	10	170	46	18.88	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	6	2	[19]
14	Sese Bau	2016	2019	21	378	59	18.90	1	0	180	2	2/35	62.00	0	8	0	[20]
15	Hiri Hiri	2016	2019	7	87	31*	21.75	0	0	60	2	1/6	28.00	0	0	0	[21]
16	Chad Soper	2016	2019	20	265	39	17.66	0	0	900	25	6/41	29.32	1	5	0	[22]
17	John Reva	2016	2018	9	62	36	10.33	0	0	405	13	3/40	27.46	0	1	0	[23]
18	Alei Nao	2017	2019	13	90	46	45.00	0	0	613	14	3/40	35.35	0	6	0	[24]
19	Nosaina Pokana	2017	2019	14	52	11*	10.40	0	0	641	20	3/25	25.15	0	6	0	[25]
20	Kiplin Doriga	2017	2019	14	246	89*	22.36	1	0	–	–	–	–	–	4	1	[26]
21	Damien Ravu	2017	2019	8	50	38*	12.50	0	0	246	0	–	–	–	2	0	[27]
22	Jason Kila	2018	2019	6	54	21	13.50	0	0	199	6	3/27	22.50	0	1	0	[28]
23	Simon Atai	2019	2019	2	24	24	24.00	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	[29]
24	Gaudi Toka	2019	2019	7	103	29	17.16	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	4	0	[30]
25	Riley Hekure	2019	2019	1	2	2	2.00	0	0	60	2	2/32	16.00	0	0	0	[31]

See also

• Papua New Guinea T20I cricketers

Notes

1. Geraint Jones has also played One Day International cricket for England. Only his record for Papua New Guinea is given above.

References

1. "Netherlands, Kenya and Canada lose ODI status". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
2. "Papua New Guinea set to make ODI debut". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
3. "Nepal claim ODI status for the first time". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
4. Players / Papua New Guinea / ODI caps – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
5. "Papua New Guinea / ODI Batting Averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
6. "Papua New Guinea / ODI Bowling Averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
7. "Charles Amini". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
8. "Chris Amini". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
9. "Mahuru Dai". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
10. "Willie Gavera". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
11. "Geraint Jones". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
12. "Vani Morea". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
13. "Pipi Raho". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
14. "Lega Siaka". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
15. "Tony Ura". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
16. "Assad Vala". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
17. "Jack Vare". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
18. "Norman Vanua". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
19. "Dogodo Bau". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
20. "Sese Bau". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
21. "Hiri Hiri". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
22. "Chad Soper". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
23. "John Reva". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
24. "Alei Nao". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
25. "Nosaina Pokana". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
26. "Kiplin Doriga". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
27. "Damien Ravu". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
28. "Jason Kila". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
29. "Simon Atai". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
30. "Gaudi Toka". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
31. "Riley Hekure". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2019.