Regina Lili'i
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full name | Regina Sela Monika Lili'i | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Apia, Samoa | 3 October 1986||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National side |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 5) | 6 May 2019 v Fiji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 13 July 2019 v PNG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010/11–2016/17 | Auckland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017/18 | Northern Districts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018/19–present | Auckland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: Cricinfo, 7 April 2021 |
Regina Sela Monika Lili'i (born 3 October 1986) is a Samoan cricketer and the current captain of the Samoa women's cricket team, as well as playing for Auckland.[1][2][3] She is also the captain of the New Zealand Women's Indoor Cricket Team,[4] and was the first Pacific woman to lead the New Zealand side.[5] She also plays for the Auckland Hearts in New Zealand.[6]
In May 2014, she was named as the player of the tournament in the East Asia Pacific Women's Cricket Trophy,[7] and was part of Samoa's gold-winning team in the cricket tournament at the 2015 Pacific Games.[8][9]
In April 2019, she was named as the captain of Samoa's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier EAP tournament, held in Vanuatu.[2] She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut for Samoa against Fiji in the Women's Qualifier EAP tournament on 6 May 2019.[10] She finished as the leading run-scorer in the tournament, with 153 runs in five matches.[11]
References[]
- ^ "Regina Lili'i". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Just two steps away from World Cup spots for teams in Women's Qualifiers". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "HERA Ambassador – Regina Lili'i". HERA Girls. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "No gear, no worries for budding cricket stars". Locker Room. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "First Pacific woman to lead NZ indoor cricket team". Pacific Radio News. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "Premier Women's Regina Lilii is off to the Indoor Cricket World Cup in Dubai in September!". Papatoetoe Cricket Club. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "Sport: Samoa captain Lili'I named player of tournament". Radio NZ. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "Big win for PNG, Samoa and Fiji in women's cricket". The Fiji Times. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "Women's Squads Announced for the 2015 Pacific Games". Daily Post (Vanuatu). Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "4th Match, ICC Women's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Region Qualifier at Port Vila, May 6 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "Records: ICC Women's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Region Qualifier, 2019, Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
External links[]
- Regina Lili'i at ESPNcricinfo
- Regina Lili'i at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Samoan women cricketers
- Samoa women Twenty20 International cricketers
- Sportspeople from Apia
- Auckland Hearts cricketers
- Northern Districts Spirit cricketers