Chris Amini

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Chris Amini
Personal information
Full name
Christopher Ralai Amini
Born (1984-06-12) 12 June 1984 (age 39)
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Role Batsman
Relations
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  2)8 November 2014 v  Hong Kong
Last ODI9 November 2014 v  Hong Kong
Career statistics
Competition ODI LA T20
Matches21518
Runs scored3141163
Batting average 17.6223.28
100s/50s0/00/00/0
Top score3* 4244
Balls bowled108450356
Wickets 3816
Bowling average 26.3342.0026.37
5 wickets in innings 000
10 wickets in match000
Best bowling2/332/252/15
Catches/stumpings 1/–7/–5/–
Source: CricketArchive, 1 March 2018
Medal record
Representing Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Men's Cricket
Pacific Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Port Moresby 20 over cricket

Christopher Ralai Amini is a Papua New Guinean cricketer. [1] A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he has played for the Papua New Guinea national cricket team since 2005. [2]

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Biography

Born in Port Moresby to Charles and Kune Amini in 1984, [2] Amini first played for Papua New Guinea at Under-19 level in the 2002 Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand and the same tournament in Bangladesh in 2004. [3]

Whilst he had previously played for a combined East Asia Pacific team in the Australian National Country Cricket Championships in 2004 and 2005, his debut for the senior Papua New Guinea team came when he played in the repêchage tournament of the 2005 ICC Trophy. [3] Papua New Guinea won the tournament after beating Fiji in the final. [4] This qualified them for the 2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland in which Amini played, making his List A debut. [5]

He most recently represented his country at Division Three of the World Cricket League in Darwin in 2007 and has since played for an East Asia-Pacific Emerging Players team in Australia. [3]

He made his One Day International debut for Papua New Guinea on 8 November 2014 against Hong Kong in Australia. [6]

Family

Chris Amini comes from a cricketing family. His father and grandfather both captained Papua New Guinea [7] whilst his mother and aunt have played for the Papua New Guinea women's team. [8] [9] Two of his brothers have also played for the Papua New Guinea Under-19s team. [7] [10]

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References

  1. Cricinfo profile
  2. 1 2 CricketArchive profile
  3. 1 2 3 Other matches played by Chris Amini Archived 19 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine at CricketArchive
  4. Scorecard of Fiji v Papua New Guinea, 27 February 2005 at CricketArchive
  5. List A matches played by Chris Amini at CricketArchive
  6. "Hong Kong tour of Australia, 1st ODI: Papua New Guinea v Hong Kong at Townsville, Nov 8, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  7. 1 2 Charles Amini at Cricinfo
  8. Kune Amini at CricketArchive
  9. Cheryl Amini at CricketArchive
  10. Colin Amini at CricketArchive