Ipi Morea

Ipi Morea (born 6 May 1975) is a Papua New Guinean cricketer.^[1] A right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper,^[2] he played for the Papua New Guinea national cricket team between 1996 and 2005.^[3]

Ipi Morea

Personal information
Born	(1975-05-06) 6 May 1975 (age 50) Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2005	Papua New Guinea
List A debut	1 July 2005 Papua New Guinea v Netherlands
Last List A	11 July 2005 Papua New Guinea v Uganda
Career statistics
Competition List A ICC Trophy Matches 7 12 Runs scored 128 177 Batting average 21.33 17.70 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 41 41 Balls bowled 0 0 Wickets - - Bowling average - - 5 wickets in innings - - 10 wickets in match - - Best bowling - - Catches/stumpings 4/1 9/2
Source: CricketArchive, 14 July 2008

Biography

Born in Port Moresby in 1975,^[2] Ipi Morea first played for Papua New Guinea in the 1996 ACC Trophy in Malaysia.^[3] This was followed the next year by an appearance in the 1997 ICC Trophy, also in Malaysia^[4] and a second ACC Trophy, in Nepal, in 1998.^[3]

After this start it would be nearly four years before he next played for Papua New Guinea, returning for the 2002 Pacifica Cup in Apia.^[3] The following year he represented Papua New Guinea at the 2003 South Pacific Games, winning a gold medal in the cricket tournament.^[5] In 2004 and 2005, he played for a combined East Asia Pacific team in the Australian National Country Cricket Championship.^[3]

Also in 2005, he played in the repêchage tournament of the 2005 ICC Trophy.^[3] Papua New Guinea won the tournament after beating Fiji in the final.^[6] This qualified them for the 2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland in which Morea played, making his List A debut.^[7]

He has not played for Papua New Guinea since 2005^[2] but has continued to play for the combined East Asia Pacific Team in the Australian National Country Cricket Championships in 2006, 2007 and 2008.^[3] He was named fielder of the tournament in 2006.^[8]