Assad Vala

Assad Vala
Personal information
Born (1987-08-05) 5 August 1987
Papua New Guinea
Batting style Left-handed
International information
National side
ODI debut 8 November 2014 v Hong Kong
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 8 November 2014

Assad Vala (born 5 August 1987) is an Papua New Guinean cricketer and the captain of the national side.[1]

In June 2015 on his first-class cricket debut, he scored a match-winning 124 not out for Papua New Guinea against the Netherlands in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup.[2]

International career

He made his One Day International debut for Papua New Guinea on 8 November 2014 against Hong Kong in Australia.[3] He made his Twenty20 International debut for Papua New Guinea against Ireland in the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament on 15 July 2015.[4]

In the first first-class tournament of Vala's career, the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup, he scored three hundreds in his first four matches, against Netherlands (124*), Ireland (120) and Namibia (144*). [5] His first-class average is currently 93.16. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "PNG squad for Inter-continental Cup match against Namibia". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "ICC Intercontinental Cup, Netherlands v Papua New Guinea at Amstelveen, Jun 16-18, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Hong Kong tour of Australia, 1st ODI: Papua New Guinea v Hong Kong at Townsville, Nov 8, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, 23rd Match, Group A: Ireland v Papua New Guinea at Belfast, Jul 15, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "ICC Intercontinental Cup Results". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Assad Vala". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
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