Mahuru Dai

Mahuru Douglas Dai (born 30 May 1984) is a Papua New Guinean cricketer.[1] A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler,[2] he has played for the Papua New Guinea national cricket team since 2005.[3]

Mahuru Dai

Personal information
Full name	Mahuru Douglas Dai
Born	30 May 1984 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg break
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	Papua New Guinea (2005–present)
ODI debut (cap 8)	8 November 2014 v Hong Kong
Last ODI	17 March 2018 v Hong Kong
T20I debut (cap 2)	15 July 2015 v Ireland
Last T20I	14 April 2017 v UAE
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 18 9 7 47 Runs scored 454 105 374 822 Batting average 28.37 13.12 28.76 20.95 100s/50s 0/3 0/0 1/1 0/5 Top score 78* 31 129 76* Balls bowled 954 150 1,342 1,970 Wickets 18 4 17 45 Bowling average 37.50 39.25 37.11 30.28 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match n/a n/a 0 n/a Best bowling 3/58 2/13 4/126 4/56 Catches/stumpings 8/– 5/– 4/– 21/–
Source: Cricinfo, 18 March 2018

Biography

Born in Port Moresby in 1984,[2] Mahuru Dai first represented Papua New Guinea at Under-19 level, playing in the East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship in August 2001.[4] Papua New Guinea won the tournament, beating Hong Kong in the final,[5] which qualified them for the following years Under-19 World Cup, which Dai also played in.[4]

In 2004, he played for a combined East Asia-Pacific team in Australia's National Country Cricket Championship prior to a second Under-19 World Cup. He made his debut for the Papua New Guinea senior team in the repêchage tournament of the 2005 ICC Trophy.[4]

Later in the year, he made his List A debut when he represented Papua New Guinea in the 2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland.[6] He again played for the combined East Asia-Pacific team in the Australian National Country Cricket Championship in 2006 and 2007 before returning to the Papua New Guinea team for Division Three of the World Cricket League in Darwin in 2007.[4] Papua New Guinea finished third in that tournament and Dai was named man of the match in the third place play-off against the Cayman Islands after scoring 102 not out at a run a ball.[7]

He represented his country at the 2007 South Pacific Games[4] where he won a gold medal in the cricket tournament.[8] During the tournament he scored a century in Papua New Guinea's record breaking win over New Caledonia.[9] He has since again represented the combined East Asia-Pacific team in the Australia National Country Cricket Championship.[4]

He made his One Day International debut for Papua New Guinea on 8 November 2014 against Hong Kong in Australia.[10] He made his Twenty20 International debut for Papua New Guinea against Ireland in the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament on 15 July 2015.[11]

References

1. Cricinfo profile
2. CricketArchive profile
3. Teams played for by Mahuru Dai at CricketArchive
4. Other matches played by Mahuru Dai at CricketArchive
5. Scorecard of Hong Kong Under-19s v Papua New Guinea Under-19s, 25 August 2001 at CricketArchive
6. List A matches played by Mahuru Dai at CricketArchive
7. Scorecard of Cayman Islands v Papua New Guinea, 2 June 2007 at CricketArchive
8. Papua New Guinea take home the gold by Andrew Nixon, 2 September 2007 at CricketEurope
9. Papua New Guinea run riot Archived 20 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine by Andrew Nixon, 1 September 2007 at CricketEurope
10. "Hong Kong tour of Australia, 1st ODI: Papua New Guinea v Hong Kong at Townsville, Nov 8, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
11. "ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, 23rd Match, Group A: Ireland v Papua New Guinea at Belfast, Jul 15, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 July 2015.