ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2: PNG bowl UAE all out for 131

Papua New Guinea bowl UAE all out for 131 as they cruise to a 131 run win today in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2.

Match Summary

United Arab Emirates vs Papua New Guinea

United Arab Emirates 131/10 (34.2 ov)

Papua New Guinea 262/10 (49.1 ov)

Papua New Guinea won by 131 runs.

SCORECARD

After losing the toss PNG were put in to bat, starting strong via openers Tony Ura (51) and Kiplin Doriga (42).

They only went from strength to strength as Sese Bau smashed 5 fours on his way to 74 putting PNG well and truly in control.

In response, Chad Soper (5/25) skittled the UAE batsmen as they were all out for 131, PNG coasting to a crushing 131 run victory.

Match Stats

Papua New Guinea: Fall of wickets: 1-81 (Tony Ura - 13.6 ov), 2-134 (Kiplin Doriga - 22.5 ov), 3-173 (Assad Vala - 29.3 ov), 4-234 (Gaudi Toka - 39.3 ov), 5-234 (Norman Vanua - 39.4 ov), 6-251 (Sese Bau - 44.1 ov), 7-251 (Riley Hekure - 44.5 ov), 8-255 (Hila Vare - 46.3 ov), 9-262 (Chad Soper - 48.6 ov), 10-262 (Kabua Morea - 49.1 ov) 

United Arab Emirates: Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Aryan Lakra - 4.3 ov), 2-32 (Waseem Muhammad - 5.3 ov), 3-41 (CP Rizwan - 7.4 ov), 4-48 (Rohan Mustafa - 9.4 ov), 5-76 (Vritiya Aravind - 18.6 ov), 6-92 (Asif Khan - 23.2 ov), 7-98 (Alishan Sharafu - 25.4 ov), 8-99 (Junaid Siddique - 26.1 ov), 9-111 (Karthik Meiyappan - 31.3 ov), 10-131 (Zahoor Khan - 34.2 ov)

Playing XI

United Arab Emirates: Vritiya Aravind(WK), CP Rizwan(C), Waseem Muhammad, Alishan Sharafu, Asif Khan, Rohan Mustafa, Aryan Lakra, Karthik Meiyappan, Junaid Siddique, Zahoor Khan, Hazrat Bilal

Papua New Guinea: Kiplin Doriga, Hila Vare(WK), Sese Bau, Tony Ura, Gaudi Toka, Assad Vala(C), Chad Soper, Riley Hekure, Norman Vanua, Kabua Morea, Semo Kamea

Match Details

Date: 2023-02-28 06:00:00

Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai

Toss: United Arab Emirates won the toss & elected to field