Afghanistan vs Papua New Guinea Highlights, T20 World Cup 2024: Afghanistan won the toss and asked PNG to bat first in a game that could eliminate New Zealand from the Super 8 contention.
Afghanistan vs Papua New Guinea Highlights, T20 World Cup 2024 Match Today: Afghanistan defeated Papua New Guinea by seven wickets in their league stage match at the T20 World Cup to secure their spot in the Super 8 stage. In the process, they also ended the chances of New Zealand to qualify for the Super 8 stage even though the Black Caps have two more games left.
The Afghan side did well to stay on course after they were rocked by two early wickets, losing both their openers, Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmanullah Gurbaz, for just 22 runs on the board.
Batting first, Papua New Guinea were all out for 95 runs after they had lost half their side — at 30/5 — before the powerplay overs had ended. They lost four of their wickets, including that of captain Assad Vala, to near-comical run outs: there was one mix-up, one school boy failure to ground the bat and the bat getting stuck in the pitch just outside the crease.
Captain Vala’s dismissal in the second over started a sequence of wickets: in the next two overs, PNG lost three more wickets. Fazalhaq Farooqi and Naveen-ul-Haq have both claimed two wickets so far.
Afghanistan had won the toss and captain Rashid Khan asked Papua New Guinea to bat first in the crunch game at the T20 World Cup. If Afghanistan win today, New Zealand are eliminated and the Asian team will go past the league phase of an ICC tournament for the first time in their history. New Zealand will be keeping a close eye on the game. They have two more matches left but even winning those will not help them as they can reach only a maximum of 4 points.
A win today will guide Afghanistan to six points and they will progress alongside hosts West Indies to the next round with both having six points each.
Afghanistan vs Papua New Guinea T20 World Cup Live Cricket Score, Match 29 – Full Scorecard
Sure, here is the table summarizing the 2nd Innings for Afghanistan:
| 2nd Innings – AFGHANISTAN | 101/3 (15.1 OV) | RR 6.66 |
|---|---|---|
| BATSMAN | R | B |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz b Alei Nao | 11 | 7 |
| Ibrahim Zadran b Semo Kamea | 0 | 7 |
| Gulbadin Naib not out | 49 | 36 |
| Azmatullah Omarzai b Norman Vanua | 13 | 18 |
| Mohammad Nabi not out | 16 | 23 |
| Najibullah Zadran | ||
| Karim Janat | ||
| Rashid Khan | ||
| Noor Ahmad | ||
| Naveen-ul-Haq | ||
| Fazalhaq Farooqi |
This table provides the current score, run rate, and individual player scores along with the details of their boundaries.
Fall of Wickets
| Wicket | Player | Over |
|---|---|---|
| 1-8 | Ibrahim Zadran | 1.4 ov |
| 2-22 | Rahmanullah Gurbaz | 2.5 ov |
| 3-55 | Azmatullah Omarzai | 8.4 ov |
Bowling
| BOWLER | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alei Nao | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| Semo Kamea | 3 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| Chad Soper | 2.1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Norman Vanua | 3 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| John Kariko | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
1st Innings
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 95/10 (19.5 OV) Run Rate: 4.79
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Ura b Naveen-ul-Haq | 11 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| Assad Vala run out (Farooqi / Gurbaz) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lega Siaka c Gurbaz b Farooqi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sese Bau c Gurbaz b Farooqi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiri Hiri b Naveen-ul-Haq | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Soper run out (Ahmad / Khan) | 9 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| Kipling Doriga lbw b Noor Ahmad | 26 | 32 | 2 | 0 |
| Norman Vanua run out (Khan) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Alei Nao c Khan b Farooqi | 13 | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| John Kariko not out | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Semo Kamea run out (Gurbaz) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 95 | |||
| (19.5 OV) | ||||
| RR 4.79 |
Fall of Wickets
| Wicket | Runs | Player | Over |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | Assad Vala | 1.5 |
| 2 | 12 | Lega Siaka | 2.1 |
| 3 | 12 | Sese Bau | 2.2 |
| 4 | 17 | Hiri Hiri | 3.1 |
| 5 | 30 | Tony Ura | 5.4 |
| 6 | 46 | Chad Soper | 9.4 |
| 7 | 50 | Norman Vanua | 12.1 |
| 8 | 88 | Kipling Doriga | 17.5 |
| 9 | 89 | Alei Nao | 18.2 |
| 10 | 95 | Semo Kamea | 19.5 |
Bowling
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fazalhaq Farooqi | 4 | 0 | 16 | 3 |
| Mohammad Nabi | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Naveen-ul-Haq | 2.5 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Rashid Khan | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Noor Ahmad | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| Azmatullah Omarzai | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Karim Janat | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
T20 World Cup: Rashid Khan’s Afghanistan pull off ‘one of their greatest T20 wins’ to hammer New Zealand
At this point, it should not come as a surprise when the Afghanistan cricket team pull off a win at the biggest stages against the traditional powerhouses. On Saturday, they didn’t just beat New Zealand at Providence Stadium, Guyana. They outplayed the Kiwis, the masters of showing up in good form at these ICC events.
Kane Williamson and Co. would have known before the match that this wasn’t going to be easy even if they hit the ground running close to their top level. Turned out, they were nowhere near that. And Afghanistan pounced. They won by a whopping 84 runs to make it two wins out of two and put one foot in the Super 8.
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