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 23 25 7 39
Runs scored 254 321 102 323
Batting average 14.94 22.92 8.50 12.42
100s/50s 0/0 0/1 0/1 0/0
Top score 35 54 64 35
Balls bowled 1,060 490 1,084 1,753
Wickets 34 35 20 57
Bowling average 26.47 14.42 34.40 26.35
5 wickets in innings 0 1 1 0
10 wickets in match n/a n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 4/24 5/17 5/59 4/24
Catches/stumpings 8/– 8/– 2/– 8/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 July 2020

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. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. 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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