Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    3.4 full on fifth stump, skies a leg side heave and gets a big top edge to deep square leg. Hangs in the air forever but falls safely into the hands of the fielder settling in 15 yards inside the rope. Too easy for Lega Siaka. 26/2
    2.2 clever slower ball castles Coetzer! Morea isn't express by any means but even his subtle change of pace with a touch of inswing has fooled the Scotland captain and beats him with.a huge gap out in front of a drive between bat and pad. 22/1
    14.3 another bad ball, and failing to put these away has cost Scotland in the end. Cross smeared it straight to cow corner once more, but this time right down his throat. Atai picks up a wicket PNG scarcely deserved, and Cross is apoplectic as he departs 118/3
    18.4 he's got rid of Berrington, too! He caught that very cleanly on the bat, did the Scot, but when it flew to Amini at long-on, so did the PNG player! Much too flat to clear the rope, and Scotland are falteringly slightly as the innings draws to a close 153/5
    18.2 the extra bounce off the wicket dooms him. Bounced up high after he banged it into the wicket, and MacLeod couldn't get hon top of his heave to the onside. Instead it balloons up into the air, and midwicket completes a smart catch to send him on his way 151/4
    19.4 this one doesn't quite have the same connection. Dropped safe enough, but Leask insisted on coming back for a second run that was never on, and got himself run out in the process 165/7
    19.2 got the broom out to sweep it through the onside, but skies it, does Greaves. Siaka in the field had a little wobble, but managed to catch it on the second attempt 158/6
    19.6 make it six in 11! Watt tried to reverse sweep it, and finds his off stump uprooted! . Four wickets in that final over, shades of that Amir over against Australia at the 2010 World Cup, which saw five wickets fall. 165/9
    19.5 looked like he's connected cleanly enough. It was a half-volley Davey tried to thump over long-on, but only succeeds in finding the fielder. A manic final over, this 165/8
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    Extras
    8 (lb 4, nb 1, w 3)
    TOTAL
    165/9 (20 Overs, RR: 8.25)
    Did not bat: BTJ Wheal
    Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Kyle Coetzer, 2.2 ov), 2-26 (George Munsey, 3.4 ov), 3-118 (Matthew Cross, 14.3 ov), 4-151 (Calum MacLeod, 18.2 ov), 5-153 (Richie Berrington, 18.4 ov), 6-158 (Chris Greaves, 19.2 ov), 7-165 (Michael Leask, 19.4 ov), 8-165 (Josh Davey, 19.5 ov), 9-165 (Mark Watt, 19.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    N Pokana403709.2564110
    CJA Amini4041010.2534110
    KV Morea403147.75134111
    CA Soper402436.00111100
    L Siaka10808.0030100
    SK Atai302016.6640100
  • BATSMEN
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    1.3 chops on! Length ball on fourth stump, tries to cut this but is cramped for room, too tight and not enough width for the shot and winds up paying the price for it. 5/1
    3.3 charges again but pays the price for it this time. Wheal bowls this slightly back of a length on fourth stump, Siaka can't get to the pitch as intended and tries to smash this on the up. Instead it's a healthy edge carrying through to Cross. 20/2
    4.5 Vala gets greedy after collecting two boundaries in the over already off Evans. Length ball on middle and off, tries to swat this on the up over midwicket but it gets a touch of extra bounce with a slower offcutter to produce a top edge that swirls gently to mid-off on the ring. 30/3
    5.3 full slanted into the legs, flicked to deep backward square. Amini wanted a second but was sent back belatedly and a relay from Michael Leask to the keeper Cross is very very tight. It goes to the third umpire and the vice-captain is about a foot short when Cross breaks the stumps. Self-inflicted wound by PNG, but great work by Leask who has been denying the second run from deep backward square through the entire Powerplay and is now rewarded for it on the scorecard. 33/4
    11.3 holes out to long-on. Excellent catch by brad Wheal, who can do no wrong at the moment. Looked to swipe it over midwicket, but only got a top edge, and PNG slide closer to a huge defeat 67/6
    5.6 Stunner from Berrington! It's his day! Full and wide, there to lash but Atai picks out Berrington at backward point. Didn't try to keep it along the ground at all but Berrington sticks up his left paw, his weaker hand, to claw it out of the air high over his head. Berrington? More like Bearington with that big girizzly claw! 35/5
    17.6 and that's the end for Vanua, and probably curtains for PNG. A nothing ball, slow and tailing down leg. Sat up for Vanua to smash for four and bring up his half-century. It hits Vanua on the glove, though, and Cross has the easiest of catches. Vanua smashes the ground with his bat in frustration 128/8
    16.2 clever bowling, and Doriga's done for! That was smart because Doriga showed his hand early. Was down the ground before Watt was through his delivery stride, so he sent it down the offside, leaving Cross to effect a nimble stumping 120/7
    19.3 slower bouncer, but has he nicked this through to the keeper? Dharmasena doesn't think so, but Scotland have reviewed. Yep, there's a feather on that, and that, finally, seals the game, and PNG's fate. Scotland win by 17 runs, and go top in this group. PNG's hopes of qualifying for the second round are almost over. 148/10
    18.4 crisply struck to long-off, but Soper was desperate to come back on strike. In the process, he sent Pokana on a suicide mission to the non-striker's end, and Wheal knocks the bails off 135/9
    not out
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    Extras
    4 (lb 2, w 2)
    TOTAL
    148 all out (19.3 Overs, RR: 7.58)
    Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Tony Ura, 1.3 ov), 2-20 (Lega Siaka, 3.3 ov), 3-30 (Assad Vala, 4.5 ov), 4-33 (Charles Amini, 5.3 ov), 5-35 (Simon Atai, 5.6 ov), 6-67 (Sese Bau, 11.3 ov), 7-120 (Kiplin Doriga, 16.2 ov), 8-128 (Norman Vanua, 17.6 ov), 9-135 (Nosaina Pokana, 18.4 ov), 10-148 (Chad Soper, 19.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    BTJ Wheal4041110.2572300
    JH Davey3.301845.14100100
    AC Evans302217.3394000
    MRJ Watt402315.7590110
    MA Leask201105.5051000
    CN Greaves3031110.3353110

Match Notes

P.N.G. 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st5TP UraL Siaka
2nd15A ValaL Siaka
3rd10A ValaCJA Amini
4th3CJA AminiS Bau
5th2S BauSK Atai
6th32S BauN Vanua
7th53N VanuaK Doriga
8th8N VanuaCA Soper
9th7CA SoperN Pokana
10th13KV MoreaCA Soper

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

First Round Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
SL33063.754
NAM3214-0.523
IRE3122-0.853
NED3030-2.46
First Round Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
SCOT33060.775
BAN32141.733
OMA3122-0.025
PNG3030-2.655
Group 1
TeamMWLPTNRR
ENG54182.464
AUS54181.216
SA54180.739
SL5234-0.269
WI5142-1.641
BAN5050-2.383
Group 2
TeamMWLPTNRR
PAK550101.583
NZ54181.162
IND53261.747
AFG52341.053
NAM5142-1.89
SCOT5050-3.543