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Sean Solia
New Zealand-Samoan cricketer
Sean Solia (born 15 December 1992) is a New Zealand-Samoan cricketer. He has played international cricket for Samoa, and since 2016 has played in New Zealand domestic cricket for Auckland.[1][2]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Sean Mikaele Solia |
| Born | (1992-12-15) 15 December 1992 (age 31) Auckland, New Zealand |
| Batting | Left-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm medium |
| International information | |
| National side |
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| Domestic team information | |
| Years | Team |
| 2016– | Auckland |
Source: Cricinfo, 22 November 2016 | |
He comes from Auckland and attended St Peter's College.[3] His father is Samoan.[4]
Solia made his first-class debut for Auckland against Canterbury on 22 November 2016 in the 2016–17 Plunket Shield season.[5] He made his Twenty20 debut for the Auckland Aces on 4 December 2016 in the 2016–17 Super Smash.[6] He made his List A debut for Auckland on 15 January 2017 in the 2016–17 Ford Trophy, scoring 152 runs.[7][8] In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Auckland for the 2018–19 season.[9] In September 2018, he was named in the Auckland Aces' squad for the 2018 Abu Dhabi T20 Trophy.[10]
In June 2020, he was offered a contract by Auckland ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season.[11][12] In March 2022, in the 2021–22 Plunket Shield season, Solia scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.[13]
He was part of Samoa's squad for Group A of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 East Asia-Pacific Qualifier tournament.[14][15] In Samoa's opening match of the qualifier, against Papua New Guinea, Solia top-scored for his team with 39 runs.[16] He was the joint-leading wicket-taker in the tournament, with eleven dismissals in six matches.[17]
In November 2020, Solia was named in the New Zealand A cricket team for practice matches against the touring West Indies.[18][19]
- "Sean Solia". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- "Sean Solia". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- "St Peter's College: History". St Peter's College. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- "Cricket: Bolter in from the house of Lord's". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- "Plunket Shield, Canterbury v Auckland at Rangiora, Nov 22-25, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- "Super Smash, Auckland v Otago at Auckland, Dec 4, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
- "The Ford Trophy, Auckland v Northern Districts at Auckland, Jan 15, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- "Solia's 152 on debut drives Auckland to victory". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- "Central Districts drop Jesse Ryder from contracts list". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- "Auckland Aces to face the world in Abu Dhabi". Scoop. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
- "Daryl Mitchell, Jeet Raval and Finn Allen among major domestic movers in New Zealand". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- "Auckland lose Jeet Raval to Northern Districts, Finn Allen to Wellington in domestic contracts". Stuff. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- "Plunket Shield: Sean Solia's maiden first class century and Robbie O'Donnell's seventh, put Auckland Aces on top". Stuff. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
- "Squads and fixtures announced for 2020 ICC World T20 - EAP Group 'A' 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- "Samoa include players based in NZ & Australia in squad for ICC EAP qualifiers". Czar Sportz. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- "ICC World T20 EAP Qualifier Day One Round up and Reactions". Cricket World. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- "ICC World Twenty20 East Asia-Pacific Region Qualifier A, 2018, Most Wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- "Devon Conway included in New Zealand A squad to face West Indies". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- "Nicholls, Conway & Young to face West Indies in Queenstown". New Zealand Cricket. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.