Papua New Guinea Vs United Arab Emirates 2Nd Match

MATCH FACTS

Series

ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off Canada, Jersey, Namibia, Papua New Guinea, United Arab Emirates, United States of America in Namibia - 2023 (2023)

Ground

Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek

Date

27 March 2023

Toss

P.N.G., chose to field

Result

U.A.E. won by 21 runs

Player of the match

Aayan Afzal Khan

Captains

Muhammad Waseem (U.A.E.), Assad Vala (P.N.G.)

Debut

Sanchit Sharma (U.A.E.)

Umpires

A Louw and PM Makumbi

Match referee

GH Pienaar

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

P.N.G. won the toss and chose to field. It was Sanchit Sharma's first ODI.

U.A.E. batted first and made 260 for 7. Muhammad Waseem top-scored with 96 off 106 balls, and Aayan Afzal Khan made 94. Chad Soper took 4 for 43 for P.N.G.. The innings was built on a 90-run stand for the seventh wicket between Karthik Meiyappan and Aayan Afzal Khan. That was well above the 2020s average first-innings total at Wanderers Cricket Ground, 215 across 21 ODIs.

Chasing 261, P.N.G. made 239 all out. Kiplin Doriga top-scored with 73 off 71 balls, and Tony Ura made 56. Karthik Meiyappan took 4 for 45 for U.A.E.. The innings was built on a 146-run stand for the first wicket between Tony Ura and Kiplin Doriga, 61% of the total. From 146 for 1 they lost 4 wickets for 16 runs, to 162 for 5.

U.A.E. won by 21 runs.