Zechariah Kalo Shem (born 22 November 1994) is a Vanuatuan

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er who plays for the Vanuatu cricket team.

Career

In March 2019, he was named in the Vanuatuan squad for the

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of the

2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier The 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier was the tournament played in Fiji and Philippines as part of qualification process for the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup. Twelve regional qualifiers were held by the International Cricket Counc ...

tournament. He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut against the Philippines on 24 March 2019. Shem is also a cricket umpire, and was one of the on-field umpires in the second match of the

2019 ICC Women's Qualifier EAP The 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier EAP was a cricket tournament that was held in Vanuatu in May 2019. The matches in the tournament were played as Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is), with the top team progressing to both the 2019 ICC Women's W ...

tournament, between Japan women and Indonesia women in Vanuatu. In June 2019, he was selected to represent the Vanuatu cricket team in the men's tournament at the

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. In September 2019, he was named in Vanuatu's squad for the

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tournament. He made his

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debut against Singapore, in the

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Challenge League A tournament on 22 September 2019.

References

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* 1994 births Living people Vanuatuan cricketers Vanuatu Twenty20 International cricketers Vanuatuan cricket umpires Place of birth missing (living people) {{Vanuatu-cricket-bio-stub