Gima Keimolo

Gima Keimolo

Personal information
Full name	Gimapau Gima Keimelo
Born	(1982-12-04) 4 December 1982 Papua New Guinea
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm Fast-medium
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1998-	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
Under-19 ODI debut	13 January 1998 Papua New Guinea Under-19s v Zimbabwe Under-19s
Last Under-19 ODI	31 January 2002 Papua New Guinea Under-19s v Kenya Under-19s
Career statistics
Competition List A Under-19 ODI ICC Trophy Matches 7 10 12 Runs scored 27 24 128 Batting average 15.16 3.42 11.63 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 27 7* 27 Balls bowled 250 419 412 Wickets 8 9 8 Bowling average 34.50 37.00 50.62 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 10 wickets in match n/a n/a n/a Best bowling 3/66 4/23 3/66 Catches/stumpings 2/0 4/0 4/0
Source: Cricket Archive, 14 October 2007

Gimapau Gima Keimelo, usually known as Gima Keimolo,^[1] (born 4 December 1982 in Papua New Guinea) is a Papua New Guinean cricketer.^[2] A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler,^[1] he has played for the Papua New Guinea national cricket team since 1998.^[3]

Career

Keimolo's first taste of international cricket came at the 1998 Under-19 World Cup when he played for Papua New Guinea in four tournament matches.^[4] He made his debut for the senior team in October that year, playing in the ACC Trophy against Singapore^[5] aged just 15.^[1]

He next played for Papua New Guinea in the 2001 Pacifica Cup in Auckland, New Zealand,^[5] and played in the 2001 ICC Trophy in Canada later that year,^[6] following this by playing in the East Asia/Pacific Under-19 Championship for the Papua New Guinea Under-19 team,^[5] from which Papua New Guinea qualified for the 2002 Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka. He played in six matches of that tournament.^[4]

He returned to the senior side to make his List A debut in the 2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland.^[7] He has not played for Papua New Guinea since, though he did play for a combined East Asia/Pacific team in the Australia National Country Cricket Championships in 2006.^[5]

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