Norman Vanua

Norman Vanua (born 2 December 1993) is a Papua New Guinean cricketer.[1] Vanua made his One Day International debut for Papua New Guinea on 9 November 2014 against Hong Kong in Australia.[2] He made his Twenty20 International debut for Papua New Guinea against Ireland in the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament on 15 July 2015.[3]

Norman Vanua
Personal information
Born (1993-12-02) 2 December 1993
BattingRight-handed
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 12)9 November 2014 v Hong Kong
Last ODI23 September 2019 v Namibia
T20I debut (cap 10)15 July 2015 v Ireland
Last T20I2 November 2019 v Netherlands
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 14 9 7 26
Runs scored 150 102 102 171
Batting average 16.66 25.50 8.50 12.21
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0
Top score 35 28* 64 35
Balls bowled 682 188 1,084 1,279
Wickets 24 14 20 46
Bowling average 23.20 15.64 34.40 23.58
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0
10 wickets in match n/a n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 4/24 3/26 5/59 4/24
Catches/stumpings 5/– 4/– 2/– 5/–
Source: Cricinfo, 2 November 2019

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.[4] In March 2019, he was named in Papua New Guinea's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 East Asia-Pacific Qualifier tournament.[5] The following month, he was named in Papua New Guinea's squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia.[6]

In June 2019, he was selected to represent the Papua New Guinea cricket team in the men's tournament at the 2019 Pacific Games.[7] In September 2019, he was named in Papua New Guinea's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[8] In Papua New Guinea's opening match of the tournament, against Bermuda, Vanua took a hat-trick.[9]

References
  1. "'Most of us didn't know cricket was played on turf' – Norman Vanua reminisces about PNG's rise". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  2. "Hong Kong tour of Australia, 2nd ODI: Papua New Guinea v Hong Kong at Townsville, Nov 9, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  3. "ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, 23rd Match, Group A: Ireland v Papua New Guinea at Belfast, Jul 15, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  4. "Squads and fixtures announced for 2020 ICC World T20 - EAP Group 'A' 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  5. "Squads and Fixtures Announced for 2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup EAP Final 2019". Cricket Philippines. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  6. "Barras on a mission". The National (Papua New Guinea). Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  7. "Athlete List for Samoa 2019 Pacific Games". Pacific Games Council. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  8. "Barras named for qualifiers". The National. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  9. "Norman Vanua's hat-trick the highlight as PNG stun Bermuda". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
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