Peni Vuniwaqa

Peni Vuniwaqa
Personal information
Full name
Peni Volavola Vuniwaqa
Born (1997-09-29) 29 September 1997 (age 27)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium pace
RoleBatter[1]
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 10)9 September 2022 v Vanuatu
Last T20I18 March 2023 v Samoa
Source: Cricinfo, 15 August 2024

Peni Volavola Vuniwaqa (born 29 September 1997) is a Fijian cricketer who currently captains the Fiji national cricket team. He played for the country in 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

Background

Vuniwaqa is from Lau Island, where cricket is the most popular sport, and produced 90% of the country's cricketers. He along with many other cricketers in the island, were inspired to play cricket through former Fijian President Kamisese Mara, who played first-class cricket for Fiji. He preferred cricket over rugby due to "lower chances of injury".[2]

Career

In 2013, Vuniwaqa heard about trials at Suva, but his parents were reluctant to send him on a 3-day boat journey to the trials. On one of the days, Vuniwaqa slept on toilet of the boat. He had then successfully underwent the trials, and agreed to play cricket beyond Under-19s when asked.[2]

His career began for Fiji Under-19 with the 2015 EAP Under-19 Cricket Trophy,[3] where he scored 73 on debut against Papua New Guinea, who played seven Under-19 World Cups previously.[4] Fiji won the qualifier and entered the Under-19 World Cup, which was their first-ever major ICC event.[5] He was Fiji's leading run-scorer in the 2016 Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh, with 160 runs from six matches.[6] He top-scored for Fiji against England, West Indies and Scotland while had their best bowling figures against Afghanistan.[7][8] Vuniwaqa scored 80 off 123 balls against Scotland, which is Fiji's only fifty-plus knock in Under-19 World Cup history, and their highest score in overall Under-19 cricket.[9]

He played for Fiji in the 2018 ICC T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier-A.[10] He made his Twenty20 International debut for Fiji in the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier-A against Vanuatu, in Fiji's first ever matches with official T20I status. In the next match, he scored 72* off 39 balls against Cook Islands, followed by 68 off 46 balls against Samoa in the following match.[11] These are the first two half-centuries for Fiji in Twenty20 Internationals, and their top-2 highest scores in this format.[12] The match against Samoa was Fiji's first win in Twenty20 Internationals, and he won Fiji's first Player of the Match award in this format.[13]

His maiden captaincy stint with Fiji was in the 2023 Pacific Island Cricket Challenge, where John Wesele was originally named as the captain but withdrew. He also captained them in the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier-A.

References

  1. ^ icc. "ICC Men's & Women's Cricket Rankings Overview". icc. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b Isam, Mohammad. "Peni Vuniwaqa's tumultuous journey into Fiji cricket history". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Loop Vanuatu - Vanuatu". vanuatu210.rssing.com. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  4. ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  5. ^ FijiTimes (1 March 2015). "Riding high on the cricket momentum". The Fiji Times. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  6. ^ "ICC Under-19 World Cup, 2015/16 batting most runs career Records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Bangladesh Stuns South Africa, England Destroy Fiji | USA Cricketers". 27 January 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  8. ^ "U19 Cricket World Cup: Scotland in 2016 – Cricket Scotland". Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Imlach, Hetmeyer steer West Indies into semi-finals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  10. ^ "PNG goes 2 in 2 as both Samoa & Fiji stun Vanuatu on opening day of World T20 qualifiers | Czarsportz Global". 25 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  11. ^ Nixon, Andrew. "Cook Islands surprise hosts on day three of EAP qualifier". irishcricketarchives.org. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Fiji T20I matches batting most runs innings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Fiji vs Samoa Cricket Scorecard, 6th Match at Port Vila, September 11, 2022". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2024.

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