Papua New Guinea
Also played this season CJA Amini, J Kariko, JWW Gardner, N Pokana, N Vanua
Nepal tour of Hong Kong 2024 · Final · PNG v NEPResult
Papua New Guinea v Nepal
Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok, Hong Kong
- Papua New Guinea
171 for 8 in20 ov - Nepal
85 all out in16.3 ov
Papua New Guinea won by 86 runs
Nepal won the toss and chose to bowl.
Player of the matchTP Ura
Papua New Guinea (171/8) beat Nepal (85) by 86 runs in Final of Nepal tour of Hong Kong 2024 at Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok, Hong Kong on Wed 13 Mar 2024. TP Ura top-scored with 61 off 37 balls and was player of the match, and Kushal Bhurtel took 3/24.
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Ball-by-ball commentary arrives after the match
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| Innings | Score | Overs | Run rate | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea1st innings | 171/8 (171 for 8) | 20 | 8.55 | – |
| Nepal2nd innings | 85 (85 all out) | 16.3 | 5.15 | 172 |
Top performers
Batters
- TP UraPapua New Guinea61 (37)5 fours, 4 sixes, strike rate 164.9
- A NaoPapua New Guinea30 (10)1 four, 3 sixes, strike rate 300.0
- HGV VarePapua New Guinea18 (21)2 fours, 0 sixes, strike rate 85.7
Bowlers
- Kushal BhurtelNepal3/24 (4 ov)economy 6.00
- Aakash ChandNepal3/41 (4 ov)economy 10.25
- S BauPapua New Guinea2/10 (2 ov)economy 5.00
Papua New Guinea1st innings
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TP Urac Bibek Yadav b Kushal Bhurtel | 61 | 37 | 5 | 4 | 164.86 |
| S Bauc Aakash Chand b Karan KC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| A Valac Binod Bhandari b Aakash Chand | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 |
| L Siakac Karan KC b Aakash Chand | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| H Hiric Lokesh Bam b Gulshan Jha | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 166.67 |
| HGV Varelbw b Kushal Bhurtel | 18 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 85.71 |
| CA Soperc Kushal Bhurtel b Aakash Chand | 13 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 76.47 |
| K Dorigac Lokesh Bam b Kushal Bhurtel | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 100.00 |
| A Naonot out | 30 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 300.00 |
| KV Moreanot out | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Extras b 2, lb 2, w 8, nb 1 | 13 | ||||
| Total 8 wkts, 20 ov, RR 8.55 | 171 | ||||
Did not bat SI Kamea
Fall of wickets
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy | Dot balls | Wides | No balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karan KC | 4 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 8.00 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Aakash Chand | 4 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 10.25 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| Gulshan Jha | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 11.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pratish GC | 4 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 9.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Rohit Paudel | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Kushal Bhurtel | 4 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 6.00 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| Bibek Yadav | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Partnerships
- 1st wktS Bau & TP Ura1 (2)
- 2nd wktA Vala & TP Ura13 (8)
- 3rd wktL Siaka & TP Ura6 (9)
- 4th wktH Hiri & TP Ura23 (13)
- 5th wktHGV Vare & TP Ura48 (39)
- 6th wktTP Ura & CA Soper22 (11)
- 7th wktK Doriga & CA Soper24 (24)
- 8th wktCA Soper & A Nao17 (7)
- 9th wktA Nao & KV Morea17 (7)
Nepal2nd innings
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kushal Bhurtelb KV Morea | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 62.50 |
| Binod Bhandarib KV Morea | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 200.00 |
| Rohit Paudelc sub (N Vanua) b S Bau | 12 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 |
| Gulshan Jharun out (A Nao) | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 60.00 |
| Aarif Sheikhb S Bau | 15 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 75.00 |
| Sundeep Jorac S Bau b CA Soper | 17 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 130.77 |
| Bibek Yadavc L Siaka b CA Soper | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 |
| Lokesh Bamlbw b SI Kamea | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 60.00 |
| Karan KCc SI Kamea b A Nao | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42.86 |
| Pratish GCc A Nao b SI Kamea | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Aakash Chandnot out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras b 11, lb 4, w 1, nb 0 | 16 | ||||
| Total all out, 16.3 ov, RR 5.15 | 85 | ||||
Fall of wickets
- 5-1Binod Bhandari0.3 ov
- 16-2Kushal Bhurtel2.4 ov
- 32-3Gulshan Jha5.1 ov
- 37-4Rohit Paudel7.1 ov
- 64-5Sundeep Jora10.3 ov
- 70-6Bibek Yadav12.4 ov
- 76-7Aarif Sheikh13.5 ov
- 85-8Lokesh Bam15.3 ov
- 85-9Pratish GC15.5 ov
- 85-10Karan KC16.3 ov
Partnerships
- 1st wktBinod Bhandari & Kushal Bhurtel5 (3)
- 2nd wktKushal Bhurtel & Rohit Paudel11 (13)
- 3rd wktGulshan Jha & Rohit Paudel16 (15)
- 4th wktRohit Paudel & Aarif Sheikh5 (12)
- 5th wktSundeep Jora & Aarif Sheikh27 (20)
- 6th wktBibek Yadav & Aarif Sheikh6 (13)
- 7th wktAarif Sheikh & Lokesh Bam6 (7)
- 8th wktLokesh Bam & Karan KC9 (10)
- 9th wktPratish GC & Karan KC0 (2)
- 10th wktKaran KC & Aakash Chand0 (4)
Graphs arrive after the match
The worm, the Manhattan, the run rate and the partnerships are drawn from the ball-by-ball data. This match has the score only so far, so the graphs are added about a day after the final ball.
Match information
- Series
- Nepal tour of Hong Kong 2024
- Match
- Final
- Stage
- Final
- Format
- T20I, 20 overs a side
- Date
- Wednesday, 13 March 2024
- Toss
- Nepal won the toss and chose to bowl
- Result
- Papua New Guinea won by 86 runs
- Player of the match
- TP Ura
- Umpires
- John Prakash and SJ D'Cruz
- Reserve umpire
- H Tukrul
- Match referee
- G Sankaranarayanan
Playing XIs
Nepal
- Kushal BhurtelBatter
- Binod BhandariWicketkeeper
- Rohit PaudelAll-rounder
- Gulshan JhaAll-rounder
- Aarif SheikhBatter
- Sundeep JoraBatter
- Bibek Yadav
- Lokesh BamWicketkeeper
- Karan KCAll-rounder
- Pratish GC
- Aakash ChandBowler
Also played this season Rashid Khan, Sagar Dhakal
Data source
Ball-by-ball data from Cricsheet, licensed under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (ODC-BY 1.0). Cricsheet is at cricsheet.org, and the licence is at opendatacommons.org.