Within the twenty ninth match of the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup, Afghanistan defeated Papua New Guinea by 7 wickets to achieve the Tremendous 8 stage.
For the twenty ninth match of the T20 World Cup, Group C Afghanistan gained the toss and determined to area in opposition to Papua New Guinea on the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad.
Papua New Guinea innings
Batting first in opposition to Afghanistan, Papua New Guinea have been bowled out for 95 runs in 19.5 overs.
Papua New Guinea’s Kaplan Duriga 27, Eli Nau 13 and opening batsman Tony Yura scored 11 runs, as not one of the Papua New Guinea batsmen didn’t hit a six in the complete innings.
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Within the first innings, Afghanistan’s bowlers conceded 25 further runs with 13 wides.
Afghanistan’s Fazal Haq Farooqui took 3 wickets for 16 runs in his 4 overs, Naveen ul Haq took 2 wickets for 4 runs in 2.5 overs and Noor Ahmed took one wicket for 14 runs.
Afghanistan’s innings
Papua New Guinea’s goal of 96 runs was achieved by Afghanistan within the sixteenth over for the lack of 3 wickets.