Papua New Guinea win the ICC East Asia-Pacific Division One Twenty20 final by 58 runs – Match Recap
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 East Asia-Pacific Division One Twenty20, against Vanuatu, comfortably by 58 runs, at the Amini Park, Port Moresby in PNG, on Thursday, July 7, 2011.
The hosts had been performing consistently well throughout the tournament and continued their dominance in the final as well, scoring 195 runs for the loss of five wickets in their allotted 20 overs.
Opening batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tony-Pala-Ura-c94235, played brilliantly and ended up being the top scorer of the match with 48 runs.
Vanuatu were not able to cope with the pressure of chasing a massive target and ended up with 137 runs for the loss of seven wickets in their outing. Middle-order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Patrick-Kaltaneaki-Matautaava-c80908, scored an impressive 36 runs, but it was not enough to win the
match.
PNG’s captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rarva-Dikana-c84041, elected to bat first after winning the toss in the final. The pitch was good for the batsmen and the hosts took full advantage of it.
Ura opened the innings with his regular opening partner, Asad Vala. The pair had given some excellent starts to their side throughout the tournament and continued to do so in the all important match.
They collected 56 runs for the first wicket before Vala was dismissed after scoring 28 runs off 16 deliveries with the help of four fours and one massive six.
Ura missed-out on a half-century by just two runs and got out after scoring 48 from 32 balls, smashing four beautifully times fours and one towering six. He was followed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Christopher-Ralai-Amini-c50975, who contributed a run-a-ball 26 to the total.
Middle-order player, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahuru-Douglas-Dai-c73905, also batted well and ended up with 29 runs off 15 balls with the help of one four and a six.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jason-Kila-c66446 batted until the end of the innings and was dismissed in the death overs after collecting 35 runs from 21 deliveries with the help of one four and three thunderous sixes.
Matautaava was the pick of the bowlers for the visitors, as he picked up a couple of wickets in the match, but gave away plenty of runs in his spell.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lenica-Natapei-c72462, got dismissed after limping to 16
off 25 balls.
There was some resistance from the middle-order, but it wasn’t enough for the visitors to win the match. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Trevor-Langa-c94359, managed 28 runs in his cameo.
There were some fireworks from Matautaava, who ended up with 36 runs off 18 balls, hammering two fours and three towering sixes, but the target was out of reach, as Vanuatu were restricted to 137/7.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Joel-Tom-c67155 did a good job with the new ball, picking up three wickets for PNG, guiding the team to a comfortable win in the end.
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