Kabua Morea (born 30 September 1993) is a Papua New Guinean

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er. Morea was named in Papua New Guinea's squads for the

2012 Under-19 Cricket World Cup The 2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was a one-day cricket competition for sixteen international U-19 cricketing teams which was held in August 2012. This was the ninth time that the tournament was held since its inception back in 1988. The ...

and the

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. He also represented Papua New Guinea in the men's cricket tournament at the

2015 Pacific Games The 2015 Pacific Games, also known as Port Moresby 2015 or POM 2015, was held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, from 4 to 18 July 2015. It was the fifteenth staging of the Pacific Games as well as the third to be hosted in Port Moresby. More tha ...

, finishing the tournament as Papua New Guinea's leading wicket-taker with twelve dismissals. In August 2021, he was named in Papua New Guinea's

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(ODI) squad for their series against Nepal and the United States in Oman, and their squad for

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of the

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tournament, also in Oman. Later the same month, he was also named in Papua New Guinea's squad for the

2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup The 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was the seventh ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament, with the matches played in the United Arab Emirates and Oman from 17 October to 14 November 2021. The West Indies were the defending champions, but were eventua ...

. He made his ODI debut on 10 September 2021, for Papua New Guinea against Nepal. The following month, in round seven of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 tournament, Morea took his first

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in ODI cricket, with 5 for 28 against Oman. He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut on 8 October 2021, for Papua New Guinea against Scotland in the

2021 Summer T20 Bash The 2021 Summer T20 Bash was a series of Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket matches played in the United Arab Emirates in October 2021 between Ireland, Namibia, Papua New Guinea, Scotland and the United Arab Emirates. The UAE played one match ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Morea, Kabua 1993 births Living people Papua New Guinean cricketers Papua New Guinea One Day International cricketers Papua New Guinea Twenty20 International cricketers Place of birth missing (living people)