List of Papua New Guinea Twenty20 International cricketers

Overall, thirteen players have represented the Papua New Guinean national cricket team in Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket.^[1] Papua New Guinea were first granted T20I status in January 2014, simultaneously being granted One Day International (ODI) status. This was a result of their performance at the 2014 World Cup Qualifier, where they placed fourth to narrowly miss out on qualifying for the 2015 World Cup.^[2] The team made its ODI debut in November 2014, against Hong Kong,^[3] but did not play a full Twenty20 International until July 2015, during the 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier.^[4] Papua New Guinea's debut in the format was originally intended to come in its second match of the tournament, against Hong Kong, but the match was rained out.^[5] Instead, the team's first Twenty20 International came against Ireland, with PNG winning by two wickets.^[6] Papua New Guinea's other T20I matches at the tournament came against Nepal and Afghanistan.^[4] Papua New Guinea will maintain its T20I status until at least 2019.^{[lower-alpha 1]}

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

Bowling Wkt – Wickets taken in career BBI – Best bowling in an innings Ave – Average runs per wicket

Fielding Ca – Catches taken St – Stumpings affected

List of players

Statistics are correct as of Papua New Guinea's most recent T20I, against Ireland on 9 February 2016.^[1][7][8]

Papua New Guinea T20I cricketers

General					Batting			Bowling			Fielding		Ref
No.	Name[1]	First	Last	Mat	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkt	BBI	Ave	Ca	St
01	Amini, CharlesCharles Amini	2015	2016	6	90	37*	22.50	5	2/13	12.60	2	0	[9]
02	Dai, MahuruMahuru Dai	2015	2016	6	45	19	9.00	4	2/13	25.75	5	0	[10]
03	Gavera, WillieWillie Gavera	2015	2015	3	–	–	–	3	3/17	16.66	1	0	[11]
04	Nou, LoaLoa Nou	2015	2015	3	2	2*	–	1	1/24	65.00	0	0	[12]
05	Pala, KilaKila Pala	2015	2015	2	41	22*	41.00	–	–	–	1	0	[13]
06	Reva, JohnJohn Reva	2015	2016	3	9	7	4.50	3	2/11	17.33	0	0	[14]
07	Siaka, LegaLega Siaka	2015	2016	6	22	8	3.66	–	–	–	6	0	[15]
08	Ura, TonyTony Ura	2015	2015	3	43	32	14.33	–	–	–	0	0	[16]
09	Vala, AssadAssad Vala	2015	2016	6	116	34*	23.20	6	2/7	8.83	6	0	[17]
10	Vanua, NormanNorman Vanua	2015	2016	6	83	28*	41.50	8	3/26	15.50	3	0	[18]
11	Vare, JackJack Vare †	2015	2016	5	23	13	5.75	–	–	–	1	2	[19]
12	Morea, VaniVani Morea	2015	2016	4	35	19	8.75	–	–	–	0	0	[20]
13	Soper, ChadChad Soper	2015	2015	3	11	8.5	–	3	3/13	14.33	1	0	[21]
14	Bau, SeseSese Bau	2016	2016	3	47	25	15.66	0	–	–	2	0	[22]
15	Hiri, HiriHiri Hiri	2016	2016	2	2	1	1.00	0	–	–	0	0	[23]
16	Pokana, NosainaNosaina Pokana	2016	2016	3	10	8*	10.00	2	1/5	15.00	0	0	[24]
17	Raho, PipiPipi Raho	2016	2016	2	10	8*	–	3	3/11	6.66	0	0	[25]

See also

• Papua New Guinea ODI cricketers

Notes

1. Assuming the current format of the World Twenty20 is maintained, a global qualifier for the 2020 ICC World Twenty20 will be held in 2019, with the top six teams receiving T20I status if they do not already hold it. Papua New Guinea could also maintain its T20I status by placing highly at the 2018 World Cup Qualifier, thus retaining its ODI status.

References

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