Kaia Arua
Kaia Arua is a Papua New Guinean cricketer. She played for the Papua New Guinea women's national cricket team in the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier in February 2017.
In June 2018, she was named in Papua New Guinea's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament. She made her Women's Twenty20 International for Papua New Guinea against Bangladesh in the World Twenty20 Qualifier on 7 July 2018. She captained the side for the match against Ireland on 12 July 2018.
In July 2018, she was named in the ICC Women's Global Development Squad. In November 2018, she was again named in the Women's Global Development Squad, to play fixtures against Women's Big Bash League clubs.
In April 2019, she was named as the captain of Papua New Guinea's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier EAP tournament in Vanuatu. In Papua New Guinea's penultimate match of the tournament, against Japan, she took her first five-wicket haul in WT20Is.
In August 2019, she was named as the captain of Papua New Guinea's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland. In October 2019, she was named in the Women's Global Development Squad, ahead of a five-match series in Australia.
