Kaia Arua

Kaia Arua (born 27 October 1990) is a Papua New Guinean cricketer.[1] She played for the Papua New Guinea women's national cricket team in the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier in February 2017.[2]

Kaia Arua
Personal information
Born (1990-10-27) 27 October 1990
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 2)7 July 2018 v Bangladesh
Last T20I7 September 2019 v Ireland
Source: Cricinfo, 7 September 2019

In June 2018, she was named in Papua New Guinea's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.[3] She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) for Papua New Guinea against Bangladesh in the World Twenty20 Qualifier on 7 July 2018.[4] She captained the side for the match against Ireland on 12 July 2018.[5]

In July 2018, she was named in the ICC Women's Global Development Squad.[6] In November 2018, she was again named in the Women's Global Development Squad, to play fixtures against Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) clubs.[7]

In April 2019, she was named as the captain of Papua New Guinea's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier EAP tournament in Vanuatu.[8] In Papua New Guinea's penultimate match of the tournament, against Japan, she took her first five-wicket haul in WT20Is.[9]

In August 2019, she was named as the captain of Papua New Guinea's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland.[10][11] In October 2019, she was named in the Women's Global Development Squad, ahead of a five-match series in Australia.[12]

References
  1. "Kaia Arua". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  2. "ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier, 4th Match, Group B: Bangladesh Women v Papua New Guinea Women at Colombo (CCC), Feb 7, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  3. "ICC announces umpire and referee appointments for ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  4. "3rd Match, Group A, ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualfier at Utrecht, Jul 7 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  5. "Ireland Women qualify for WT20". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  6. "Meet the Global Development Squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  7. "Second Women's Global Development Squad heads to Rebel Women's Big Bash League". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  8. "Just two steps away from World Cup spots for teams in Women's Qualifiers". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  9. "Stage Set for Scintillating Final Day in Vanuatu". Cricket World. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  10. "Lewas squad named for tour of Scotland". Post Courier. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  11. "Captains ready for Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  12. "Bismah to lead Women's Global Development Squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
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