Chad Soper

Chad Soper
Personal information
Full name Chad Aiwati Soper
Born (1991-11-19) 19 November 1991
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm medium-fast
Role Bowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 16) 4 November 2016 v Hong Kong
Last ODI 17 March 2018 v Hong Kong
T20I debut (cap 13) 23 July 2015 v Afghanistan
Last T20I 14 April 2017 v UAE
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 12 5 6 21
Runs scored 157 18 210 203
Batting average 15.70 18.00 26.25 15.61
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0
Top score 39 8* 60 39
Balls bowled 545 79 972 959
Wickets 19 4 13 30
Bowling average 25.73 17.50 27.15 26.76
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0 2
10 wickets in match n/a n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 6/45 3/13 4/33 6/41
Catches/stumpings 2/– 1/– 2/– 5/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 March 2018

Chad Soper (born 19 November 1991) is a Papua New Guinean cricketer.[1]

Domestic career

He made his List A debut in the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship on 22 June 2015 against the Netherlands.[2] He made his first-class debut in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup on 21 November 2015 against Afghanistan.[3] On 28 May 2016, Soper took his first five-wicket haul in a List A game in the match between Papua New Guinea and Kenya in the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship.[4]

International career

He made his Twenty20 International (T20) debut for Papua New Guinea against Afghanistan in the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament on 23 July 2015.[5] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut on 4 November 2016 against Hong Kong.[6] In the second ODI of the tour, he took his first international five wicket haul taking figures of 6/41. Soper was adjudged man of the match for his performances.[7]

In August 2018, he was named in Papua New Guinea's squad for Group A of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 East Asia-Pacific Qualifier tournament.[8] He was the leading wicket-taker for Papua New Guinea in the tournament, with ten dismissals in six matches.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Chad Soper". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "ICC World Cricket League Championship, 3rd Match: Netherlands v Papua New Guinea at Rotterdam, Jun 22, 2015". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "ICC Intercontinental Cup, Afghanistan v Papua New Guinea at Sharjah, Nov 21–24, 2015". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Soper's maiden five-for sets up PNG's six-wicket win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, 3rd Qualifying Play-off: Afghanistan v Papua New Guinea at Dublin (Malahide), Jul 23, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Papua New Guinea tour of Hong Kong, 1st ODI: Hong Kong v Papua New Guinea at Mong Kok, Nov 4, 2016". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "Papua New Guinea tour of Hong Kong, 2nd ODI: Hong Kong v Papua New Guinea at Mong Kok, Nov 6, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. 6 November 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  8. ↑ "Squads and fixtures announced for 2020 ICC World T20 - EAP Group 'A' 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "ICC World Twenty20 East Asia-Pacific Region Qualifier A, 2018 - Papua New Guinea, Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
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