ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2, Match 136: PNG wins comfortably over UAE

Kiplin Doriga, Hiri Hiri and Sese Bau all combined to give Papua New Guinea a comfortable win over United Arab Emirates today in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2.

Match Summary

ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2, Match 136

United Arab Emirates 190/10 (42.2 ov)

Papua New Guinea 246/9 (50 ov)

Result - Papua New Guinea won by 56 runs.

SCORECARD  

After winning the toss UAE elected to bowl, PNG's openers well up for the challenge Kiplin Doriga (55) and Hiri Hiri (77) getting off to a flying start.

Sese Bau (81*) smashed 10 fours to steal the show however, putting PNG well and truly in control as they finished 246/9.

In response UAE did what they could, Aryan Lakra (51) leading the way with a half century, however it wasn't enough.

Papua New Guinea walked away with a 56 run win.

Match Stats

Papua New Guinea: Fall of wickets: 1-72 (Kiplin Doriga - 10.1 ov), 2-184 (Hiri Hiri - 31.3 ov), 3-184 (Assad Vala - 31.4 ov), 4-195 (Charles Amini - 38.1 ov), 5-196 (Riley Hekure - 39.1 ov), 6-223 (Chad Soper - 46.3 ov), 7-239 (Norman Vanua - 48.6 ov), 8-242 (Kabua Morea - 49.4 ov), 9-246 (Hila Vare - 49.6 ov)

UAE Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Waseem Muhammad - 6.1 ov), 2-70 (Asif Khan - 10.5 ov), 3-71 (Vritiya Aravind - 11.4 ov), 4-120 (CP Rizwan - 24.6 ov), 5-141 (Rohan Mustafa - 30.6 ov), 6-141 (Aryan Lakra - 31.1 ov), 7-143 (Aayan Khan - 32.1 ov), 8-181 (Zawar Farid - 39.5 ov), 9-185 (Karthik Meiyappan - 40.2 ov), 10-190 (Zahoor Khan - 42.2 ov)

Playing XI

United Arab Emirates: CP Rizwan, Vritiya Aravind(WK), Asif Khan, Waseem Muhammad(C), Aayan Khan, Rohan Mustafa, Aryan Lakra, Karthik Meiyappan, Zahoor Khan, Junaid Siddique, Zawar Farid

Papua New Guinea: Kiplin Doriga(WK), Sese Bau, Hiri Hiri, Assad Vala(C), Chad Soper, Riley Hekure, Charles Amini, Kabua Morea, Semo Kamea, Norman Vanua, Hila Vare

 

Match Details

Date: 2023-03-10 03:45:00

Venue: Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur, Kirtipur

Toss: United Arab Emirates elected to bowl