Papua New Guinea take on Vanuatu in the Finals: News Update
Papua New Guinea has secured a place in the final match of the ongoing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 East Asia-Pacific Region Division One Twenty20 series. The team’s triumph came after the New Guinea players secured a massive 144 runs victory over Samoa in the 1st semi
final play-offs on July 6, 2011, at Amini Park, Port Moresby.
Initially, the tournament kicked off on Monday, July 4, 2011, and featured 5 nations from the East Asia Pacific region. These included http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Japan-c2928, Samoa and Fiji.
The New Guinea team retained an undefeatable winning streak throughout the tournament after securing successive wins from their 4 matches.
As for the opponent, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Vanuatu-c3038 participated in 4 matches on the tournament from which the team secured 2 wins while facing 2 defeats.
In the recent semi-final between Papua New Guinea and Samoa, the former kicked off the game after opting for the bat.
The New Guinea opening pair, once again proved their might in the fixture after giving their team a striking opening of 186 runs till the fall of the first wicket. The side eventually faced a total loss of 5 wickets after posting a heavy sum of 234 runs
against the opponents.
For the bowling session, the New Guinea pacers gave no chance to the Samoan batsmen on the crease and crumbed the line-up of all 10 players. Samoan players managed to aggregate a minor score of just 90.
Vanuatu, on the other hand, found itself a place in the final after defeating http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Fiji-c2897 in the second semi-final.
The game began after the much regretful Fiji side won the toss and forced Vanuatu into batting.
Though the Vanuatu batsmen brought in a slow start to the innings, however, the sluggish matting order managed to bring a close to the innings with a total contribution of 126 runs after facing a loss of 7 wickets.
In response, the Fiji batters tried to make a strong comeback, however, after making a slow chase, the team’s innings came to an end at 91 runs.
As for the upcoming final, scheduled to take place at Amini Park, at Port Moresby, on Thursday, July 7, 2011, one may hope for the best team to come out strong. However, based on the results, Papua New Guinea does stand out as the tournament’s favorites.
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