Arua Uda
{{short description|Papua New Guinean cricketer (born 1974)}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Arua Uda
| country = Papua New Guinea
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|4|16|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Papua New Guinea
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Not known
| role = Wicket-keeper
| club1 = {{cr|PNG}}
| year1 = 2005
| type1 = List A
| debutdate1 = 1 July
| debutyear1 = 2005
| debutfor1 = Papua New Guinea
| debutagainst1 = Netherlands
| lastdate1 = 11 July
| lastyear1 = 2005
| lastfor1 = Papua New Guinea
| lastagainst1 = Uganda
| columns = 2
| column1 = List A
| matches1 = 7
| runs1 = 67
| bat avg1 = 9.57
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 49
| deliveries1 = 36
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = -
| fivefor1 = -
| tenfor1 = -
| best bowling1 = 0/18
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/0
| column2 = ICC Trophy
| matches2 = 12
| runs2 = 187
| bat avg2 = 15.58
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 49
| deliveries2 = 36
| wickets2 = 0
| bowl avg2 = -
| fivefor2 = -
| tenfor2 = -
| best bowling2 = 0/18
| catches/stumpings2 = 4/0
| date = 13 July
| year = 2008
| source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/36/36114/36114.html CricketArchive
}}
Arua Uda (born 16 April 1974) is a Papua New Guinean cricketer.[http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/other/content/player/25045.html Cricinfo profile] A right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper,[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/36/36114/36114.html CricketArchive profile] he has played for the Papua New Guinea national cricket team since 1996.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/36/36114/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Arua Uda] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018051222/http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/36/36114/Other_matches.html |date=October 18, 2012 }} at CricketArchive
Biography
Born in Papua New Guinea in 1974, Arua Uda first represented Papua New Guinea at the 1996 ACC Trophy in Malaysia. It would be almost five years before his next appearance, at the 2001 Pacifica Cup in Auckland, where Papua New Guinea finished third.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/71/71601.html Scorecard] of Papua New Guinea v Tonga, 8 February 2001 at CricketArchive He played in the ICC Trophy later in the year[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/36/36114/ICC_Trophy_Matches.html ICC Trophy matches played by Arua Uda] at CricketArchive and in the Pacifica Cup again the next year.
In 2003 he won a gold medal at the South Pacific Games when Papua New Guinea beat Fiji in the final of the cricket tournament.[http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_info.cgi?a=MATCH&fixture=667755&c=2-1976-0-18028-0&pool=1001 Scorecard] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071130030926/http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_info.cgi?a=MATCH&fixture=667755&c=2-1976-0-18028-0&pool=1001 |date=2007-11-30 }} of Fiji v Papua New Guinea, 9 August 2003 at official tournament website He played for a combined East Asia Pacific team in the Australian National Country Cricket Championships in 2004, doing the same in 2005 and 2006.
In 2005, he played in the repêchage tournament of the 2005 ICC Trophy. Papua New Guinea won the tournament after beating Fiji in the final.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/102/102370.html Scorecard] of Fiji v Papua New Guinea, 27 February 2005 at CricketArchive This qualified them for the 2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland in which Uda played, making his List A debut.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/36/36114/List_A_Matches.html List A matches played by Arua Uda] at CricketArchive
In 2007, he played in Division Three of the World Cricket League in Darwin and most recently represented his country in the cricket tournament of the 2007 South Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa, where he won a second gold medal.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Events/Tables/South_Pacific_Games_2007.html Points Table for the 2007 South Pacific Games cricket tournament] at CricketArchive