Tony Ura
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Full name | Tony Pala Ura | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Papua New Guinea | 15 October 1989|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ODI debut (cap 9) | 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 18 March 2018 |
Tony Ura (born 15 October 1989) is a Papua New Guinean cricketer. Ura is a right-handed opening batsman.
International career
Having played age group cricket for Papua New Guinea Under-19s in the 2008 Under-19 World Cup and 2010 Under-19 World Cup,[1] he proceeded to be selected as a part of the Papua New Guinea squad for the 2011 World Cricket League Division Three, where he played 6 matches, helping them earn promotion to 2011 World Cricket League Division Two. It was in this competition that he made his List A debut against Bermuda. He played a further 5 List A matches in the competition, the last coming against Hong Kong.[2] In his 6 matches in the competition, he scored 92 runs at a batting average of 15.33, with a half century high score of 52.[3] This score came against Bermuda.[4]
Ura made his One Day International debut for Papua New Guinea on 8 November 2014 against Hong Kong in Australia.[5] He made his Twenty20 International debut for Papua New Guinea against Ireland in the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament on 15 July 2015.[6]
In the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Ura scored a national record 151 runs from 142 balls against Ireland. He was named player of the match despite his team losing.[7] In the next match against West Indies, the inaugural ODI between the two teams, he scored 37 runs from 45 balls, hitting two sixes off the bowling of Ashley Nurse.[8] Following the conclusion of the Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named Ura as the rising star of Papua New Guinea's squad.[9]
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.[10] In Papua New Guinea's opening match of the qualifier, against Samoa, Ura scored 120 runs from 55 balls.[11][12]
References
- ↑ "Youth One-Day International Matches played by Tony Ura". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ↑ "List A Matches played by Tony Ura". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ↑ "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Tony Ura". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ↑ "List A Matches played by Tony Ura". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ↑ "Hong Kong tour of Australia, 1st ODI: Papua New Guinea v Hong Kong at Townsville, Nov 8, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ↑ "ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, 23rd Match, Group A: Ireland v Papua New Guinea at Belfast, Jul 15, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
- ↑ "5th Match, Group A, ICC World Cup Qualifiers at Harare, Mar 6 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8038/scorecard/1133007/papua-new-guinea-vs-west-indies-10th-match,-group-a-world-cup-qualifier-2017-18/ Scorecard
- ↑ "CWCQ 2018 Report Card: Papua New Guinea". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- ↑ "Squads and fixtures announced for 2020 ICC World T20 - EAP Group 'A' 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ↑ "ICC World T20 EAP Qualifier Day One Round up and Reactions". Cricket World. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ↑ "PNG make the early running in ICC World T20 EAP A Qualifier". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
External links
- Tony Ura at ESPNcricinfo
- Tony Ura at CricketArchive