Hiri Hiri

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Hiri Hiri
Personal information
Full name
Hiri Hiri
Born (1995-05-01) 1 May 1995 (age 29)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  15)4 November 2016 v  Hong Kong
Last ODI15 March 2023 v  United Arab Emirates
T20I debut(cap  15)6 February 2016 v  Ireland
Last T20I23 July 2023 v  Philippines
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I
Matches246
Runs scored27517
Batting average 13.753.40
100s/50s0/00/0
Top score31* 8
Balls bowled1026
Wickets 30
Bowling average 37.66
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match0
Best bowling1/6
Catches/stumpings 1/–1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 23 July 2023

Hiri Hiri (born 1 May 1995) is a Papua New Guinea cricketer. He has represented his country at youth level in the 2014 Under-19 Cricket World Cup and at senior level in both One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket.

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Youth cricket

Hiri played for Papua New Guinea under-19s in the 2014 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. [1] He played six matches and scored 87 runs at an average of 14.50.

International cricket

He made his List A debut in the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship against Nepal on 18 November 2015, [2] and hisTwenty20 International debut against Ireland in Australia on 6 February 2016. [3] Hiri's One Day International debut was on 4 November 2016 against Hong Kong. [4] He was in Papua New Guinea's squad for the last ever World Cricket League tournament, the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia. [5]

In June 2019, he was selected to represent the Papua New Guinea cricket team in the men's tournament at the 2019 Pacific Games. [6]

Hiri returned to Papua New Guinea's national squad in the 2019 Scotland Tri-Nation Series, the first tri-series of the 2019–22 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 tournament. [7] He only played in Papua New Guinea's final match against Oman. He scored 31 not out batting at number nine, his highest ODI score, [8] and one of only two players in Papua New Guinea's team to reach 30 in a four-wicket loss. [9] [10]

He was in Papua New Guinea's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates. [11] In August 2021, Hiri was named in Papua New Guinea's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. [12]

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References

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