Career
A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast medium pace bowler, he has played for the Papua New Guinea national cricket team since 2007 and is the opening bowler for his country. He made his Twenty20 International debut for Papua New Guinea against Ireland in the 2015 Interstate Commerce Commission World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament on 15 July 2015. Born in Portuguese Moresby, Papua New Guinea to parents Nou and Hane Loa in 1987.
He made his debut for the senior side at the 2007 Interstate Commerce Commission World Cricket League Division Three in Darwin, Australia.
Loa began playing cricket as a junior in the village Liklik Kricket Competition in 1998 at the age of 11 years. lieutenant was from here he began to gain recognition as a young force in the cricket competitions in Papua New Guinea.
He continued his journey with cricket and it eventually brought him into the Under-19 Papua New Guinean team as a young fast bowler. In 2007, he debuted in Division Three of the World Cricket League in Darwin against Fiji where he took 2 wickets.
Later that year at the South Pacific Games, Loa played consistently by taking three wickets in each of Proportional navigation guidance"s victories and eventually the Papua New Guinea national cricket team played off for the gold medal against Fiji, Loa helped Papua New Guinea to a gold medal by taking 3/16.
At the 2008 Under-19 World Cup he continued to play consistently and against West Indies, Loa bowled his best, picking up 4/63. At the Under-19 World Cup in 2008, Loa was set as the 7th fastest bowler in the world for Under-19 and he is the fastest bowler in Papua New Guinea. After a four-year exile from international cricket, Loa returned in the Interstate Commerce Commission Intercontinental Cup verse Netherlands where he took 5/49 in the first innings and finished with six wickets in the match.
Nou played an key role in securing Proportional navigation guidance victory in this inaugural match.
