Pauke Siaka

Pauke Siaka (born 19 June 1986) is a Papua New Guinean cricketer.[1] She captained the Papua New Guinea women's national cricket team in the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier in February 2017.[2] In the tournament, she was the highest wicket-taker for Papua New Guinea, with 8 dismissals.[3]

Pauke Siaka
Personal information
Born (1986-06-19) 19 June 1986
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 8)7 July 2018 v Bangladesh
Last T20I14 July 2018 v Scotland
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 14 July 2018

In June 2018, at the Papua New Guinea Cricket Awards, she won the Lewas Medal for the best Women's Cricketer of the Year for her performance in the Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier.[4] Later the same month, she was named as the captain of Papua New Guinea for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.[5] She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) for Papua New Guinea against Bangladesh in the World Twenty20 Qualifier on 7 July 2018.[6]

References
  1. "Pauke Siaka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  2. "ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier, 4th Match, Group B: Bangladesh Women v Papua New Guinea Women at Colombo (CCC), Feb 7, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  3. "Records: ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier, 2016/17: Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  4. "Assad Vala, Pauke Siaka win top PNG Cricket awards". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  5. "ICC announces umpire and referee appointments for ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  6. "3rd Match, Group A, ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualfier at Utrecht, Jul 7 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2018.


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