ICC Men's T20 World Cup Match 29: Afghanistan vs Papua New Guinea - Afghanistan go through, New Zealand eliminated

Afghanistan moved into the Super 8 stage of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 after their dominant seven-wicket win over Papua New Guinea (PNG). 

Match Summary

Afghanistan vs Papua New Guinea, Match 29,

Afghanistan 101/3 (15.1 ov)

Papua New Guinea 95/10 (19.5 ov)

Afghanistan won by 7 wickets

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Match Highlights

The Group C clash at the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad saw Afghanistan bundling out PNG for just 95 and chased the target with 29 balls to spare. With Afghanistan's win, New Zealand got eliminated from the tournament.

PNG looked clueless with the bat right from the start. Afghanistan pacers Naveen-Ul-Haq and Fazalhaq Farooqi wreaked havoc and put their team at the top. Kiplin Doriga (27:32b, 2x4) tried to keep this team in the hunt but couldn’t. A solid bowling performance saw PNG getting all out for just 95.

Afghanistan was off to a shaky start with the bat as they lost Ibrahim Zadran for a duck and then Rahmanullah Gurbaz fell for eleven. But after that, Gulbadin Naib (49 not out:36b, 4x4, 2x6) held fort and made sure that he took his team home. Azmatullah Omarzai and Mohammad Nabi made handy contributions as Afghanistan chased the target with seven wickets in hand and just 15.1 overs.

Match Stats

Afghanistan; Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Assad Vala - 1.5 ov), 2-12 (Lega Siaka - 2.1 ov), 3-12 (Sese Bau - 2.2 ov), 4-17 (Hiri Hiri - 3.1 ov), 5-30 (Tony Ura - 5.4 ov), 6-46 (Chad Soper - 9.4 ov), 7-50 (Norman Vanua - 12.1 ov), 8-88 (Kiplin Doriga - 17.5 ov), 9-89 (Alei Nao - 18.2 ov), 10-95 (Semo Kamea - 19.5 ov)

Papua New Guinea Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Ibrahim Zadran - 1.4 ov), 2-22 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz - 2.5 ov), 3-55 (Azmatullah Omarzai - 8.4 ov)

Playing XI

Afghanistan 

• Rahmanullah Gurbaz(WK)
• Ibrahim Zadran
• Gulbadin Naib
• Azmatullah Omarzai
• Mohammad Nabi
• Najibullah Zadran
• Karim Janat
• Rashid Khan(C)
• Noor Ahmad
• Naveen ul Haq
• Fazalhaq Farooqi

Papua New Guinea 

• Tony Ura
• Assad Vala(C)
• Lega Siaka
• Sese Bau
• Hiri Hiri
• Chad Soper
• Kiplin Doriga(WK)
• Norman Vanua
• Alei Nao
• John Kariko
• Semo Kamea

Match Details:

Date: Friday, June 14, 2024 01:30

Venue: Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba

Toss: Afghanistan elected to bowl

Officials Umpires: Alex Wharf (England) Michael Gough (England) Richard Illingworth (England TV)

Match Referee: David Boon (Australia)

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