List of Papua New Guinea Twenty20 International cricketers

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.^[1] The team made its ODI debut in November 2014, against Hong Kong,^[2] but did not play a full Twenty20 International until July 2015, during the 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier.^[3] 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.^[4] Instead, the team's first Twenty20 International came against Ireland, with PNG winning by two wickets.^[5] In April 2018, the ICC decided to grant full Twenty20 International (T20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Papua New Guinea and other ICC members after 1 January 2019 will be eligible for T20I status.^[6]

This list comprises all members of the Papua New Guinea cricket team who have played at least one T20I match. It is initially arranged in the order in which each player won his first Twenty20 cap. Where more than one player won his first Twenty20 cap in the same match, their surnames are listed alphabetically.

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 50 – Half-centuries scored 100 – Centuries scored

Bowling Balls – Balls bowled in career 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 17 June 2024.^[7][8][9]

Papua New Guinea T20I cricketers

General					Batting					Bowling				Fielding		Ref
No.	Name	First	Last	Mat	Runs	HS	Avg	50	100	Balls	Wkt	BBI	Ave	Ca	St
1	Charles Amini	2015	2024	59	1,028	91*	24.47	5	0	870	47	4/18	19.27	18	0	[10]
2	Mahuru Dai	2015	2017	9	105	31	13.12	0	0	150	4	2/13	39.25	5	0	[11]
3	Willie Gavera	2015	2017	6	3	2	1.50	0	0	102	5	3/17	22.60	1	0	[12]
4	Loa Nou	2015	2015	3	2	2*	–	0	0	60	1	1/24	65.00	0	0	[13]
5	Kila Pala	2015	2015	2	41	22*	41.00	0	0	–	–	–	–	1	0	[14]
6	John Reva	2015	2019	9	16	7	4.00	0	0	127	7	2/11	21.14	1	0	[15]
7	Lega Siaka	2015	2024	62	773	55	15.46	1	0	96	9	3/16	10.66	41	0	[16]
8	Tony Ura‡	2015	2024	60	1,634	107*	32.03	14	1	–	–	–	–	25	0	[17]
9	Assad Vala‡	2015	2024	63	1,274	93*	24.98	8	0	551	37	3/7	15.62	30	0	[18]
10	Norman Vanua‡	2015	2024	58	696	71	18.81	3	0	1042	66	5/17	19.01	21	0	[19]
11	Jack Vare‡†	2015	2017	8	68	38	9.71	0	0	–	–	–	–	4	2	[20]
12	Vani Morea†	2015	2017	5	35	19	7.00	0	0	–	–	–	–	0	0	[21]
13	Chad Soper	2015	2024	31	155	19	14.09	0	0	557	34	3/11	17.82	5	0	[22]
14	Sese Bau	2016	2024	56	958	65*	23.36	4	0	318	14	2/4	24.57	21	0	[23]
15	Hiri Hiri	2016	2024	28	343	53*	19.05	1	0	42	3	2/7	8.33	8	0	[24]
16	Nosaina Pokana	2016	2024	31	49	12	7.00	0	0	593	29	3/21	23.06	8	0	[25]
17	Pipi Raho	2016	2016	2	10	8*	–	0	0	18	3	3/11	6.66	0	0	[26]
18	Alei Nao	2017	2024	18	76	30*	15.20	0	0	354	19	3/15	19.36	5	0	[27]
19	Dogodo Bau	2017	2017	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	[28]
20	Kiplin Doriga†	2019	2024	42	359	46*	12.82	0	0	–	–	–	–	29	5	[29]
21	Jason Kila	2019	2022	16	66	27*	13.20	0	0	102	3	1/5	33.00	3	0	[30]
22	Damien Ravu	2019	2022	24	29	6	4.83	0	0	403	31	5/15	15.54	6	0	[31]
23	Simon Atai†	2019	2022	18	64	28*	7.11	0	0	90	3	1/6	36.66	6	0	[32]
24	Riley Hekure	2019	2023	24	77	18	5.92	0	0	323	11	2/22	36.45	6	0	[33]
25	Kabua Morea	2021	2024	21	63	16*	12.60	0	0	428	34	5/9	15.02	4	0	[34]
26	Semo Kamea	2022	2024	19	8	2*	2.00	0	0	392	21	3/28	22.80	5	0	[35]
27	Hila Vare†	2022	2024	13	58	18	7.25	0	0	–	–	–	–	6	0	[36]
28	John Kariko	2023	2024	19	16	9*	8.00	0	0	407	26	4/11	12.88	6	0	[37]
29	Jack Gardner	2023	2024	6	0	0*	0.00	0	0	102	3	2/27	47.00	2	0	[38]
30	Michael Charlie	2023	2023	2	0	0	0.00	0	0	30	2	1/12	14.00	1	0	[39]

Note: The following matches include one or more missing catchers in their Cricinfo scorecard and hence statistics (as of 19 July 2019):

• vs. Samoa (10 July 2019); 4 missing catchers
• vs. Vanuatu (12 July 2019); 2 missing catchers
• vs. Vanuatu (13 July 2019); 1 missing catcher

See also

• List of Papua New Guinean first-class cricketers
• Papua New Guinea ODI cricketers

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