Papua New Guinean cricket team in Malaysia in 2023–24

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]

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)

Squads edit

  Malaysia   Papua New Guinea[1]

T20I series edit

1st T20I edit

16 March 2024
10:45
Scorecard
Papua New Guinea  
206/3 (20 overs)
v
  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 edit

17 March 2024
10:45
Scorecard
Malaysia  
161/4 (20 overs)
v
  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 edit

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

References edit

  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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