Papua New Guinea
Also played this season H Hiri, K Doriga, SI Kamea, HGV Vare, D Bau, G Toka
Cricket World Cup League 2 2019-23 · Match 72 · PNG v NEPResult
Papua New Guinea v Nepal
Dubai International Cricket Stadium
- Papua New Guinea
173 for 8 in50 ov - Nepal
174 for 3 in37.0 ov
Nepal won by 7 wickets
Nepal won the toss and chose to bowl.
Player of the matchAarif Sheikh
Nepal (174/3) beat Papua New Guinea (173/8) by 7 wickets in Match 72 of ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 2019-23 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Tue 22 Mar 2022. Aarif Sheikh top-scored with 59 off 102 balls and was player of the match, and Sandeep Lamichhane took 2/29.
Updated
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| Innings | Score | Overs | Run rate | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea1st innings | 173/8 (173 for 8) | 50 | 3.46 | – |
| Nepal2nd innings | 174/3 (174 for 3) | 37 | 4.70 | 174 |
Top performers
Batters
- Aarif SheikhNepal59 (102)4 fours, 0 sixes, strike rate 57.8
- Kushal BhurtelNepal50 (64)4 fours, 1 six, strike rate 78.1
- A ValaPapua New Guinea45 (96)3 fours, 0 sixes, strike rate 46.9
Bowlers
- Sandeep LamichhaneNepal2/29 (10 ov)economy 2.90
- CJA AminiPapua New Guinea2/36 (8 ov)economy 4.50
- Sompal KamiNepal2/37 (10 ov)economy 3.70
Papua New Guinea1st innings
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TP Urac Binod Bhandari b Karan KC | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 |
| L Siakac Binod Bhandari b Sompal Kami | 20 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 62.50 |
| A Valac Binod Bhandari b Pawan Sarraf | 45 | 96 | 3 | 0 | 46.88 |
| CJA Aminic Sandeep Lamichhane b Dipendra Singh Airee | 13 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 72.22 |
| R Hekureb Aarif Sheikh | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6.67 |
| S Bauc Dipendra Singh Airee b Sandeep Lamichhane | 19 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 59.38 |
| CA Sopernot out | 22 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 55.00 |
| N Vanuac Kushal Bhurtel b Sandeep Lamichhane | 18 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 52.94 |
| SK Atailbw b Sompal Kami | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| KV Moreanot out | 17 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 89.47 |
| Extras b 5, lb 2, w 3, nb 0 | 10 | ||||
| Total 8 wkts, 50 ov, RR 3.46 | 173 | ||||
Did not bat A Nao
Fall of wickets
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Economy | Dot balls | Wides | No balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karan KC | 5 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 5.60 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Sompal Kami | 10 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 3.70 | 34 | 2 | 0 |
| Aarif Sheikh | 10 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 2.10 | 46 | 1 | 0 |
| Dipendra Singh Airee | 10 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 3.40 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| Pawan Sarraf | 5 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 3.40 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Sandeep Lamichhane | 10 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 2.90 | 41 | 0 | 0 |
Partnerships
- 1st wktTP Ura & L Siaka12 (15)
- 2nd wktL Siaka & A Vala21 (44)
- 3rd wktCJA Amini & A Vala30 (43)
- 4th wktR Hekure & A Vala5 (29)
- 5th wktS Bau & A Vala37 (62)
- 6th wktA Vala & CA Soper7 (20)
- 7th wktN Vanua & CA Soper21 (40)
- 8th wktSK Atai & CA Soper4 (9)
- 9th wktKV Morea & CA Soper36 (38)
Nepal2nd innings
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kushal Bhurtelst SK Atai b CJA Amini | 50 | 64 | 4 | 1 | 78.13 |
| Aasif Sheikhb KV Morea | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
| Aarif Sheikhnot out | 59 | 102 | 4 | 0 | 57.84 |
| Dipendra Singh Aireec CA Soper b CJA Amini | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Rohit Paudelnot out | 44 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 91.67 |
| Extras b 0, lb 4, w 13, nb 2 | 19 | ||||
| Total 3 wkts, 37 ov, RR 4.70 | 174 | ||||
Did not bat Bhim Sharki, Pawan Sarraf, Binod Bhandari, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Sandeep Lamichhane
Fall of wickets
- 10-1Aasif Sheikh3.1 ov
- 97-2Kushal Bhurtel21.2 ov
- 97-3Dipendra Singh Airee21.4 ov
Partnerships
- 1st wktAasif Sheikh & Kushal Bhurtel10 (19)
- 2nd wktKushal Bhurtel & Aarif Sheikh87 (109)
- 3rd wktDipendra Singh Airee & Aarif Sheikh0 (2)
- 4th wktRohit Paudel & Aarif Sheikh77 (92)
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
- ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 2019-23
- Match
- Match 72
- Stage
- League stage
- Format
- ODI, 50 overs a side
- Date
- Tuesday, 22 March 2022
- Toss
- Nepal won the toss and chose to bowl
- Result
- Nepal won by 7 wickets
- Player of the match
- Aarif Sheikh
- Umpires
- Akbar Ali and Shiju Sam
- Reserve umpire
- RR Wimalasiri
- Match referee
- WC Labrooy
Playing XIs
Nepal
- Kushal BhurtelBatter
- Aasif SheikhWicketkeeper
- Aarif SheikhBatter
- Dipendra Singh AireeAll-rounder
- Rohit PaudelAll-rounder
- Bhim SharkiBatter
- Pawan SarrafAll-rounder
- Binod BhandariWicketkeeper
- Sompal KamiAll-rounder
- Karan KCAll-rounder
- Sandeep Lamichhane
Also played this season Gyanendra Malla, Kushal Malla, Lalit Rajbanshi, Gulshan Jha, Sushan Bhari, Dev Khanal, Sagar Dhakal, Mohammad Aadil Alam, Arjun Saud, Paras Khadka, Subash Prasad Khakurel, Sundeep Jora, Basir Ahamad, Bikram Sob, Abinash Bohara, Kamal Singh Airee, Sharad Vesawkar, H Shah, Kishore Mahato, Pratish GC, Sunil Dhamala
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.