John Ovia

John Ovia
Personal information
Full name
John Ovia
Born (1976-07-16) 16 July 1976 (age 48)
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off spin
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1997–2005Papua New Guinea
List A debut1 July 2005 PNG v Netherlands
Last List A11 July 2005 PNG v Uganda
ICC Trophy debut26 March 1997 PNG v Italy
Last ICC Trophy11 July 2005 PNG 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 – 0
Best bowling – 2/31
Catches/stumpings 0/– 4/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 14 October 2007
Medal record
Representing  Papua New Guinea
Men's Cricket
South Pacific Games
Gold medal – first place 2003 Suva 50 over cricket

John Ovia (born 16 July 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 16 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 Archived 11 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine at CricketArchive
  4. ^ Hebou Morea at Cricket Archive
  5. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b c d e Other matches played by John Ovia Archived 11 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine at Papua New Guinea
  9. ^ Scorecard of Papua New Guinea v Tonga, 5 June 2002 at Cricket Archive
  10. ^ Scorecard Archived 30 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine 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 Archived 12 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope
  14. ^ Papua New Guinea run riot Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine by Andrew Nixon, 1 September 2007 at CricketEurope
  15. ^ 2007 South Pacific Games cricket tournament Archived 31 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine at CricketEurope