Ireland Under-19s v Papua New Guinea Under-19s - ICC Under-19 World Cup Qualifier – Match Recap
Ireland Under-19s 155 (46.4 ov) v Papua New Guinea Under-19s 157/5 (29.1 ov) - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Papua-New-Guinea-c41002 Under-19s won by 5 wickets (with 125 balls remaining)
Papua New Guinea beat Ireland in the ongoing International Cricket Council (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751 in a one-day match that was played at Woodvale Road, Eglinton.
After winning the toss, Ireland chose to bat first, raring to put runs on the board for the opposition to chase. In four overs the team reached a tally of 13 runs after which on the penultimate delivery of the same over, Ireland lost their opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hugh-McDonnell-c63542, who was caught behind by wicketkeeper Dogodo Bau off the bowling of Norman Vanua. The batsman found his way back to the pavilion after scoring two runs off 12 deliveries.
It was later in the eighth over when Ireland lost their second wicket of opening batsman Jason B http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Graham-Robert-Cowdrey-c60631 der Merwe, who after playing a knock of 14 runs off 20 deliveries was caught by Lega Siaka off the bowling of Vanua. At the time of his departure, the side had scored 22 runs for the loss of two wickets.
Adam http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GH-Dockrell-c1484 brought stability in the innings as they forged a significant alliance against the Papua New Guinea bowling onslaught. The two batsmen crafted an innings of 27 runs in the fourth wicket partnership as they took the score to 61 runs.
The partnership was finally broken by Toua Tom when the Irish skipper Dockrell after playing an innings of 24 runs off 32 deliveries was caught by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Charles-Amini-c49702.
Later in the 25th over, Andy McBrine also went back to the pavilion after getting caught behind by D Bau off the bowling of Tom. He played a slow innings of 18 runs off 43 deliveries as the team managed to post 76 runs on the board before losing his wicket.
In the lower batting-order Adam Coughlan and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shane-Charles-Getkate-c89657 showed good touch with the bat as both batsmen smacked 29 and 22 runs, helping the tally go beyond a hundred run mark.
Coming out to bat, Papua New Guinea did not have a huge total at hand and had every chance to take the game from Ireland. The openers Lega Siaka and Vagi Lou Oala gave an opening stand of 28 runs to the team that actually paved the way for New Guinea’s victory in the game.
However, it was the sensational innings by the number-three-batsman Sese Bau who clobbered 41 runs to steer his side closer to victory before losing his wicket on a run-out. Nonetheless, Papua New Guinea managed to score 157 runs in 29.1 overs.
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