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Papua New Guinea
Status Associate Member
T20I Captain Assad Vala
T20I Ranking 20th
ODIs Played 66
ODI Record Won 14 Lost 51 (1 Tie)
First ODI vs Hong Kong at Riverway Stadium, Townsville, 8 November 2014
Last ODI vs Canada at United Cricket Club, Windhoek, 5 April 2023
T20Is Played 65
T20I Record Won 35 Lost 29 (1 No Result)
First T20I vs Ireland at Civil Service Ground, Belfast, 15 July 2015
Last T20I vs New Zealand at Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Tarouba, 17 June 2024

The Papua New Guinea national cricket team represents the nation of Papua New Guinea in international cricket.

Statistics and Records[]

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
One Day Internationals 66 14 51 1 0 8 November 2014
Twenty20 Internationals 65 35 29 0 1 15 July 2015

One Day Internationals[]

Team Records[]

Highest Team Total 333 Namibia United Cricket Club, Windhoek 29 March 2023
Lowest Team Total 82 Nepal Al Amerat, Muscat 10 September 2021
Highest Total Conceded 381/8 Namibia United Cricket Club, Windhoek 29 March 2023
Lowest Total Conceded 97 United Arab Emirates Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 5 March 2023

Most Career Runs[]

Player Runs Average Career Span
Assad Vala 2,003 30.81 2014-2023
Tony Ura 1,363 22.71 2014-2023
Charles Amini 1,128 23.50 2014-2023
Sese Bau 1,089 20.16 2016-2023
Lega Siaka 931 19.80 2014-2022

Most Career Wickets[]

Player Wickets Average Career Span
Chad Soper 70 28.35 2016-2023
Norman Vanua 61 34.18 2014-2023
Assad Vala 55 28.70 2014-2023
Semo Kamea 33 26.30 2022-2023
Charles Amini 32 43.06 2014-2023

Highest Scores[]

Player Score Opponent Venue Date
Tony Ura 151 Ireland Harare Sports Club, Harare 6 March 2018
Lega Siaka 109 Hong Kong Riverway Stadium, Townsville 9 November 2014
Charles Amini 109 Namibia United Cricket Club, Windhoek 29 March 2023
Assad Vala 104 Namibia Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill 23 September 2019
Assad Vala 94 United States Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek 25 November 2022

Best Bowling Figures[]

Player Figures Opponent Venue Date
Chad Soper 6/41 Hong Kong Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok 6 November 2016
Riley Hekure 5/13 United Arab Emirates Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 5 March 2023
Chad Soper 5/25 United Arab Emirates Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 28 February 2023
Kabua Morea 5/28 Oman Al Amerat, Muscat 1 October 2021
Semo Kamea 5/38 Nepal Kirtipur Cricket Stadium, Kirtipur 9 March 2023

Win/Loss Record[]

Opponent M W L T NR First Match First Win
vs Full Members
Ireland 1 0 1 0 0 6 March 2018
West Indies 1 0 1 0 0 8 March 2018
vs Associate Members
Canada 1 0 1 0 0 5 April 2023
Hong Kong 8 4 4 0 0 8 November 2014 8 November 2014
Jersey 1 0 1 0 0 1 April 2023
Namibia 7 0 7 0 0 22 September 2019
Nepal 10 2 8 0 0 7 September 2021 25 March 2022
Oman 6 0 6 0 0 14 August 2019
Scotland 10 1 9 0 0 6 October 2017 8 October 2017
United Arab Emirates 11 5 6 0 0 31 March 2017 2 April 2017
United States 10 2 7 1 0 27 April 2019 27 April 2019

Twenty20 Internationals[]

Team Records[]

Highest Team Total 229/6 Philippines Amini Park, Port Moresby 28 July 2023
Lowest Team Total 77 Uganda Providence Stadium, Providence 5 June 2024
Highest Total Conceded 203/7 Nepal
Singapore
Kirtipur Cricket Stadium, Kirtipur
Indian Association Ground, Singapore
31 March 2022
3 July 2022
Lowest Total Conceded 45 Philippines Amini Park, Port Moresby 23 July 2023

Most Career Runs[]

Player Runs Average Career Span
Tony Ura 1,634 32.03 2015-2024
Assad Vala 1,274 24.98 2015-2024
Charles Amini 1,028 24.47 2015-2024
Sese Bau 958 23.36 2016-2024
Lega Siaka 773 15.46 2015-2024

Most Career Wickets[]

Player Wickets Average Career Span
Norman Vanua 66 19.01 2015-2024
Charles Amini 47 19.27 2015-2024
Assad Vala 37 15.62 2015-2024
Kabua Morea 34 15.02 2021-2024
Chad Soper 34 17.82 2015-2024

Highest Scores[]

Player Score Opponent Venue Date
Tony Ura 107* Philippines Amini Park, Port Moresby 23 March 2019
Tony Ura 93* Singapore Indian Association Ground, Singapore 3 July 2022
Assad Vala 93* Uganda Bulawayo Athletic Club, Bulawayo 12 July 2022
Charles Amini 91* Malaysia Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur 16 March 2024
Tony Ura 86* Malaysia Kirtipur Cricket Stadium, Kirtipur 1 April 2022

Best Bowling Figures[]

Player Figures Opponent Venue Date
Kabua Morea 5/9 Philippines Amini Park, Port Moresby 23 July 2023
Damien Ravu 5/15 Vanuatu Faleata Oval, Apia 9 July 2019
Norman Vanua 5/17 Vanuatu Faleata Oval, Apia 13 July 2019
John Kariko 4/11 Malaysia Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur 23 September 2023
Damien Ravu 4/18 Singapore Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 25 October 2019
Charles Amini 4/18 Malaysia Bayuemas Oval, Kuala Lumpur 23 September 2023

Win/Loss Record[]

Opponent M W L T NR First Match First Win
vs Full Members
Afghanistan 2 0 2 0 0 23 July 2015
Bangladesh 1 0 1 0 0 21 October 2021
Ireland 4 2 2 0 0 15 July 2015 15 July 2015
New Zealand 1 0 1 0 0 17 June 2024
West Indies 1 0 1 0 0 2 June 2024
Zimbabwe 1 0 1 0 0 15 July 2022
vs Associate Members
Bermuda 1 1 0 0 0 19 October 2019 19 October 2019
Hong Kong 4 3 1 0 0 14 July 2022 21 September 2023
Japan 2 2 0 0 0 25 July 2023 25 July 2023
Kenya 1 1 0 0 0 27 October 2019 27 October 2019
Malaysia 6 4 2 0 0 29 March 2022 1 April 2022
Namibia 3 2 1 0 0 20 October 2019 20 October 2019
Nepal 6 2 4 0 0 17 July 2015 17 July 2015
Netherlands 3 1 2 0 0 24 October 2019 24 October 2019
Oman 4 1 3 0 0 17 October 2021 7 March 2024
Philippines 4 3 0 0 1 22 March 2019 22 March 2019
Samoa 2 2 0 0 0 8 July 2019 8 July 2019
Scotland 3 0 3 0 0 21 October 2019
Singapore 3 2 1 0 0 25 October 2019 25 October 2019
Uganda 2 1 1 0 0 12 July 2022 12 July 2022
United Arab Emirates 3 0 3 0 0 12 April 2017
United States 1 1 0 0 0 17 July 2022 17 July 2022
Vanuatu 7 7 0 0 0 22 March 2019 22 March 2019