Lega Siaka

Lega Siaka
Personal information
Full name Lega Siaka
Born (1992-12-21) 21 December 1992
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm leg break
Role Batsman
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 8) 8 November 2014 v Hong Kong
Last ODI 8 March 2018 v West Indies
T20I debut (cap 7) 15 July 2015 v Ireland
Last T20I 14 April 2017 v UAE
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2014–2015 Melbourne Renegades
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 16 9 7 32
Runs scored 290 78 425 740
Batting average 18.12 8.66 32.69 24.66
100s/50s 1/0 0/0 1/1 3/2
Top score 109 31 142* 112*
Balls bowled 102 – 357 156
Wickets 1 – 9 1
Bowling average 73.00 – 24.66 123.00
5 wickets in innings 0 – 0 0
10 wickets in match n/a n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 1/11 – 4/38 1/11
Catches/stumpings 3/– 6/– 8/– 12/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 March 2018

Lega Siaka (born 21 December 1992) is a Papua New Guinean cricketer.

International career

He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Papua New Guinea on 8 November 2014 against Hong Kong in Australia.[1] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Papua New Guinea against Ireland in the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament on 15 July 2015.[2]

He became the first player from Papua New Guinea to score a century in an ODI.[3]

In April 2017, he scored his maiden first-class century, in round five of the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup against the United Arab Emirates.[4]

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.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Hong Kong tour of Australia, 1st ODI: Papua New Guinea v Hong Kong at Townsville, Nov 8, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, 23rd Match, Group A: Ireland v Papua New Guinea at Belfast, Jul 15, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Cricket Records | Records | Papua New Guinea | One-Day Internationals | Most hundreds | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Siaka's battling century fails to prevent UAE win". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Squads and fixtures announced for 2020 ICC World T20 - EAP Group 'A' 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
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