Hiri Hiri

Hiri Hiri (born 1 May 1995) is a Papua New Guinean cricketer. He has represented Papua New Guinea at youth level in the 2014 Under-19 Cricket World Cup and at senior level in both One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket.

Hiri Hiri
Personal information
Full nameHiri Hiri
Born (1995-05-01) 1 May 1995
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 15)4 November 2016 v Hong Kong
Last ODI23 September 2019 v Namibia
T20I debut (cap 15)6 February 2016 v Ireland
Last T20I13 July 2019 v Vanuatu
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I LA YODI[1]
Matches 7 5 8 6
Runs scored 87 9 93 87
Batting average 21.75 2.25 18.60 14.50
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 31* 4 31* 37
Balls bowled 60 6 60 114
Wickets 2 0 2 0
Bowling average 28.00 – 28.00 –
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/6 – 1/6 –
Catches/stumpings 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 July 2020

Youth cricket

Hiri played for Papua New Guinea under-19s in the 2014 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[2] He played six matches and scored 87 runs at an average of 14.50.[1]

International cricket

He made his List A debut in the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship on 18 November 2015 against Nepal.[3] He made his Twenty20 International debut on 6 February 2016 against Ireland in Australia.[4] He made his One Day International debut on 4 November 2016 against Hong Kong.[5] He was in Papua New Guinea's squad for the last ever World Cricket League tournament, the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia.[6]

In June 2019, he was selected to represent the Papua New Guinea cricket team in the men's tournament at the 2019 Pacific Games.[7]

Hiri returned to Papua New Guinea's national squad in the 2019 Scotland Tri-Nation Series, the first tri-series of the 2019–22 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 tournament.[8] He only played in Papua New Guinea's final match against Oman. He scored 31 not out batting at number nine, his highest ODI score,[9] and one of only two players in Papua New Guinea's team to reach 30 in a four-wicket loss.[10][11]

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.[12]

References
  1. "All-round records | Under-19s Youth One-Day Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  2. "Papua New Guinea Under-19s Squad ICC Under-19 World Cup, 2013/14 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  3. "ICC World Cricket League Championship, 16th Match: Nepal v Papua New Guinea at Abu Dhabi, Nov 18, 2015". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  4. "Ireland tour of Australia, 1st T20I: Ireland v Papua New Guinea at Townsville, Feb 6, 2016". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  5. "Papua New Guinea tour of Hong Kong, 1st ODI: Hong Kong v Papua New Guinea at Mong Kok, Nov 4, 2016". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  6. "All to play for in last ever World Cricket League tournament". International Cricket Council. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  7. "Athlete List for Samoa 2019 Pacific Games". Pacific Games Council. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  8. "Barra's squad announced for Scotland". Loop PNG. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  9. "Hiri Hiri". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  10. "Oman finish opening round of Cricket World Cup League 2". International Cricket Council. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  11. "Full Scorecard of Oman vs Papua New Guinea, ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2, 6th Match". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  12. "Barras named for qualifiers". The National. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
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