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Papua New Guinean cricket team in Malaysia in 2023–24

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Papua New Guinea men's cricket team in Malaysia in 2023–24
 
  Malaysia Papua New Guinea
Dates 16 – 17 March 2024
Captains Virandeep Singh Assad Vala[n 1]
Twenty20 International series
Results 2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs Virandeep Singh (97) Charles Amini (124)
Most wickets Virandeep Singh (5) Charles Amini (4)

The Papua New Guinea men's cricket team toured Malaysia in March 2024 to play two Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1] The matches were held at the Bayuemas Oval near Pandamaran.[2] The series formed part of Papua New Guinea's preparation for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[3]

Squads

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 Malaysia  Papua New Guinea[1]

T20I series

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1st T20I

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16 March 2024
10:45
Scorecard
Papua New Guinea 
206/3 (20 overs)
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 Malaysia
129/9 (20 overs)
Charles Amini 91* (53)
Virandeep Singh 1/19 (2 overs)
Ahmad Faiz 36 (29)
Charles Amini 3/18 (4 overs)
Papua New Guinea won by 77 runs
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Nasir Ali (Mas) and Loganathan Poobalan (Mas)
Player of the match: Charles Amini (PNG)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ahmed Aqeel (Mas) made his T20I debut.

2nd T20I

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17 March 2024
10:45
Scorecard
Malaysia 
161/4 (20 overs)
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 Papua New Guinea
98 (17 overs)
Virandeep Singh 65* (46)
John Kariko 2/22 (4 overs)
Charles Amini 33 (23)
Virandeep Singh 4/8 (3 overs)
Malaysia won by 63 runs
Bayuemas Oval, Pandamaran
Umpires: Nasir Ali (Mas) and Denish Sevakumaran (Mas)
Player of the match: Virandeep Singh (Mas)
  • Malaysia won the toss and elected to bat.

Notes

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  1. ^ Tony Ura and Norman Vanua captained Papua New Guinea in the first and second T20Is, respectively.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Cricket PNG announce Kumul Petroleum PNG Barramundis team to tour India, Oman and Malaysia". Cricket PNG. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Exciting news alert". Malaysian Cricket Association. Retrieved 13 March 2024 – via Facebook.
  3. ^ "PNG Men to tour India, Oman, Hong Kong and Malaysia to prepare for T20 World Cup 2024". Czarsportz. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
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