Joel Tom
Joel Tom is a Papua New Guinean international cricketer who made his debut for the Papua [New Guinea national cricket team|PNG national team] in 2009. He plays as a right-arm medium-pace bowler.
Tom represented the Papua New Guinea national [under-19 cricket team|PNG under-19s] at the 2008 [Under-19 Cricket World Cup|2008 Under-19 World Cup] in Malaysia, appearing in his team's matches against India, the West Indies, and Bermuda. He made his senior debut for Papua New Guinea at the 2009 [ICC EAP Cricket Trophy |2009 EAP Trophy], going on to take figures of 2/25 against Tonga and 4/8 against Japan. Tom was also successful at the 2011 [ICC EAP Cricket Trophy Twenty20 Division One|2011 edition] of that tournament, taking 2/15 and 3/31 against Vanuatu and 2/10 against Fiji. He was subsequently selected in Papua New Guinea's squad for the 2012 [ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier|2012 World Twenty20 Qualifier] in the United Arab Emirates, the final qualification event for the 2012 World Twenty20. He only appeared in two of his team's matches, however, taking 1/23 against Bermuda and 1/15 against Nepal. In 2015, Tom was a member of the PNG A squad that won a silver medal in Cricket at the [2015 Pacific Games – Men's tournament|the cricket tournament] at the 2015 Pacific Games.