Assad Vala

Assad Vala
Personal information
Full name Asadollah Vala
Born (1987-08-05) 5 August 1987
Papua New Guinea
Batting Left-handed
Bowling Right-arm off break
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 10) 8 November 2014 v Hong Kong
Last ODI 17 March 2018 v Hong Kong
T20I debut (cap 9) 15 July 2015 v Ireland
Last T20I 14 April 2017 v UAE
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 18 9 7 48
Runs scored 373 139 700 1,231
Batting average 20.72 17.37 63.63 27.35
100s/50s 0/2 0/0 3/3 1/7
Top score 70 34* 144* 105*
Balls bowled 696 95 341 900
Wickets 17 7 5 26
Bowling average 25.00 15.00 33.20 23.23
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match n/a n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 3/20 2/7 2/80 3/20
Catches/stumpings 9/– 7/– 6/– 20/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 March 2018

Assad Vala (born 5 August 1987) is a Papua New Guinean cricketer and the captain of the national side.[1][2]

International career

He made his One Day International debut for Papua New Guinea on 8 November 2014 against Hong Kong in Australia.[3] He made his Twenty20 International debut for Papua New Guinea against Ireland in the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament on 15 July 2015.[4]

In June 2015 on his first-class cricket debut, he scored a match-winning 124 not out for Papua New Guinea against the Netherlands in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup.[5] He scored three hundreds in his first four matches, also making centuries against Ireland (120) and Namibia (144 not out). [6]

In February 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named Vala as one of the ten players to watch ahead of the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament.[7] In June 2018, at the Papua New Guinea Cricket Awards, he won the Tony Elly Medal for the best male player.[8]

In August 2018, he was the leading run-scorer in Group A of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 East Asia-Pacific Qualifier tournament, with 294 runs in six matches.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Assad Vala". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "PNG squad for Inter-continental Cup match against Namibia". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Hong Kong tour of Australia, 1st ODI: Papua New Guinea v Hong Kong at Townsville, Nov 8, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, 23rd Match, Group A: Ireland v Papua New Guinea at Belfast, Jul 15, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "ICC Intercontinental Cup, Netherlands v Papua New Guinea at Amstelveen, Jun 16-18, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "ICC Intercontinental Cup Results". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "10 stars to look out for at CWCQ". International Cricket Council. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  8. ↑ "Assad Vala, Pauke Siaka win top PNG Cricket awards". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "ICC World Twenty20 East Asia-Pacific Region Qualifier A, 2018, Most Runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
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