ODI1st ODI · India in New Zealand 2026/27NZ185IND143/5India won by 5 wickets (56 balls left) (DLS method)Test1st Test · Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe in UAE 2026AFGZIMThu 5 Nov, 10:00 T20I5th T20I · India in New Zealand 2026/27NZ195/3IND191/8New Zealand won by 7 wickets (12 balls left)T20I4th T20I · India in New Zealand 2026/27NZ259/7IND172/9New Zealand won by 87 runs ODIFinal · Pakistan ODI Tri-Series 2026/27PAK331/7SL325/8Pakistan won by 3 wickets (9 balls left)T20I3rd T20I · Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe in UAE 2026AFG81/3ZIM79Afghanistan won by 7 wickets (71 balls left)T20I2nd T20I · Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe in UAE 2026AFG221/7ZIM202/5Afghanistan won by 19 runs ODI5th ODI · Ireland in Namibia 2026/27NAM131/5IRE129Namibia won by 5 wickets (172 balls left)ODI4th ODI · Ireland in Namibia 2026/27NAM168IRE298/8Ireland won by 130 runs First-class9th Match · Sheffield Shield 2026/27QUE280 & 75/3VIC307 & 173Match drawn First-class8th Match · Sheffield Shield 2026/27TAS427NSW202 & 144Tasmania won by an innings and 81 runs T2064th Match · CSA Pro20 2026/27WARBOLThu 5 Nov, 21:00 ODI2nd ODI · India in New Zealand 2026/27NZINDSat 7 Nov, 07:00 T2069th Match · CSA Pro20 2026/27TITDOLSun 8 Nov, 17:30 ODI3rd ODI · India in New Zealand 2026/27NZINDTue 10 Nov, 07:00 First-class11th Match · Sheffield Shield 2026/27VICWAWed 11 Nov, 04:30 First-class10th Match · Sheffield Shield 2026/27NSWSAWed 11 Nov, 04:30 First-class12th Match · Sheffield Shield 2026/27QUETASWed 11 Nov, 05:30

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Papua New Guinea

Assad Vala

Age 39y 122d

136Intl matches

3,435Runs

96Wickets

1Hundreds

ODIs · T20IsFormats

Batting & fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
ODIs	66	66	1	2003	104	30.82	2892	69.26	1	12	161	28	34	0
T20Is	70	66	10	1432	93*	25.57	1237	115.76	0	8	122	42	31	0
First-class	2	4	1	290	144*	96.67	498	58.23	2	0	21	2	1	0
List A	91	90	4	2722	129*	31.65	3763	72.34	2	17	224	38	46	0
T20s	83	78	10	1759	110	25.87	1464	120.15	1	9	150	56	41	0

Bowling

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
ODIs	66	61	2388	1579	55	3/17	3/17	28.71	3.97	43.4	0	0	0
T20Is	70	45	629	655	41	3/7	3/7	15.98	6.25	15.3	0	0	0
First-class	2	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
List A	91	77	2828	1905	71	3/17	3/17	26.83	4.04	39.8	0	0	0
T20s	83	57	779	858	49	4/25	4/25	17.51	6.61	15.9	1	0	0

Recent batting

Score	vs	Format	Date
17 (19)	JPN	T20I	18 May 2026
25 (14)	VAN	T20I	17 May 2026
34 (33)	INA	T20I	14 May 2026
26 (22)	SAM	T20I	13 May 2026
9 (11)	COO	T20I	10 May 2026
10 (15)	OMA	T20I	10 Oct 2025
38 (38)	SAM	T20I	9 Oct 2025
13 (31)	QAT	List A	30 Aug 2025
0 (1)	JER	List A	28 Aug 2025
1* (4)	KEN	List A	27 Aug 2025

Recent bowling

Figures	Overs	vs	Date
1/25	4	JPN	18 May 2026
1/7	2	VAN	17 May 2026
2/3	2	INA	14 May 2026
0/5	1	SAM	13 May 2026
1/25	3	COO	10 May 2026
1/3	2	SOU	9 May 2026
1/27	2	SAM	9 Oct 2025
0/13	3	JER	28 Aug 2025
1/25	10	KEN	27 Aug 2025
0/7	1	KUW	24 Aug 2025

Debut & last match

Format	Debut	Last match
First-class	PNG v IRE, Match at Townsville – 31 Jan 2016	PNG v NAM, Match at Port Moresby – 16 Oct 2016
List A	NED v PNG, Match 4 at Amstelveen – 24 Jun 2015	PNG v QAT, Match 28 at St Martin – 30 Aug 2025
ODI	HK v PNG, 1st ODI at Townsville – 8 Nov 2014	CAN v PNG, Match 15 at Windhoek – 5 Apr 2023
T20	KEN v PNG, Match 7 at Abu Dhabi – 15 Nov 2013	PNG v VAN, Match 11 at Suva – 29 Aug 2018
T20I	IRE v PNG, 23rd T20I at Belfast – 15 Jul 2015	JPN v PNG, Match 21 at Sano – 18 May 2026