| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Ovia | |||
| Born | 26 July 1976 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Off spin | |||
| Role | Batsman | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1997- | Papua New Guinea | |||
| List A debut | 1 July 2005 Papua New Guinea v Netherlands | |||
| Last List A | 11 July 2005 Papua New Guinea v Uganda | |||
| ICC Trophy debut | 26 March 1997 Papua New Guinea v Italy | |||
| Last ICC Trophy | 11 July 2005 Papua New Guinea v Uganda | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | List A | ICC Trophy | ||
| Matches | 7 | 17 | ||
| Runs scored | 114 | 340 | ||
| Batting average | 16.28 | 20.00 | ||
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/2 | ||
| Top score | 28 | 94 | ||
| Balls bowled | 48 | 197 | ||
| Wickets | 0 | 2 | ||
| Bowling average | - | 99.00 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | - | 0 | ||
| 10 wickets in match | n/a | n/a | ||
| Best bowling | 0/11 | 2/31 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 0/0 | 4/0 | ||
| Source: Cricket Archive, 14 October 2007 | ||||
John Ovia (born 26 July 1976 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea) is a Papua New Guinean cricketer.[1] A right-handed batsman and right-arm off spin bowler,[2] he has played for the Papua New Guinea national cricket team since the 1997 ICC Trophy.[3] His wife Hebou Morea has played for the Papua New Guinea women's team.[4]
John Ovia first played for Papua New Guinea in the 1997 ICC Trophy. In his debut against Italy,[5] he scored 94 runs and won the man of the match as Papua New Guinea won the match by 101 runs.[6] He played in four more matches in the tournament,[5] including the 13th place play-off against Singapore, which Papua New Guinea won.[7] The following year, he played in the ACC Trophy against Singapore and Malaysia.[8]
In 2001, he represented his country in the Pacifica Cup, taking 3/31 in the third place play-off against Tonga to secure the third place spot in the tournament. This was followed by his second ICC Trophy, the 2001 tournament in Canada.[5] In 2002, he played in the second Pacifica Cup, top scoring in the final against Tonga to help Papua New Guinea win the tournament.[9] The following year, he played in the cricket tournament at the 2003 South Pacific Games, top-scoring in the final against Fiji to pick up a gold medal.[10] The following year, he represented a combined East Asia/Pacific team in the Australian national country championships, and has played in the tournament every year since.[8]
In 2005, he played for Papua New Guinea at the repêchage tournament for the 2005 ICC Trophy.[8] Papua New Guinea beat Fiji in the final,[11] to qualify for the 2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland, where Ovia made his List A debut against the Netherlands.[12]
In 2007, Ovia played for Papua New Guinea at Division Three of the World Cricket League in Darwin, Australia.[13] He most recently played for them in the cricket tournament at the 2007 South Pacific Games,[8] though he missed Papua New Guinea's record-breaking win[14] over New Caledonia, [8] picking up a second South Pacific Games gold medal.[15]