Faasao Fredrick Mulivai (born 24 February 1985) is a New Zealand-Samoan cricketer who plays for the Samoa cricket team and former ICC East Asia-Pacific player as an all rounder. He is considered the biggest hitter of a cricket ball in the Pacific, and also hit the region's fastest half-century (15 balls) against Papua New Guinea. In 2003 Mulivai scored the highest individual score in a one day secondary schools 1st XI match with an unbeaten 197 which included 15 sixes, with his former school Kelston Boys' High School also scoring the highest team score of 387 in 50 overs in the same game against Auckland Grammar. He is the older brother of New Zealand cricketer Lily Mulivai. She is a member of the Northern Districts Women's Twenty20 team, as well as the as an all-rounder. Domestic career Mulivai made his debut for ICC East Asia-Pacific in the 2011-12 season. He is one of only three Samoans to play for the East Asia-Pacific cricket team at the Australian Country Cricket Championships. International career Mulivai was rewarded with selection in the Samoa Twenty-20 and One Day International in 2009 after being qualified as Samoan nationality for the ICC East Asia-Pacific tournament in Samoa. In June 2019, Mulivai was selected to represent Samoa in the at the 2019 Pacific Games. Where he picked up 4 Twenty-20 International caps with International status. Mulivai holds the record for the fastest 50 in the East Asia-Pacific region off just 15 balls against Cricket PNG in February 2013.
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