Vani Morea

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Vani Morea
Personal information
Full name
Vani Vagi Morea
Born (1983-03-13) 13 March 1983 (age 40)
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  9)8 November 2014 v  Hong Kong
Last ODI8 March 2018 v  West Indies
T20I debut(cap  12)23 July 2015 v  Afghanistan
Last T20I12 April 2017 v  UAE
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches135627
Runs scored31335249778
Batting average 26.087.0020.7535.36
100s/50s0/30/00/21/7
Top score65* 1961102*
Catches/stumpings 7/–0/–3/–8/–
Source: Cricinfo, 18 March 2018

Vani Vagi Morea (born 13 March 1983) is a former Papua New Guinean cricketer. Morea is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium pace. He was born in Port Moresby.

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Morea made his debut for Papua New Guinea in the 2009 World Cricket League Division Three, where he played 5 matches. He later appeared for Papua New Guinea in the 2011 World Cricket League Division Two. It was in this competition that he made his List A debut against Bermuda. He played a further 5 List A matches in the competition, the last coming against Hong Kong. [1] In his 6 matches in the competition, he scored 165 runs at a batting average of 55.00. His highest score of the competition, 74*, came against Hong Kong. Upon the death of his wife in March 2018 he announced his retirement from cricket to look after his children. His last tour with the Barramundis was to Zimbabwe for the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier where he scored a meager 13 runs in three matches before leaving the tournament early to be there for his wife during her final days. [2] [3] [4]

International career

He made his One Day International debut in November 2014 against Hong Kong in Australia. [5] He made his Twenty20 International debut for Papua New Guinea against Afghanistan in the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament on 23 July 2015. [6]

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References

  1. "List A Matches played by Vani Morea". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  2. "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Vani Morea". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  3. "Hong Kong v Papua New Guinea, 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Two". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  4. "Vani Morea calls time on playing career". CricketPNG. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  5. "Hong Kong tour of Australia, 1st ODI: Papua New Guinea v Hong Kong at Townsville, Nov 8, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  6. "ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, 3rd Qualifying Play-off: Afghanistan v Papua New Guinea at Dublin (Malahide), Jul 23, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2015.