Mea Tangi Me Ma'ara Joshua Ave (born 6 July 1998) is a New Zealand

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er. Ave is of

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heritage. He has an honours degree in chemical engineering with a master's degree in dairy science and technology. He works as a researcher for

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. A right-handed batsman and

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, Ave has played Hawke Cup cricket since 2014, first for

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and more recently for Manawatu. He made his

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debut for Central Districts in the

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on 24 October 2018. He made his first-class debut on 15 November 2021, for Central Districts in the

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. He made his

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debut on 31 December 2021, for Central Districts in the 2021–22 Super Smash. On 11 March 2022, Ave played a match for

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as a temporary loan player due to Otago being affected by the ongoing

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. He replaced

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. Ave thus became the first player in the history of the Plunket Shield to represent two teams in the same season. In August 2022, he was named in Cook Islands'

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(T20I) squad for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier A in

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. He made his T20I debut on 9 September 2022 against Samoa.

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* 1998 births Living people New Zealand cricketers Cook Island cricketers Cook Islands Twenty20 International cricketers Central Districts cricketers Cricketers from Wellington City {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1990s-stub