T20 World Cup 2024 : Papua New Guinea vs New Zealand Match Preview, ICC T20 World Cup 2024

39th T20I • Brian Lara Stadium • Tarouba

Papua New Guinea

78 (19.4)

New Zealand

79/3 (12.2)

NZ won by 7 wickets

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Table

Date & Time

17 Jun, 08:00 PM IST

Venue

Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba

TV/Streaming

Disney+ Hotstar, Star Sports

Match

39th T20I,

Umpires

Langton Rusere (Zimbabwe), Paul Reiffel (Australia), Joel Wilson (West Indies, TV)

Referee

David Boon (Australia)

Toss

New Zealand elected to bowl

Pitch Report

PitchFlat Track Pitch

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionAverage

Spin BowlingSlow Spin

1st Innings

146Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

124.03Avg SR

2nd Innings

124Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

125.72Avg SR

Playing XILineups Out

Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

0- 0

PNG

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

New Zealand

Papua New Guinea

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Kiplin Doriga

PNG . WK

66 Runs

3 Matches

Glenn Phillips

NZ . BAT

58 Runs

3 Matches

Sese Bau

PNG . ALL

55 Runs

3 Matches

Top Bowlers

Trent Boult

NZ . BOWL

7 Wkts

3 Matches

Tim Southee

NZ . BOWL

5 Wkts

2 Matches

Lockie Ferguson

NZ . BOWL

4 Wkts

3 Matches

Playing XILineups Out

Fantasy Top Picks

Expert Team 1

T Boult

T Southee

Expert Team 2

T Boult

R Ravindra

Venue Details

Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba

PitchFlat Track Pitch

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionAverage

Spin BowlingSlow Spin

1st Innings

146Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

124.03Avg SR

2nd Innings

124Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

125.72Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

14%Bat First Bowl First86%

Team Batting First

57%Wins Losses43%

Recent Matches on venue

Match 32 • Jun 15 • ICC Men's T20 World Cup

NZ 41/1 (5.2)

UGA 40/10 (18.4)

NZ won by 9 wickets

vs live score

Match 26 • Jun 13 • ICC Men's T20 World Cup

WI 149/9 (20)

NZ 136/9 (20)

WI won by 13 runs

vs live score

Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

New Zealand

Papua New Guinea

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

0- 0

PNG

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

128

Average Score

129

215/3

Highest Score

206/3

41/1

Lowest Score

77/10

Player of the Match Lockie Ferguson

3/0

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Info

Papua New Guinea

78/10 (19.4)

Batters

Tony Ura

50.00

c Phillips b Southee

Assad Vala

(C)

37.50

c Mitchell b Ferguson

Charles Amini

68.00

lbw b Ferguson

Sese Bau

44.44

c Allen b Santner

Hiri Hiri

63.64

b Boult

Chad Soper

16.67

b Ferguson

Kiplin Doriga

71.43

b Southee

Norman Vanua

107.69

c Mitchell b Boult

Alei Nao

42.86

c Mitchell b Sodhi

Kabua Morea

0.00

st Conway b Sodhi

Semo Kamea

100.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 7, NB: 0, W: 4)

TOTAL

(19.4 Ov, RR: 3.97)

78/10

Bowlers

EXT

3.50

2.75

0.00

3.4

7.91

Mitchell Santner

4.25

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Tony Ura

c Phillips b Southee

1-3

1.3

Assad Vala

c Mitchell b Ferguson

2-14

4.1

Charles Amini

lbw b Ferguson

3-41

11.2

Sese Bau

c Allen b Santner

4-41

12.2

Chad Soper

b Ferguson

5-43

13.2

Hiri Hiri

b Boult

6-56

15.2

Kiplin Doriga

b Southee

7-61

16.3

Norman Vanua

c Mitchell b Boult

8-76

18.4

Kabua Morea

st Conway b Sodhi

9-77

19.2

Alei Nao

c Mitchell b Sodhi

10-78

19.4

New Zealand

79/3 (12.2)

Batters

Finn Allen

0.00

c Doriga b Morea

Devon Conway

109.38

lbw b Kamea

Rachin Ravindra

54.55

c Kamea b Morea

Kane Williamson

(C)

105.88

Not out

Daryl Mitchell

158.33

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 0)

TOTAL

(12.2 Ov, RR: 6.41)

79/3

Did not Bat

Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult

Bowlers

EXT

Kabua Morea

2.2

1.71

7.33

4.00

5.00

7.67

14.00

6.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Finn Allen

c Doriga b Morea

1-0

0.2

Rachin Ravindra

c Kamea b Morea

2-20

4.1

Devon Conway

lbw b Kamea

3-54

9.2

Match Info

Date & Time

17 Jun, 08:00 PM IST

Venue

Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba

TV/Streaming

Disney+ Hotstar, Star Sports

Match

39th T20I,

Umpires

Langton Rusere (Zimbabwe), Paul Reiffel (Australia), Joel Wilson (West Indies, TV)

Referee

David Boon (Australia)

Toss

New Zealand elected to bowl

1 W 0 0 0 2

Over 10

Runs: 3

0 0 0 4 1 1

Over 11

Runs: 6

4 1 1 4 4 1

Over 12

Runs: 15

0 2

Over 13

Runs: 2

All Overs

Player of the Match Lockie Ferguson

3/0

Commentary

So that will be all from what was a dead rubber. There's one more group fixture left before the Super Eights get underway and that will take place tomorrow morning (if you're in India - tonight if you're in the Caribbean or the USA) with West Indies and Afghanistan both looking for a fourth win on the bounce in St Lucia. Do make sure to be back for our coverage of that game in a few hours' time right here on Sportskeeda. For the moment though, this is the duo of Probuddha and Rajarshi taking your leave. Thank you so much for being a part of our coverage today. See you again soon - good night and take care!

A win to finish for New Zealand and a win to sign off as a T20I player for Trent Boult. Kane Williamson spoke about reflections after every tournament and while the Blackcaps will reflect on a disappointing campaign, they would do well to also know that it could have gone their way another time around. Fine-tuning this team and overseeing an impending transition will be the big challenges for this outfit - particularly when you consider that majority of their core is on the wrong side of their thirties.

As for Papua New Guinea, they unfortunately end their campaign without a single win. Their bowlers have been magnificent game after game but on difficult surfaces, their batters found the challenge too steep. This experience will no doubt enrich them and make them better cricketers and they will look to build on it and secure qualification for the 2026 edition of this tournament that is scheduled to be played in India and Sri Lanka.

Kane Williamson (New Zealand captain): Turning up and executing on this surface which was pretty much hitting an area and letting the surface do it - the boys did it really well today. Whenever you come to any tournament, you want to start strong. I think conditions have been conditions and adapting faster would have been good to playing two very strong teams (WI and Afghanistan) who have knowledge of these conditions. After every tournament there's a bit of reflection. There are a few older guys and a few younger guys. In our camp, the more experienced guys, the likes of Trent - it's his last match in this format - has been great for the game. Sad to see him go but that's the nature of playing the sport for a long period of time. It's been quite special playing with him throughout his career. (What sets him apart?) As a guy, he's got such a big appetite to keep getting better. He's incredibly professional about how he goes about his business. He trains very hard, he's very very fit - as fit as he's ever been - and he's very clear in his head. He always sets the tone, sticks his chest out and goes out and performs well for his country. It's been a number of ICC events for him and he's made a fantastic contribution to the game.

Assad Vala (Papua New Guinea captain): (Key takeaways from the campaign) What we can take are a lot of learnings. Especially the batters. We found it tough to adapt to the wickets in front of us. The bowlers found it challenging as well but we found our way here. We believed that we could do well but there are some areas we can improve upon. There was some juice in the wicket and they exploited it really well. There were some (deliveries) that were rolling along the ground. With the World Cup, what we've done in the last month or so is get Papua New Guinea involved. Lot of people back home have watched us.

Trent Boult is treating fans in the stands to autographs and selfies. He has declared that this will be his last T20 World Cup of course so it's fair to say that he has hung up his boots from this format in international cricket. It's been a long time since he last played a Test. Are we looking at a potential swansong at the Champions Trophy then? Time will tell, but what a servant of New Zealand cricket he has been!

Lockie Ferguson (Player of the Match): It was a tough wicket to bat on. So my point of view it was nice to bowl like that. There is not many games in T20 cricket these days where you can bowl seam up through out. Hard to know in these wickets what is the par total. We have seen a lot of low totals. From that point of view we did a great job with the ball. We were put under pressure early by Afghanistan and West Indies. We will have to go back to the drawing board and come back strong in a couple of years. Yeah the crowd was great, it was a nice experience playing for them.

Match summary:

New Zealand win by 7 wickets with 46 balls to spare

Devon Conway 35 (32) | Lockie Ferguson 3/0 (4)

Charles Amini 17 (25) | Kabua Morea 2/4 (2.2)

While the target was a mere 79, as has been the case this T20 World Cup, the chasing side found it nearly impossible to gun it down quickly. The Papua New Guinea medium pacers played their tricks on a dicey Tarouba wicket - yet again inducing the question as to what would have been had Papua New Guinea had a few more runs on the board. New Zealand, though, got the job done with time to spare, and end what has been a forgettable T20 World Cup campaign for them on a high.

Finn Allen looked to slash at one angling away from him off Kabua Morea second ball of the run-chase, nicked behind, and sparked some curiousity momentarily. Devon Conway, alongside Rachin Ravindra, looked to get a move-along, but the sluggish nature of the pitch prevented them from breaking free. While Conway connected with the odd length delivery every now and then, Ravindra enjoyed no such moment or luck, and holed out to deep square off Morea.

The hopes of a quick finish seemed to disappear as the Blackcaps took their time. Conway, having gotten New Zealand to the brink, was trapped in front by a skiddy length delivery, but the Blackcaps had their most reliable batter in the middle, well-set by then. Kane Williamson joined forces with Daryl Mitchell, and the duo went on to nurdle, nudge and bludgeon the odd delivery to take the Blackcaps through. Thankfully for them, there were to be no more rain interventions either. Presentations coming up in a bit...

That was nowhere close to being as long as it was high. But it will do for the Blackcaps as they finish their campaign on a winning note. In a way, that last shot sums up how they never really took off to the extent they had to in this tournament but they will wear some smiles after a second consecutive win.

12.2 Kabua Morea to Daryl Mitchell, THATS IT!!!!! Full and slower at the off stump. Mitchell looks to go over long-on for a big hit but does not get the timing right. The ball lands outside the infield as the batters take a single and New Zealand go past the target set for them.

12.1 Kabua Morea to Daryl Mitchell, full and a slower delivery at the off stump. Mitchell manages to block that away to the square leg fielder.

Around the wicket. Although what was the idea behind holding back Morea's overs?

Kabua Morea (2.0-0-2-2) is back into the attack

This innings will see a thirteenth over as it turns out. New Zealand have dominated PNG today and despite the early stutter with the bat, there is no denying that they have overpowered their opponents here in Tarouba. New Zealand require 2 more runs to win!

overs

77 /3 score

runs

Daryl Mitchell *

17 (10)

Kane Williamson

18 (17)

Semo Kamea

1 /23

11.6 Semo Kamea to Daryl Mitchell, full and once again straying onto the pads of the batter. Flicked away to deep backward square leg by Mitchell for a single.

Mitchell's in no mood to hang around! New Zealand are just one more similar hit away from wrapping this up.

11.5 Semo Kamea to Daryl Mitchell, FOUR MORE!!!! WHAT A SHOT!!!! Good length and width given outside the off stump. Mitchell waits for the ball and slices that over covers for another boundary.

Too straight, too easy. And we're into single digits now as far as the deficit is concerned.

11.4 Semo Kamea to Daryl Mitchell, FOUR!!!! Full and angling down the leg side. Mitchell manages to get some bat on that and that ball races away past the keeper for a boundary.

11.3 Semo Kamea to Kane Williamson, short ball at the off stump. Williamson manages to pull that even with the lack of bounce to deep square leg for a single.