Nosaina Pokana

Nosaina Pokana (born 12 April 1996) is a Papua New Guinean cricketer.[1] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut on 6 February 2016 against Ireland in Australia.[2] He made his List A debut in the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship on 30 May 2016 against Kenya.[3] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut on 31 March 2017 against the United Arab Emirates in the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship.[4] He made his first-class debut on 7 April 2017, also against the United Arab Emirates, in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup.[5]

Nosaina Pokana
Personal information
Born (1996-04-21) 21 April 1996
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 19)31 March 2017 v UAE
Last ODI23 September 2019 v Namibia
T20I debut (cap 16)6 February 2016 v Ireland
Last T20I2 November 2019 v Netherlands
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 14 19 2 20
Runs scored 52 20 17 76
Batting average 10.40 10.00 17.00 10.85
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 11* 8* 9* 11*
Balls bowled 641 341 318 815
Wickets 20 19 2 30
Bowling average 25.15 17.26 62.00 20.93
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 1
10 wickets in match n/a n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 3/25 3/21 1/48 5/14
Catches/stumpings 6/– 4/– 1/– 7/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 July 2020

In January 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) found his bowling action to be illegal, and was suspended from bowling in international cricket as a result.[6] In August 2018, he was named in Papua New Guinea's squad for Group A of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 East Asia-Pacific Qualifier tournament.[7] In March 2019, he was named in Papua New Guinea's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 East Asia-Pacific Qualifier tournament.[8] The following month, he was named in Papua New Guinea's squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia.[9] In Papua New Guinea's match against Oman, Pokana took his first five-wicket haul in List A cricket.[10] He was the leading wicket-taker for Papua New Guinea in the tournament, with 13 dismissals in six matches.[11]

In June 2019, he was selected to represent the Papua New Guinea cricket team in the men's tournament at the 2019 Pacific Games.[12] In September 2019, he was named in Papua New Guinea's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[13] Ahead of the tournament, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named him as the player to watch in Papua New Guinea's squad.[14]

References
  1. "Nosaina Pokana". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  2. "Ireland tour of Australia, 1st T20I: Ireland v Papua New Guinea at Townsville, Feb 6, 2016". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  3. "ICC World Cricket League Championship, 24th Match: Papua New Guinea v Kenya at Port Moresby, May 30, 2016". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  4. "ICC World Cricket League Championship, 37th Match: United Arab Emirates v Papua New Guinea at Abu Dhabi, Mar 31, 2017". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  5. "ICC Intercontinental Cup, United Arab Emirates v Papua New Guinea at Abu Dhabi, Apr 7-10, 2017". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  6. "Nosaina Pokana bowling action found to be illegal". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  7. "Squads and fixtures announced for 2020 ICC World T20 - EAP Group 'A' 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  8. "Squads and Fixtures Announced for 2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup EAP Final 2019". Cricket Philippines. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  9. "Barras on a mission". The National (Papua New Guinea). Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  10. "Namibia, PNG secure ODI status after wins over HK and Oman". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  11. "ICC World Cricket League Division Two, 2019 - Papua New Guinea, List A matches: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  12. "Athlete List for Samoa 2019 Pacific Games". Pacific Games Council. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  13. "Barras named for qualifiers". The National. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  14. "Team preview: Papua New Guinea". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
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