Associates News

[5tonne]

First ODI win on home soil for PNG's cricket team


PNG's cricket team had an historic win against Scotland in their second One Day International in Port Moresby, beating the Scots by 5 wickets.

It was their first ODI victory on home soil, after they lost to Scotland in their initial meeting on Friday.

Director of Cricket PNG, Gayan Loku, says the team was under a lot of pressure after a disappointing performance in the first match.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/programs/...?section=sport

Congratulations PNG.

[Gowza]

Congrats PNG, they are an up and coming cricket team, pretty big to get a win over the scots.

[5tonne]

PNG have been putting the work in for a while now. I remember Andy Bichel was their head coach or Director of cricket something like that. After him they have recruited another high profile Aussie too whose name I can't remember.

I hope Fiji rises too. We used to play them in ICC trophy. I think they are trying to up the ante lately. Recruiting Jurgensen and qualifying for under-19 WC in Dhaka are the signs of big things to come. The problem is the Indian population is Fiji are not interested in Cricket.

[Tigers_eye]

Congrats to PNG.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8...onship-2017-18
Scorecard.

[Tigers_eye]

Dai's match figures:
10-0-19-2.
63*(54).

ICC World Cricket League Championship at Port Moresby, Oct 8 2017

[Nocturnal]

Congrats PNG!

First time I ever heard about PNG was in Sep 1996 - when we played them in Pepsi ACC Trophy. 20 years ago! That match was live on TV. Was so exited to see a live BD match. Those were the days! BC new generation won't understand the pain we had to go through! LOL


==============

Source - Cricinfo

Pepsi ACC Trophy, 1st Semi Final
Bangladesh v Papua New Guinea
Kilat grounds, Malaysia
13 September 1996

Result: Bangladesh won by 7 wickets

Toss: Papua New Guinea
Umpires: WAU Wickremasinghe (SL) and SK Bansal (IND)
TV Umpire: Shakoor Rana (PAK)
Match Referee: Sikander Bakt (PAK)
Man of the Match: Aminul Islam

Papua New Guinea innings
James Maha lbw b Khaled Mahmud 14 (12)
Vai Kevan run out 16 (17)
Tuko Raka c & b Khaled Mahmud 7 ( 7)
Arua Uda st Khaled Masud b Mohammad Rafiq 31 (61)
Navu Maha c Anisur Rahman b Mohammad Rafiq 29 (37)
*Vavin Pala c & b Aminul Islam 5 ( 8)
Rarua Ipi c Khaled Masud b Sheik Salauddin 9 (36)
+Ipi Morea c & b Aminul Islam 8 (17)
Noel Kariko b Mohammad Rafiq 2 (18)
Mea Uda b Aminul Islam 1 ( 0)
Toku Gaudi not out 0 ( 3)
Extras (b 2, lb 4, w 5, nb 1) 12
Total (all out, 37.1 overs) 134

FoW: 1-23 (James Maha), 2-34 (Vai Kevan), 3-46 (Tuko Raka),
4-106 (Navu Maha), 5-112 (Vavin Pala), 6-114 (Arua Uda),
7-125 (Ipi Morea), 8-132 (Rarua Ipi), 9-133 (Mea Uda),
10-134 (Noel Kariko).

Bowling O M R W
Anisur Rahman 3 0 28 0
Khaled Mahmud 6 0 21 2
Sheik Salauddin 9 1 28 1
Saiful Islam 2 0 12 0
Aminul Islam 10 2 31 3
Mohammad Rafiq 7.1 3 10 3

Bangladesh innings
Shahrier Hossain c Ipi Morea b Tuko Raka 10 ( 9)
Harun-ur-Rashid c Vavin Pala b Navu Maha 19 (23)
Habibur Bashar lbw b Vavin Pala 45 (54)
Aminul Islam not out 39 (66)
*Aqram Khan not out 16 (27)
Extras () 6
Total (3 wickets, 30 overs) 135

DNB: Mohammad Rafiq, Khaled Mahmud, +Khaled Masud, Anisur Rahman,
Saiful Islam, Sheik Salauddin.

FoW: 1-13 (Shahrier Hossain), 2-60 (Harun-ur-Rashid),
3-101(Habibur Bashar).

Bowling O M R W
Tuko Raka 4 0 28 1
Toku Gaudi 4 0 24 0
Noel Kariko 9 1 39 0
Navu Maha 4 0 20 1
Vavin Pala 7 1 15 1
Mea Uda 2 0 9 0

[5tonne]

Good dig up Nocturnal.