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] Papua New Guinea regained ODI status on 26 April 2019, when they defeated Oman to secure a top-four finish in the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two.[4]

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 cap in the same match, their names are initially listed alphabetically 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

Bowling

Fielding

Players

Statistics are correct as of 5 April 2023.[5][6][7]
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 2023 49 1,128 109 23.50 7 1 1,706 32 4/27 43.06 0 21 0 [8]
02 Chris Amini ‡ 2014 2014 2 3 3* – 0 0 108 3 2/33 26.33 0 1 0 [9]
03 Mahuru Dai 2014 2018 18 454 76* 28.37 3 0 954 18 3/58 37.50 0 8 0 [10]
04 Willie Gavera 2014 2017 4 4 4* – 0 0 192 5 3/49 32.00 0 0 0 [11]
05 Geraint Jones 2014 2014 2 47 25 23.50 0 0 – – – – – 0 0 [notes 1][12]
06 Vani Morea 2014 2018 13 313 65* 26.08 3 0 – – – – – 7 0 [13]
07 Pipi Raho 2014 2014 1 – – – – – 45 2 2/32 16.00 0 1 0 [14]
08 Lega Siaka 2014 2022 47 931 109 19.80 2 1 240 3 2/33 60.33 0 17 0 [15]
09 Tony Ura 2014 2023 61 1,363 151 22.71 6 1 6 0 – – – 26 0 [16]
10 Assad Vala ‡ 2014 2023 66 2,003 104 30.81 12 1 2,388 55 3/17 28.70 0 34 0 [17]
11 Jack Vare † 2014 2018 9 81 28 10.12 0 0 – – – – – 6 3 [18]
12 Norman Vanua 2014 2023 57 837 60 17.08 2 0 2,402 61 4/24 34.18 0 16 0 [19]
13 Dogodo Bau † 2016 2022 14 204 46 18.54 0 0 – – – – – 8 3 [20]
14 Sese Bau 2016 2023 57 1,089 81* 20.16 5 0 710 10 2/35 57.60 0 20 0 [21]
15 Hiri Hiri 2016 2023 34 454 77 15.13 1 0 102 3 1/6 37.66 0 2 0 [22]
16 Chad Soper 2016 2023 56 751 46* 19.76 0 0 2,612 70 6/41 28.35 2 14 0 [23]
17 John Reva 2016 2018 9 62 36 10.33 0 0 405 13 3/40 27.46 0 1 0 [24]
18 Alei Nao 2017 2023 26 126 46 12.60 0 0 1,148 25 4/27 38.88 0 10 0 [25]
19 Nosaina Pokana 2017 2022 21 63 11* 7.00 0 0 989 26 3/25 29.30 0 7 0 [26]
20 Kiplin Doriga † 2017 2023 39 730 89* 20.27 4 0 – – – – – 19 6 [27]
21 Damien Ravu 2017 2022 18 129 38* 12.90 0 0 648 8 2/19 71.75 0 2 0 [28]
22 Jason Kila 2018 2021 13 159 36 15.90 0 0 229 6 3/27 33.33 0 3 0 [29]
23 Simon Atai † 2019 2022 15 90 25* 10.00 0 0 48 0 – – – 9 1 [30]
24 Gaudi Toka 2019 2023 22 268 29 12.76 0 0 99 3 3/18 36.66 0 7 0 [31]
25 Riley Hekure 2019 2023 25 347 58 15.77 1 0 953 26 5/13 28.19 1 6 0 [32]
26 Kabua Morea 2021 2023 17 73 17* 10.42 0 0 732 22 5/28 26.13 1 5 0 [33]
27 Semo Kamea 2022 2023 22 20 5* 2.85 0 0 1,000 33 5/38 26.30 2 2 0 [34]
28 Hila Vare † 2023 2023 6 20 7 5.00 0 0 – – – – – 7 0 [35]
29 John Kariko 2023 2023 3 8 8 4.00 0 0 126 5 4/45 22.80 0 0 0 [36]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Geraint Jones 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. ^ "Papua New Guinea secure top-four finish on dramatic final day". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  5. ^ Players / Papua New Guinea / ODI caps – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Papua New Guinea / ODI Batting Averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Papua New Guinea / ODI Bowling Averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Charles Amini". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Chris Amini". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  10. ^ "Mahuru Dai". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  11. ^ "Willie Gavera". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  12. ^ "Geraint Jones". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  13. ^ "Vani Morea". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  14. ^ "Pipi Raho". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  15. ^ "Lega Siaka". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  16. ^ "Tony Ura". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  17. ^ "Assad Vala". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  18. ^ "Jack Vare". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  19. ^ "Norman Vanua". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  20. ^ "Dogodo Bau". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  21. ^ "Sese Bau". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  22. ^ "Hiri Hiri". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  23. ^ "Chad Soper". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  24. ^ "John Reva". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  25. ^ "Alei Nao". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  26. ^ "Nosaina Pokana". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  27. ^ "Kiplin Doriga". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  28. ^ "Damien Ravu". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  29. ^ "Jason Kila". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  30. ^ "Simon Atai". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  31. ^ "Gaudi Toka". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  32. ^ "Riley Hekure". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  33. ^ "Kabua Morea". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  34. ^ "Semo Kamea". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  35. ^ "Hila Vare". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  36. ^ "John Kariko". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
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