Regina Lili'i

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Regina Lili'i
Personal information
Full name
Regina Sela Monika Lili'i
Born (1986-10-03) 3 October 1986 (age 37)
Apia, Samoa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Role All-rounder
International information
National side
T20I debut(cap  5)6 May 2019 v  Fiji
Last T20I19 Jan 2024 v  Samoa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Representing Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Women's Cricket
Pacific Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Port Moresby 20 over cricket
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Apia 20 over cricket

Regina Sela Monika Lili'i (born 3 October 1986) is a Samoan cricketer who has played for Samoa, Auckland and Northern Districts. [1] [2] [3] She has also captained the New Zealand Women's Indoor Cricket Team, [4] and was the first Pacific woman to lead the New Zealand side. [5] [6]

In May 2014, she was named as the player of the tournament in the East Asia Pacific Women's Cricket Trophy, [7] and was part of Samoa's gold-winning team in the cricket tournament at the 2015 Pacific Games. [8] [9]

She captained Samoa's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier EAP tournament, held in Vanuatu. [2] She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut for Samoa against Fiji in the Women's Qualifier EAP tournament on 6 May 2019. [10] She finished as the leading run-scorer in the tournament, with 153 runs in five matches. [11]

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References

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