Christopher 'Topa' Kent (born 25 November 1991) is a Papua New Guinean cricketer. Kent is a right-handed batsman who bowls leg break. He attended Marist College Ashgrove in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and played his senior cricket at Norths Cricket Club in Brisbane.
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| Full name | Christopher Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 November 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kent represented his country in the 2011 World Cricket League Division Three, featuring in six matches and helping them earn promotion to the 2011 World Cricket League Division Two. It was in this tournament that he made his List A debut against Bermuda. He played a further 4 List A matches in the competition, the last coming against Hong Kong.[1] In his 5 matches in the competition, he scored 101 runs at a batting average of 20.20, with a single half century score of 59,[2] which came against Hong Kong.[3] He was the leading run-scorer at the 2011 under-19 cricket World Cup qualifier. He finished with 474 runs for the tournament and a high score of 166 not out against Canada. He was also the captain of the PNG u-19 side for the 2011 u-19 cricket world cup qualifiers. Kent was also selected for the PNG men's senior side to compete in the global 20/20 qualifiers in March 2012. He played three matches and scored 42 runs at an average of 42.00.
References
edit- ^ "List A Matches played by Christopher Kent". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ "List A Bowling For Each Team by Christopher Kent". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ "Hong Kong v Papua New Guinea, 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Two". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
External links
edit- Christopher Kent at ESPNcricinfo
- Christopher Kent at CricketArchive