Having played age-group cricket for
Papua New Guinea Under-19s in the
2008 Under-19 World Cup and
2010 Under-19 World Cup, he was selected in the
Papua New Guinea squad for the
2011 World Cricket League Division Three, where he played 6 matches, helping them earn promotion to
2011 World Cricket League Division Two. It was in this competition that he made his
List A debut against
Bermuda. He played a further 5 List A matches in the competition, the last coming against
Hong Kong. In his 6 matches in the competition, he scored 92 runs at a
batting average of 15.33, with a high score of 52. HIs
half century came against Bermuda. Ura made his
One Day International debut on 8 November 2014
against Hong Kong in Australia. He made his
Twenty20 International debut against
Ireland in the
2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament on 15 July 2015. In the
2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, Ura scored a national record 151 runs from 142 balls against Ireland. He was named player of the match despite his team losing. In the next match against
West Indies, the inaugural ODI between the two teams, he scored 37 runs from 45 balls, hitting two sixes off the bowling of
Ashley Nurse. Following the conclusion of the Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament, the
International Cricket Council (ICC) named Ura as the rising star of Papua New Guinea's squad. In August 2018, he was named in Papua New Guinea's squad for Group A of the
2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier tournament. In Papua New Guinea's opening match of the qualifier, against
Samoa, Ura scored 120 runs from 55 balls. In March 2019, he was named in Papua New Guinea's squad for the
Regional Finals of the
2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier tournament. On 23 March 2019, during Papua New Guinea's match against the
Philippines, Ura became the first batsman for Papua New Guinea to score a century in a T20I match, scoring 107
not out. He was the leading run-scorer in the tournament, with 243 runs in four matches. The following month, he was named in Papua New Guinea's squad for the
2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia. In June 2019, he was selected to represent the Papua New Guinea cricket team in the
men's tournament at the
2019 Pacific Games. In September 2019, he was named in Papua New Guinea's squad for the
2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates. In August 2021, Ura was named in Papua New Guinea's squad for the
2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. In May 2024, he was named in Papua New Guinea’s squad for the
2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament. ==References==