Christopher Ralai Amini is a Papua New Guinean

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and right-arm

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bowler, he has played for the

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Biography

Born in

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to Charles and Kune Amini in 1984, Amini first played for Papua New Guinea at Under-19 level in the 2002 Under-19 World Cup in

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and the same tournament in

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in 2004.Other matches played by Chris Amini
at CricketArchive Whilst he had previously played for a combined East Asia Pacific team in the Australian National Country Cricket Championships in 2004 and 2005, his debut for the senior Papua New Guinea team came when he played in the repêchage tournament of the

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. Papua New Guinea won the tournament after beating Fiji in the final. This qualified them for the

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in which Amini played, making his List A debut. He most recently represented his country at

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of the

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in Darwin in 2007 and has since played for an East Asia-Pacific Emerging Players team in Australia. He made his One Day International debut for Papua New Guinea on 8 November 2014 against Hong Kong in Australia.

Family

Chris Amini comes from a cricketing family. His father and grandfather both captained Papua New GuineaCharles Amini
at Cricinfo whilst his mother and aunt have played for the Papua New Guinea women's team. Two of his brothers have also played for the Papua New Guinea Under-19s team.Colin Amini
at CricketArchive

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Amini, Chris 1984 births Living people Papua New Guinean cricketers Sportspeople from the National Capital District (Papua New Guinea) Papua New Guinea One Day International cricketers