Papua New Guinean cricket team in Oman in 2023–24

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Papua New Guinean cricket team in Oman in 2023–24
 
  Oman Papua New Guinea
Dates 6 – 8 March 2024
Captains Zeeshan Maqsood Assad Vala
Twenty20 International series
Results Oman won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Khalid Kail (88) Assad Vala (113)
Most wickets Bilal Khan (4) Alei Nao (4)
Chad Soper (4)

The Papua New Guinea men's cricket team toured Oman in March 2024 to play two unofficial 50-over and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1][2] The T20I series provided both teams with preparation for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[3] The 50-over series finished level, with Oman winning the first match and Papua New Guinea winning the second game.[4] Oman won the T20I series 2–1.[5]

Squads[edit]

 Oman  Papua New Guinea[2]

50-over series[edit]

1st 50-over match[edit]

3 March 2024
10:00
Scorecard
Papua New Guinea 
184 (47.5 overs)
v
 Oman
188/6 (38.3 overs)
Kiplin Doriga 67 (68)
Bilal Khan 3/31 (7 overs)
Ayaan Khan 53* (68)
Kabua Morea 2/27 (7 overs)
Oman won by 4 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 2, Al Amarat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Azad KR (Oma)
Player of the match: Ayaan Khan (Oma)
  • Oman won the toss and elected to field.

2nd 50-over match[edit]

4 March 2024
10:00
Scorecard
Oman 
243 (49.1 overs)
v
 Papua New Guinea
249/6 (49.1 overs)
Shoaib Khan 59 (53)
Chad Soper 3/27 (10 overs)
Lega Siaka 70 (84)
Zeeshan Maqsood 2/33 (10 overs)
Papua New Guinea won by 4 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat
Umpires: Parameswaran Balasubramanian (Oma) and Gopakumar Pillai (Oma)
Player of the match: Hiri Hiri (PNG)
  • Oman won the toss and elected to bat.

T20I series[edit]

1st T20I[edit]

6 March 2024
11:00
Scorecard
Papua New Guinea 
136/6 (20 overs)
v
 Oman
137/7 (19.3 overs)
Assad Vala 40 (39)
Zeeshan Maqsood 2/29 (4 overs)
Kashyap Prajapati 57* (49)
Chad Soper 3/26 (3.3 overs)
Oman won by 3 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Zaman Quoraishi (Oma)
Player of the match: Zeeshan Maqsood (Oma)
  • Oman won the toss and elected to field.
  • Khalid Kail (Oma) made his T20I debut.

2nd T20I[edit]

7 March 2024
11:00
Scorecard
Oman 
145/7 (20 overs)
v
 Papua New Guinea
148/2 (19.2 overs)
Khalid Kail 55 (43)
Alei Nao 3/15 (4 overs)
Sese Bau 65* (57)
Bilal Khan 1/19 (4 overs)
Papua New Guinea won by 8 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Gopakumar Pillai (Oma)
Player of the match: Sese Bau (PNG)
  • Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.

3rd T20I[edit]

8 March 2024
11:00
Scorecard
Papua New Guinea 
127/6 (20 overs)
v
 Oman
128/6 (19 overs)
Hiri Hiri 53* (49)
Aqib Ilyas 2/20 (4 overs)
Khalid Kail 32* (37)
Kabua Morea 2/26 (4 overs)
Oman won by 4 wickets
Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Al Amarat
Umpires: Rahul Asher (Oma) and Parameswaran Balasubramanian (Oma)
Player of the match: Khalid Kail (Oma)
  • Oman won the toss and elected to field.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Oman to host PNG for bilateral series from Sunday". Times of Oman. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Cricket PNG announce Kumul Petroleum PNG Barramundis team to tour India, Oman and Malaysia". Cricket PNG. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Oman to host Papa New Guinea for bilateral series". Arabian Stories. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Oman share honours with PNG in international series". Oman Observer. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Oman clinch T20I series win over PNG". Times of Oman. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2024.

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