Papua New Guinea

Kaia Arua

Bowling allrounder

Key facts

Age: 33
Born: 27/10/1990
Position: Bowling allrounder
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Left-arm wrist-spin

Official profile

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Every game we hold

Includes finals, playoffs and exhibition games, so totals run higher than regular-season figures.

Season
2023 Women's T20IsPapua New Guinea	5	72	52	9	3	1	9	67	96	1	5	2	–	16	5	53	2	2	3	1	–	5	1	18	9	0	2	–	–	–	1	3	4	3	2	–	1	–
2022 Women's T20IsPapua New Guinea	4	11	16	1	3	1	4	90	88	0	2	2	–	10	4	44	2	0	13	0	2	2	–	3	2	0	1	–	1	–	–	–	3	–	–	1	–	–
2019 Women's T20IsPapua New Guinea	9	83	159	6	6	4	13	78	150	1	5	2	1	103	7	87	4	0	1	0	–	5	2	41	9	0	3	–	3	1	1	2	9	2	1	1	1	1
2018 Women's T20IsPapua New Guinea	5	57	70	1	5	4	2	103	102	1	4	1	–	27	5	48	7	2	7	0	–	4	–	34	5	3	–	1	2	–	1	1	1	1	–	–	–	–
Career4 seasons	23	223	297	17	17	10	28	338	436	3	16	7	1	156	21	232	15	4	24	1	2	16	3	96	25	3	6	1	6	1	3	6	17	6	3	2	2	1

Recent innings

5 matches, 3 innings: 72 runs at 72.0, SR 138, HS 43*. 9 wkts at 7.4, best 4/7

Match	Bat	How out	Bowl
v Indonesia8 Sept · Women's T20Is	28* (15)	not out	1/15 (3)
v Fiji7 Sept · Women's T20Is	DNB		4/7 (3)
v Samoa4 Sept · Women's T20Is	DNB		1/18 (3)
v Cook Islands2 Sept · Women's T20Is	43* (32)	not out	3/13 (4)
v Vanuatu1 Sept · Women's T20Is	1 (5)	run out	0/14 (3)

Game log, 2023 Women's T20Is

Game
Match 20 v IndonesiaW 141-64 8 Sept	28	15	3	0	1	0	1	15	18	0	–	1	–	2	1	9	0	0	2	0	–	–	–	4	6	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–
Match 15 v FijiW 55-49 7 Sept	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	7	18	1	2	–	–	–	1	12	0	0	0	0	–	2	1	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	2	1	1	1	–	1	–
Match 7 v SamoaW 64-61 4 Sept	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	18	18	0	–	–	–	–	1	10	1	0	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–
Match 4 v Cook IslandsW 167-67 2 Sept	43	32	6	0	1	0	3	13	24	0	2	1	–	10	1	11	0	0	0	0	–	2	–	13	3	0	–	–	–	–	–	1	2	2	–	–	–	–
Match 2 v VanuatuL 89-93 1 Sept	1	5	0	0	1	1	0	14	18	0	1	0	–	4	1	11	1	2	0	0	–	1	–	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Splits, Women's T20Is

Split
WinsResult	15	11.2	13.1	1.0	0.0	0.7	0.3	1.6	14.3	20.8	0.1	0.8	0.4	0.1	6.5	0.9	11.4	0.4	0.1	0.9	0.1	0.1	0.8	0.2	4.1	1.3	0.1	0.3	–	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.3	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
LossesResult	8	6.9	12.5	0.3	0.0	0.9	0.8	0.5	15.4	15.5	0.1	0.5	0.1	–	7.3	0.9	7.6	1.1	0.4	1.4	0.0	–	0.5	–	4.3	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	–	0.3	0.3	0.3	–	–	–	–	–
Regular seasonStage · won 13 of 17	17	10.0	12.7	0.8	0.0	0.7	0.4	1.5	13.1	18.9	0.1	0.7	0.3	0.1	6.6	0.9	10.7	0.6	0.2	0.7	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.2	3.9	1.2	0.1	0.3	–	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	1.0	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
FinalsStage · won 2 of 6	6	8.8	13.5	0.5	0.0	0.8	0.5	0.5	19.2	19.0	0.2	0.7	0.3	–	7.2	1.0	8.3	0.7	0.0	2.0	0.0	–	0.7	–	5.0	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	–	0.2	0.3	–	–	–	0.2	–	–
ScotlandOpponent · won 2 of 3	3	7.3	9.7	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.3	0.3	18.3	14.0	0.0	0.7	0.3	–	3.7	0.7	5.7	1.0	0.0	2.3	0.0	–	0.7	–	5.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	–	–	–	0.3	–	–	–	–	0.3	–	–
BangladeshOpponent · won 0 of 2	2	2.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.0	7.5	6.0	0.0	–	0.0	–	2.5	0.5	4.0	1.5	0.5	0.5	0.0	–	–	–	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	–	0.5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
FijiOpponent · won 2 of 2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	3.0	7.5	21.0	0.5	1.5	–	–	–	1.0	14.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	–	1.5	0.5	–	–	–	1.0	–	–	–	–	1.0	1.5	1.0	0.5	–	0.5	–
IndonesiaOpponent · won 2 of 2	2	25.0	30.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	1.0	13.0	21.0	0.0	–	0.5	–	16.0	1.0	11.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	–	–	–	7.0	5.0	0.0	–	–	0.5	–	–	–	1.0	–	–	–	–	–
IrelandOpponent · won 0 of 2	2	10.5	15.5	0.5	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	18.5	18.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	–	8.0	1.0	7.5	0.5	0.0	2.0	0.0	–	1.5	–	6.0	0.5	0.5	–	0.5	0.5	–	–	0.5	–	–	–	–	–	–
SamoaOpponent · won 2 of 2	2	13.5	25.5	1.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	2.0	13.5	21.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	–	16.5	1.0	13.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	0.5	–	0.5	0.5	6.5	1.5	0.0	0.5	–	0.5	0.5	–	0.5	0.5	–	0.5	0.5	–	–
United Arab EmiratesOpponent · won 2 of 2	2	7.0	9.5	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	1.0	20.5	24.0	0.0	1.0	0.5	–	4.5	1.0	11.5	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.0	1.0	1.0	–	3.5	1.0	0.5	–	–	0.5	–	–	–	1.0	0.5	–	–	–	–
VanuatuOpponent · won 1 of 2	2	0.5	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.5	16.0	21.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.5	2.5	1.0	11.5	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	–	0.5	–	0.5	0.0	0.0	–	–	–	–	1.0	–	0.5	–	–	–	–	–
Cook IslandsOpponent · won 1 of 1	1	43.0	32.0	6.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	13.0	24.0	0.0	2.0	1.0	–	10.0	1.0	11.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	–	2.0	–	13.0	3.0	0.0	–	–	–	–	–	1.0	2.0	2.0	–	–	–	–
JapanOpponent · won 1 of 1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	5.0	7.0	24.0	1.0	1.0	–	–	–	1.0	17.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	–	1.0	1.0	–	–	–	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	4.0	1.0	1.0	–	1.0	1.0
NetherlandsOpponent · won 1 of 1	1	20.0	22.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	26.0	24.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	–	9.0	1.0	8.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	–	1.0	–	9.0	2.0	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
ThailandOpponent · won 0 of 1	1	16.0	31.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	11.0	18.0	0.0	–	1.0	–	20.0	1.0	7.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	–	–	–	8.0	2.0	0.0	–	–	–	–	–	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	–
United States of AmericaOpponent · won 1 of 1	1	4.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	12.0	18.0	0.0	–	1.0	–	0.0	1.0	11.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	–	–	–	0.0	0.0	0.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
ZimbabweOpponent · won 0 of 1	1	1.0	7.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	21.0	22.0	0.0	–	0.0	–	6.0	1.0	14.0	1.0	0.0	4.0	0.0	–	–	–	1.0	0.0	0.0	–	–	1.0	–	–	–	2.0	–	–	–	–	–
Ground 1, Independence Park, Port VilaGround · won 4 of 4	4	12.3	24.3	0.8	0.0	0.8	0.8	2.5	11.3	24.0	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.3	16.0	1.0	14.8	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	–	0.5	0.5	5.8	1.8	0.0	0.3	–	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.8	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Sheikh Zayed Stadium Nursery 1, Abu DhabiGround · won 3 of 4	4	2.8	4.0	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.3	1.0	22.5	22.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	–	2.5	1.0	11.0	0.5	0.0	3.3	0.0	0.5	0.5	–	0.8	0.5	0.0	0.3	–	0.3	–	–	–	0.8	–	–	0.3	–	–
Vanuatu Cricket Ground, Port VilaGround · won 3 of 4	4	18.0	13.0	2.3	0.0	0.8	0.3	1.3	15.0	19.5	0.0	0.8	0.5	–	4.0	1.0	10.3	0.5	0.5	0.8	0.3	–	0.8	–	4.5	2.3	0.0	0.3	–	–	–	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.5	0.3	–	–	–
VRA Ground, AmstelveenGround · won 2 of 4	4	11.3	13.0	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.8	0.5	19.5	21.0	0.3	1.0	0.3	–	5.0	1.0	10.5	1.0	0.5	1.3	0.0	–	1.0	–	6.0	1.0	0.8	–	0.3	0.5	–	–	0.3	0.3	0.3	–	–	–	–
Forthill, DundeeGround · won 0 of 3	3	8.0	17.0	0.7	0.0	0.7	0.3	0.3	8.3	10.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	–	11.7	0.7	3.7	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	–	0.3	–	4.0	0.7	0.0	0.3	–	0.3	–	–	0.3	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ground 2, Independence Park, Port VilaGround · won 1 of 1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	2.0	8.0	24.0	0.0	1.0	–	–	–	1.0	17.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	–	1.0	–	–	–	–	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	2.0	1.0	–	–	–	–
Lochlands, ArbroathGround · won 1 of 1	1	10.0	11.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	–	–	–	–	1.0	1.0	–	4.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1.0	–	6.0	0.0	0.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd, UtrechtGround · won 0 of 1	1	12.0	18.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	25.0	18.0	0.0	–	0.0	–	7.0	1.0	6.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	–	–	–	10.0	1.0	0.0	–	–	–	–	1.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Vanuatu Cricket Ground (Oval 2), Port VilaGround · won 1 of 1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	4.0	7.0	18.0	1.0	2.0	–	–	–	1.0	12.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	–	2.0	1.0	–	–	–	1.0	–	–	–	–	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	–	1.0	–

Stats from official league and public sports feeds. Updated hourly.