Mahuru Dai
{{short description|Papua New Guinean cricketer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{use dmy dates|date=November 2014}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Mahuru Dai
| country = Papua New Guinea
| fullname = Mahuru Douglas Dai
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|5|30|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm leg break
| role = Batsman
| international = true
| internationalspan = 2005–2018
| odidebutdate = 8 November
| odidebutyear = 2014
| odidebutagainst = Hong Kong
| odicap = 8
| lastodidate = 17 March
| lastodiyear = 2018
| lastodiagainst = Hong Kong
| odishirt =
| T20Idebutdate = 15 July
| T20Idebutyear = 2015
| T20Idebutagainst = Ireland
| T20Icap = 2
| lastT20Idate = 14 April
| lastT20Iyear = 2017
| lastT20Iagainst = UAE
| columns = 4
| column1 = ODI
| matches1 = 18
| runs1 = 454
| bat avg1 = 28.37
| 100s/50s1 = 0/3
| top score1 = 78*
| deliveries1 = 954
| wickets1 = 18
| bowl avg1 = 37.50
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 3/58
| catches/stumpings1 = 8/–
| column2 = T20I
| matches2 = 9
| runs2 = 105
| bat avg2 = 13.12
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score2 = 31
| deliveries2 = 150
| wickets2 = 4
| bowl avg2 = 39.25
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 2/13
| catches/stumpings2 = 5/–
| column3 = FC
| matches3 = 7
| runs3 = 374
| bat avg3 = 28.76
| 100s/50s3 = 1/1
| top score3 = 129
| deliveries3 = 1,342
| wickets3 = 17
| bowl avg3 = 37.11
| fivefor3 = 0
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 4/126
| catches/stumpings3 = 4/–
| column4 = LA
| matches4 = 47
| runs4 = 822
| bat avg4 = 20.95
| 100s/50s4 = 0/5
| top score4 = 76*
| deliveries4 = 1,970
| wickets4 = 45
| bowl avg4 = 30.28
| fivefor4 = 0
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 4/56
| catches/stumpings4 = 21/–
| date = 18 March
| year = 2018
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/25051.html Cricinfo
}}
Mahuru Douglas Dai (born 30 May 1984) is a Papua New Guinean cricketer.[http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/other/content/player/25051.html Cricinfo profile] A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler,[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/46/46717/46717.html CricketArchive profile] Dai has played for the Papua New Guinea national cricket team since 2005.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/46/46717/all_teams.html Teams played for by Mahuru Dai] at CricketArchive
Biography
Born in Port Moresby in 1984, Dai first represented Papua New Guinea at Under-19 level, playing in the East Asia-Pacific Under-19 Championship in August 2001.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/46/46717/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Mahuru Dai] at CricketArchive Papua New Guinea won the tournament, beating Hong Kong in the final,[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/72/72834.html Scorecard] of Hong Kong Under-19s v Papua New Guinea Under-19s, 25 August 2001 at CricketArchive which qualified them for the following years Under-19 World Cup, which Dai also played in.
In 2004, he played for a combined East Asia-Pacific team in Australia's National Country Cricket Championship prior to a second Under-19 World Cup. He made his debut for the Papua New Guinea senior team in the repêchage tournament of the 2005 ICC Trophy.
Later in the year, he made his List A debut when he represented Papua New Guinea in the 2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/46/46717/List_A_Matches.html List A matches played by Mahuru Dai] at CricketArchive He again played for the combined East Asia-Pacific team in the Australian National Country Cricket Championship in 2006 and 2007 before returning to the Papua New Guinea team for Division Three of the World Cricket League in Darwin in 2007. Papua New Guinea finished third in that tournament and Dai was named man of the match in the third place play-off against the Cayman Islands after scoring 102 not out at a run a ball.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/122/122318.html Scorecard] of Cayman Islands v Papua New Guinea, 2 June 2007 at CricketArchive
He represented his country at the 2007 South Pacific Games where the team won a gold medal in the cricket tournament.[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES/articles/000056/005628.shtml Papua New Guinea take home the gold] by Andrew Nixon, 2 September 2007 at CricketEurope During the tournament he scored a century in Papua New Guinea's record breaking win over New Caledonia.[http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES/articles/000056/005620.shtml Papua New Guinea run riot] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120062044/http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES/articles/000056/005620.shtml |date=20 November 2008 }} by Andrew Nixon, 1 September 2007 at CricketEurope He has since again represented the combined East Asia-Pacific team in the Australia National Country Cricket Championship.
He made his One Day International debut on 8 November 2014 against Hong Kong in Australia.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/791633.html |title=Hong Kong tour of Australia, 1st ODI: Papua New Guinea v Hong Kong at Townsville, Nov 8, 2014 |accessdate=8 November 2014 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} He made his Twenty20 International debut for Papua New Guinea against Ireland in the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament on 15 July 2015.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/875501.html |title=ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, 23rd Match, Group A: Ireland v Papua New Guinea at Belfast, Jul 15, 2015 |accessdate=15 July 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}
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Category:Papua New Guinean cricketers
Category:Cricketers from the National Capital District (Papua New Guinea)