Jason Kila
Personal information
Full name
Jason Kila
Born (1990-01-15) 15 January 1990
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleBatting all-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 20)4 March 2018 v United Arab Emirates
Last ODI25 March 2022 v Nepal
T20I debut (cap 24)22 March 2019 v Philippines
Last T20I29 March 2022 v Malaysia
Career statistics
Competition ODI LA T20
Matches 13 25 23
Runs scored 159 317 109
Batting average 15.90 15.09 15.57
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 36 36* 27*
Balls bowled 229 397 186
Wickets 6 8 6
Bowling average 33.33 41.50 32.83
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/27 3/27 1/5
Catches/stumpings 3/– 7/– 7/–
Source: Cricinfo, 18 April 2022
Medal record
Representing  Papua New Guinea
Men's Cricket
Pacific Games
Silver medal – second place2015 Port Moresby20 over cricket

Jason Kila (born 15 January 1990) is a Papua New Guinean cricketer. Kila is a left-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Port Moresby.

Having played age group cricket for Papua New Guinea Under-19s in the 2008 Under-19 World Cup and 2010 Under-19 World Cup,[1] he was selected for the Papua New Guinea squad for the 2011 World Cricket League Division Three, where he played 5 matches, helping them earn promotion to 2011 World Cricket League Division Two. It was in this competition that he made his List A debut against Namibia. He played a further 3 List A matches in the competition, the last coming against Hong Kong.[2] In his 4 matches, he scored 75 runs at a batting average of 18.75, with a high score 36.[3] With the ball, he took a single wickets at an overall competition cost of 57 runs.[4]

International career

He made his One Day International (ODI) debut against the United Arab Emirates in the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier on 4 March 2018.[5] In August 2018, he was named in Papua New Guinea's squad for Group A of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 East Asia-Pacific Qualifier tournament.[6]

In March 2019, he was named in Papua New Guinea's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 East Asia-Pacific Qualifier tournament.[7] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Papua New Guinea against the Philippines on 22 March 2019.[8] The following month, he was named in Papua New Guinea's squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia.[9]

In September 2019, he was named in Papua New Guinea's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[10] In August 2021, Kila was named in Papua New Guinea's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[11]

References

  1. "Youth One-Day International Matches played by Jason Kila". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  2. "List A Matches played by Jason Kila". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  3. "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Jason Kila". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  4. "List A Bowling For Each Team by Jason Kila". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  5. "Group A, ICC World Cup Qualifiers at Harare, Mar 4 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  6. "Squads and fixtures announced for 2020 ICC World T20 - EAP Group 'A' 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  7. "Squads and Fixtures Announced for 2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup EAP Final 2019". Cricket Philippines. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  8. "1st Match, ICC World Twenty20 East Asia-Pacific Region Final at Port Moresby, Mar 22 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  9. "Barras on a mission". The National (Papua New Guinea). Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  10. "Barras named for qualifiers". The National. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  11. "Papua New Guinea unveil T20 World Cup squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
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