Papua New Guinean cricket team in Oman in 2021–22

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The Papua New Guinea cricket team toured Oman in September 2021 to play two One Day International (ODI) matches against Nepal and two ODI matches against the United States.[1][2] The matches were used as preparation for all three teams ahead of the Cricket World Cup League 2 series, also in Oman, which started on 13 September 2021 and 25 September 2021 respectively.[3][4]

In the first round of matches, the United States beat Papua New Guinea by seven wickets,[5] with Nepal beating Papua New Guinea by two wickets in the second match.[6] The United States won their second match against Papua New Guinea by 134 runs, with Jaskaran Malhotra scoring the first century for the United States in an ODI match.[7] The final match saw Nepal beat Papua New Guinea by 151 runs,[8] leaving Papua New Guinea winless across all four matches.[9]

Squads[]

   Nepal[10]  Papua New Guinea[11]  United States[12]

The United States also named Kyle Phillip as a travelling reserve player for the tour.[13]

United States vs Papua New Guinea[]

PNG cricket team against the US in Oman in 2021–22
  Flag of the United States.svg Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg
  United States Papua New Guinea
Dates 6 – 9 September 2021
Captains Saurabh Netravalkar Assad Vala
One Day International series
Results United States won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs Jaskaran Malhotra (176) Assad Vala (61)
Most wickets Nisarg Patel (5) Damien Ravu (3)

1st ODI[]

6 September 2021
09:30
Scorecard
Papua New Guinea 
158 (44.2 overs)
v
 United States
159/3 (28.2 overs)
Assad Vala 61 (74)
Nisarg Patel 4/30 (10 overs)
Steven Taylor 82 (55)
Damien Ravu 1/28 (5 overs)
United States won by 7 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg)
Player of the match: Steven Taylor (USA)

2nd ODI[]

9 September 2021
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
United States 
271/9 (50 overs)
v
 Papua New Guinea
137 (37.1 overs)
Jaskaran Malhotra 173* (124)
Chad Soper 2/41 (10 overs)
Norman Vanua 30 (26)
Abhishek Paradkar 4/26 (9 overs)
United States won by 134 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat
Umpires: Vinod Babu (Oma) and Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg)
Player of the match: Jaskaran Malhotra (USA)
  • Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.
  • Abhishek Paradkar (USA) made his ODI debut.
  • Jaskaran Malhotra became the first cricketer for the United States to score a century in ODIs.[14]
  • Jaskaran Malhotra also hit six sixes in one over, off the bowling of Gaudi Toka, becoming the second cricketer to achieve this in ODIs.[15]

Nepal vs Papua New Guinea[]

PNG cricket team against Nepal in Oman in 2021–22
  Flag of Nepal.svg Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg
  Nepal Papua New Guinea
Dates 7 – 10 September 2021
Captains Gyanendra Malla Assad Vala
One Day International series
Results Nepal won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs Rohit Paudel (127) Charles Amini (39)
Most wickets Sandeep Lamichhane (10) Chad Soper (5)

1st ODI[]

7 September 2021
09:30
Scorecard
Papua New Guinea 
134 (33 overs)
v
   Nepal
135/8 (39.3 overs)
Lega Siaka 30 (38)
Sandeep Lamichhane 4/35 (10 overs)
Rohit Paudel 41 (65)
Gaudi Toka 3/18 (4.3 overs)
Nepal won by 2 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Muscat
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg) and Harikrishna Pillai (Oma)
Player of the match: Sandeep Lamichhane (Nep)

2nd ODI[]

10 September 2021
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Nepal   
233 (49.3 overs)
v
 Papua New Guinea
82 (19.1 overs)
Rohit Paudel 86 (123)
Chad Soper 3/45 (9 overs)
Tony Ura 19 (35)
Sandeep Lamichhane 6/11 (5.1 overs)
Nepal won by 151 runs
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg)
Player of the match: Sandeep Lamichhane (Nep)
  • Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Kabua Morea (PNG) made his ODI debut.

References[]

  1. ^ "Nepali national cricket team to play two ODIs with PNG". Scriling. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Nepal to play ODI series against Papua New Guinea". My Republica. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Oman confirms hosting Mumbai to prepare for WCL League Two, T20 Cricket World Cup". Times of Oman. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Nepal to play ODI series against Papua New Guinea". Nepal Live Today. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Red hot Steven Taylor floors PNG". CricBuzz. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Nepal beat Paupa New Guinea by 2 wickets". Online Khabar. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Jaskaran Malhotra hits six sixes in an over, becomes USA's first ODI centurion". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Series Win for Nepal with 151 runs victory over PNG". Let Cricket. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Assad Vala to captain Papua New Guinea at maiden ICC global tournament". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Nepal announces squad for the CWCL2 series". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  11. ^ "Barras announce squad". Post Courier. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  12. ^ "Former Guyana batter Gajanand Singh earns USA call-up as part of revamped squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  13. ^ "Team USA Men's Squad Named for Return of International Cricket with Tour of Oman". USA Cricket. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  14. ^ "USA's Jaskaran Malhotra becomes fourth player to hit six sixes in an international over". The Cricketer. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  15. ^ "Jaskaran Malhotra: USA batsman hits six sixes in over in ODI v Papua New Guinea". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  16. ^ "Bikram Sob's brilliant debut against PNG in ODI". Scriling. Retrieved 7 September 2021.

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