SCO beat PNG Highlights T20 World Cup - Scotland beat PNG by 17 runs

SCO beat PNG Highlights T20 World Cup – Richie Berrington, Kabua Morea shine as Scotland beat Papua New Guinea by 17 runs – Richie Berrington’s 70-run knock and a spirited bowling performance helped Scotland defeat Papua New Guinea (PNG) by 17 runs in Group B of the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup here at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 1) on Tuesday.

Papua New Guinea lose their sixth ☝️

Chris Greaves gets a wicket in his very first over!#T20WorldCup | #SCOvPNG | https://t.co/8Z5l4YWaPI pic.twitter.com/0l5r6LctTL

— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) October 19, 2021

Assad Vala departs!

Alasdair Evans gets the scalp of the Papua New Guinea skipper.#T20WorldCup | #SCOvPNG | https://t.co/8Z5l4YWaPI pic.twitter.com/bse9JgHxFh

— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) October 19, 2021

Chasing 166, PNG got off to a horror start as the side lost five wickets and was reduced to 35/5. Tony Ura (2), Lega Siaka (9), Assad Vala (18), Charles Amini (1), and Simon Atai (2) all failed to leave a mark with the bat and Scotland was firmly at the top. Sese Bau and Norman Vanua then put on 32 runs for the sixth wicket, but the required run-rate got a bit too much to handle and as a result, Bau (24) ended up losing his wicket to Chris Greaves, reducing PNG to 67/6 in the 12th over.

Scotland have their first wicket 💥

Josh Davey gets the dismissal of Tony Ura!#T20WorldCup | #SCOvPNG | https://t.co/8Z5l4YWaPI pic.twitter.com/S0f0pXHVuK

— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) October 19, 2021

A brilliant performance from Scotland 🔥#T20WorldCup | #SCOvPNG | https://t.co/8Z5l4YEzYa pic.twitter.com/2UwiK5eYlV

— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) October 19, 2021

Norman Vanua and Kiplin Doriga then provided a real scare to Scotland as the duo put on a quickfire stand of 53 runs for the seventh wicket. Mark Watt then dismissed Doriga (18) and Scotland needed 42 runs to win from the final three overs.

Papua New Guinea’s fightback helps them restrict Scotland to 165/9 👊

Will they successfully chase this total down? #T20WorldCup | #SCOvPNG | https://t.co/8Z5l4YWaPI pic.twitter.com/dJqUWXE64X

— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) October 19, 2021

Vanua (47) however perished in the 18th over, and with this PNG’s hopes were dashed and Scotland registered a 17-run victory.

A magnificent half-century by Richie Berrington 👏#T20WorldCup | #SCOvPNG | https://t.co/8Z5l4YWaPI pic.twitter.com/m9lOzZzSVO

— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) October 19, 2021

Earlier, Richie Berrington played a knock of 70 as Scotland posted a score of 165/9 in the allotted twenty overs. Opting to bat first, Scotland openers George Munsey and Kyle Coetzer put on 22 runs inside the first three overs, but their partnership was cut short by Kabua Morea in the third over as he dismissed Coetzer (6). Soon after, Chad Soper got the better of Munsey (15) and Scotland was reduced to 26/2 in the fourth over.

Both openers back in the hut for Scotland.

Munsey ☝️
Coetzer ☝️

33/2 after five overs.#T20WorldCup #SCOvPNG pic.twitter.com/QTqTM7vreb

— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) October 19, 2021

Matthew Cross and Richie Berrington then formed a 92-run stand for the third wicket putting Scotland on the front foot. However, PNG finally managed to get a breakthrough in the 15th over as Simon Atai dismissed Cross (45) in the 15th over. Berrington went on to play a knock of 70 as Scotland posted a score of more than the 160-run mark.

Brief Scores: Scotland 165/9 (Richie Berrington 70, Matthew Cross 45; Kabua Morea 4-31); PNG 148 all out (Norman Vanua 47, Sese Bau 24; Josh Davey 4-18)

Scotland Innings 165/9 (20 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
George Munsey	c Lega Siaka b Chad Soper	15	10	3	0	150.00
Kyle Coetzer (C)	b KV Morea	6	6	1	0	100.00
Matthew Cross (WK)	c Charles Amini b Simon Atai	45	36	2	2	125.00
Richie Berrington	c Charles Amini b Chad Soper	70	49	6	3	142.86
Calum MacLeod	c KV Morea b Chad Soper	10	11	1	0	90.91
Michael Leask	runout (Kiplin Doriga / Assad Vala)	9	4	0	1	225.00
Chris Greaves	c Lega Siaka b KV Morea	2	3	0	0	66.67
Mark Watt	b KV Morea	0	1	0	0	0.00
Josh Davey	c Lega Siaka b KV Morea	0	1	0	0	0.00
Alasdair Evans	Not out	0	0	0	0	0.00
Extra	8 (b 0, w 3, nb 1, lb 4)
Total	165/9 (20)
Yet To Bat	BTJ Wheal

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Nosaina Pokana	4	37	0	9.25
Charles Amini	4	41	0	10.25
Kabua Morea	4	31	4	7.75
Chad Soper	4	24	3	6.00
Lega Siaka	1	8	0	8.00
Simon Atai	3	20	1	6.67

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
KJ Coetzer	1-22	2.2
HG Munsey	2-26	3.4
MH Cross	3-118	14.3
CS MacLeod	4-151	18.2
RD Berrington	5-153	18.4
CN Greaves	6-158	19.2
MA Leask	7-165	19.4
JH Davey	8-165	19.5
MRJ Watt	9-165	19.6

Papua New Guinea Innings 148/10 (19.3 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Tony Ura	b JH Davey	2	3	0	0	66.67
Lega Siaka	c MH Cross b BTJ Wheal	9	13	1	0	69.23
Assad Vala (C)	c BTJ Wheal b AC Evans	18	11	4	0	163.64
Charles Amini	runout (MH Cross / MA Leask)	1	3	0	0	33.33
Sese Bau	c BTJ Wheal b CN Greaves	24	23	1	1	104.35
Simon Atai	c RD Berrington b JH Davey	2	3	0	0	66.67
Norman Vanua	c MH Cross b JH Davey	47	37	2	2	127.03
Kiplin Doriga (WK)	st MH Cross b MRJ Watt	18	11	1	1	163.64
Chad Soper	Not out	16	11	1	1	145.45
Nosaina Pokana	runout (BTJ Wheal / AC Evans)	1	1	0	0	100.00
Kabua Morea	c MH Cross b JH Davey	6	1	0	1	600.00
Extra	4 (b 0, w 2, nb 0, lb 2)
Total	148/10 (19.3)

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Brad Wheal	4	41	1	10.25
Josh Davey	3.3	18	4	5.14
Alasdair Evans	3	22	1	7.33
Mark Watt	4	23	1	5.75
Michael Leask	2	11	0	5.50
Chris Greaves	3	31	1	10.33

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
Tony Ura	1-5	1.3
Lega Siaka	2-20	3.3
Assad Vala	3-30	4.5
Charles Amini	4-32	5.3
Simon Atai	5-35	5.6
Sese Bau	6-67	11.3
Kiplin Doriga	7-120	16.2
Norman Vanua	8-128	17.6
Nosaina Pokana	9-135	18.4
KV Morea	10-148	19.3