Papua New Guinea v Samoa - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 East Asia-Pacific Region Division One T20 – Match Recap
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Papua-New-Guinea-c41002 (PNG) thumbed Samoa by 141 runs in the semi-final match of the ICC East Asia-Pacific Region Division One Twenty20, at the Amini Park, Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, on Wednesday, July 6, 2011.
The home team has been in tremendous form throughout the tournament and continued their dominance in today’s game as well, scoring 234 runs for the loss of five wickets in their allotted 20 overs.
The highlight of the innings was a superb century from opening batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tony-Pala-Ura-c94235, who scored 102 runs in his outing. His opening partner, Asad Vala, also batted magnificently, but missed-out on a ton by just eight runs in the end.
The visitors failed to cause any problems for the opposition once they came out to bat and were all-out for 93 runs, losing the match by a massive margin.
There was no doubt in the home team’s captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rarva-Dikana-c84041, to bat first after winning the toss. The conditions were excellent for the batsmen and the PNG team made most of them.
PNG’s start was fabulous, as their openers put together yet another century partnership in the tournament. They played at more than 12 runs per over, scoring 186 runs in just 15.3 overs.
Vala was the first man to be dismissed in the innings after contributing 92 runs to the total from 50 balls with the help of nine fours and two massive sixes. He would have been disappointed not to complete his century.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahuru-Douglas-Dai-c73905 failed to get going and was sent back to the pavilion after adding just six runs to the total. However, Ura was in menacing form, scoring 102 runs off 53 balls, clobbering 11 fours and four thunderous sixes.
The hosts ended up with 234/5 in the end. The only bowler to concede less than 10 per over was Faasao Mulivai, who picked up three wickets for 36 runs.
In reply, Samoa was not able to cope with the pressure of a massive run-chase. Only four batsmen in the entire innings managed to reach double figures, with the best of 24 coming from opener, Sean Cotter.
Winston Mariner remained unbeaten on 18 until the end, but ran out of partners from the other end, as all the batsmen were sent back to the hut for 93 runs.
The home team’s bowlers had a wonderful outing, as they chipped in with wickets and didn’t give away many runs. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Christopher-Ralai-Amini-c50975 picked up three wickets in the match.
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