John Ovia

John Ovia
Personal information
Full name John Ovia
Born (1976-07-26) 26 July 1976
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Off spin
Role Batsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1997–  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
ICC Trophy debut 26 March 1997  Papua New Guinea v  Italy
Last ICC Trophy 11 July 2005  Papua New Guinea v  Uganda
Career statistics
Competition List A ICC Trophy
Matches 7 17
Runs scored 114 340
Batting average 16.28 20.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/2
Top score 28 94
Balls bowled 48 197
Wickets 0 2
Bowling average – 99.00
5 wickets in innings – 0
10 wickets in match n/a n/a
Best bowling 0/11 2/31
Catches/stumpings 0/0 4/0
Source: Cricket Archive, 14 October 2007

John Ovia (born 1976) is a Papua New Guinean cricketer.[1] A right-handed batsman and right-arm off spin bowler,[2] he has played for the Papua New Guinea national cricket team since the 1997 ICC Trophy.[3] His wife Hebou Morea has played for the Papua New Guinea women's team.[4]

Career

born 26 July 1976 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Ovia first played for Papua New Guinea in the 1997 ICC Trophy. In his debut against Italy,[5] he scored 94 runs and won the man of the match as Papua New Guinea won the match by 101 runs.[6] He played in four more matches in the tournament,[5] including the 13th place play-off against Singapore, which Papua New Guinea won.[7] The following year, he played in the ACC Trophy against Singapore and Malaysia.[8]

In 2001, he represented his country in the Pacifica Cup, taking 3/31 in the third place play-off against Tonga to secure the third place spot in the tournament. This was followed by his second ICC Trophy, the 2001 tournament in Canada.[5] In 2002, he played in the second Pacifica Cup, top scoring in the final against Tonga to help Papua New Guinea win the tournament.[9] The following year, he played in the cricket tournament at the 2003 South Pacific Games, top-scoring in the final against Fiji to pick up a gold medal.[10] The following year, he represented a combined East Asia/Pacific team in the Australian national country championships, and has played in the tournament every year since.[8]

In 2005, he played for Papua New Guinea at the repêchage tournament for the 2005 ICC Trophy.[8] Papua New Guinea beat Fiji in the final,[11] to qualify for the 2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland, where Ovia made his List A debut against the Netherlands.[12]

In 2007, Ovia played for Papua New Guinea at Division Three of the World Cricket League in Darwin, Australia.[13] He most recently played for them in the cricket tournament at the 2007 South Pacific Games,[8] though he missed Papua New Guinea's record-breaking win[14] over New Caledonia,[8] picking up a second South Pacific Games gold medal.[15]

References

  1. ↑ Cricinfo profile
  2. ↑ Cricket Archive profile
  3. ↑ Teams played for by John Ovia at Cricket Archive
  4. ↑ Hebou Morea at Cricket Archive
  5. 1 2 3 ICC Trophy matches played by John Ovia at Cricket Archive
  6. ↑ Scorecard of Italy v Papua New Guinea, 26 March 1997 at Cricket Archive
  7. ↑ Scorecard of Papua New Guinea v Singapore, 5 April 1997 at Cricket Archive
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Other matches played by John Ovia at Papua New Guinea
  9. ↑ Scorecard of Papua New Guinea v Tonga, 5 June 2002 at Cricket Archive
  10. ↑ Scorecard of Fiji v Papua New Guinea, 9 August 2003 at SportingPulse
  11. ↑ Scorecard of Fiji v Papua New Guinea, 27 February 2005
  12. ↑ List A matches played by John Ovia at Cricket Archive
  13. ↑ Squads for 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Three at CricketEurope
  14. ↑ Papua New Guinea run riot by Andrew Nixon, 1 September 2007 at CricketEurope
  15. ↑ 2007 South Pacific Games cricket tournament at CricketEurope
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