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Full name | Sean Mikaele Solia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Auckland, New Zealand | 15 December 1992||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-Rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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T20I shirt no. | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016/17– | Auckland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,22 November 2016 |
Sean Mikaele Solia (born 15 December 1992) is a New Zealand-Samoan cricketer. He has played international cricket for Samoa,and since 2016 has played in New Zealand domestic cricket for Auckland. [1] [2]
He comes from Auckland and attended St Peter's College. [3] His father is Samoan. [4]
Solia made his first-class debut for Auckland against Canterbury on 22 November 2016 in the 2016–17 Plunket Shield season. [5] He made his Twenty20 debut for the Auckland Aces on 4 December 2016 in the 2016–17 Super Smash. [6] He made his List A debut for Auckland on 15 January 2017 in the 2016–17 Ford Trophy,scoring 152 runs. [7] [8] In June 2018,he was awarded a contract with Auckland for the 2018–19 season. [9] In September 2018,he was named in the Auckland Aces' squad for the 2018 Abu Dhabi T20 Trophy. [10]
In June 2020,he was offered a contract by Auckland ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season. [11] [12] In March 2022,in the 2021–22 Plunket Shield season,Solia scored his maiden century in first-class cricket. [13]
He was part of Samoa's squad for Group A of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 East Asia-Pacific Qualifier tournament. [14] [15] In Samoa's opening match of the qualifier,against Papua New Guinea,Solia top-scored for his team with 39 runs. [16] He was the joint-leading wicket-taker in the tournament,with eleven dismissals in six matches. [17]
In November 2020,Solia was named in the New Zealand A cricket team for practice matches against the touring West Indies. [18] [19]