Assad Vala

Papua New Guinean cricketer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Asadollah Vala (born 5 August 1987) is a Papua New Guinea cricketer and the captain of the national side.[1][2] A left-handed batsman and off spin bowler, he has played for the Papua New Guinea national team since 2005.[3]

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Assad Vala
Personal information
Full name
Asadollah Vala
Born (1987-08-05) 5 August 1987 (age 37)
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RelationsPauke Siaka (wife)
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 10)8 November 2014 v Hong Kong
Last ODI5 April 2023 v Canada
ODI shirt no.13
T20I debut (cap 9)15 July 2015 v Ireland
Last T20I21 September 2023 v Hong Kong
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 66 43 7 101
Runs scored 2,003 839 700 2,986
Batting average 30.81 23.97 63.63 30.78
100s/50s 1/12 0/6 3/3 2/18
Top score 104 93* 144* 105*
Balls bowled 2,388 389 341 2,702
Wickets 55 27 5 69
Bowling average 28.70 15.81 33.20 26.24
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/17 3/7 2/80 3/17
Catches/stumpings 34/– 19/– 6/– 46/–
Source: Cricinfo, 21 September 2023
Medal record
Representing  Papua New Guinea
Men's Cricket
Pacific Games
2019 ApiaTwenty20 International
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Early career

Born in Papua New Guinea in 1987,[3] Assad Vala first represented Papua New Guinea at the under-19 level, playing in the 2004 Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh.[4] He made his debut for the senior side at the 2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland, where he played seven List A matches.[5]

He returned to the under-19 level later in the year, playing in the Africa/East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship at Willowmoore Park in Benoni, South Africa. In 2006, he played for a combined East Asia Pacific team in the Australian National Country Cricket Championship, and did so again in 2007 and 2008.[4]

In 2007, Vala played in Division Three of the World Cricket League in Darwin and represented his country at the 2007 South Pacific Games,[4] where he won a gold medal in the cricket tournament.[6]

International career

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He made his One Day International (ODI) debut on 8 November 2014 against Hong Kong in Australia.[7] He made his Twenty20 International debut against Ireland in the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament on 15 July 2015.[8]

In June 2015 on his first-class cricket debut, he scored a match-winning 124 not out against the Netherlands in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup.[9] He scored three hundreds in his first four matches, also making centuries against Ireland (120) and Namibia (144 not out).[10]

In February 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named Vala as one of the ten players to watch ahead of the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament.[11] In June 2018, at the Papua New Guinea Cricket Awards, he won the Tony Elly Medal for the best male player.[12]

In August 2018, he was named as the captain of Papua New Guinea's squad for Group A of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 East Asia-Pacific Qualifier tournament.[13] He was the leading run-scorer in Group A of the tournament, with 294 runs in six matches.[14] In March 2019, he was named as the captain of Papua New Guinea's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 East Asia-Pacific Qualifier tournament.[15] The following month, he was named captain of Papua New Guinea's squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia.[16]

In June 2019, he was selected to represent the Papua New Guinea cricket team in the men's tournament at the 2019 Pacific Games.[17] In September 2019, Vala was named as the captain of Papua New Guinea's squad for the 2019 United States Tri-Nation Series.[18] In the final match of the series, against Namibia, he scored his first ODI century, with 104 runs from 114 balls.[19]

In September 2019, he was named as the captain of Papua New Guinea's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[20][21] Ahead of the tournament, the ICC named him as the key player in Papua New Guinea's squad.[22] He was the leading run-scorer for Papua New Guinea in the tournament, with 197 runs in eight matches.[23]

In November 2020, Vala was nominated for the ICC Men's Associate Cricketer of the Decade award.[24] In August 2021, Vala was named as the captain of Papua New Guinea's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[25]

In May 2024, he was named the captain in Papua New Guinea’s squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.[26]

References

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