2022 Papua New Guinea Tri-Nation Series (round 11)

The 2022 Papua New Guinea Tri-Nation Series was the 11th round of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 cricket tournament, which was played in the United Arab Emirates in April 2022.[1] Originally scheduled to take place in Papua New Guinea, it was moved to the UAE due to travel restrictions.[2] It was a tri-nation series between Oman, Papua New Guinea and the Scotland cricket teams, with the matches played as One Day International (ODI) fixtures.[3] The ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 formed part of the qualification pathway to the 2023 Cricket World Cup.[4][5]

2022 Papua New Guinea Tri-Nation Series
Part of 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2
Date9–16 April 2022
LocationUnited Arab Emirates
Teams
 Oman  Papua New Guinea  Scotland
Captains
Zeeshan Maqsood[n 1] Assad Vala Kyle Coetzer
Most runs
Jatinder Singh (259) Charles Amini (148) Richie Berrington (270)
Most wickets
Bilal Khan (13) Norman Vanua (5) Gavin Main (9)

Originally, the matches were due to be played in Papua New Guinea in April 2021.[6][7] However, on 12 February 2021, the series was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8][9]

Squads

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  Oman[10]   Papua New Guinea[11]   Scotland[12]

Finlay McCreath was also named in Scotland's squad as a travelling reserve player.[13]

Fixtures

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1st ODI

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9 April 2022
15:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Scotland  
284/3 (50 overs)
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  Papua New Guinea
122 (35.5 overs)
Richie Berrington 114* (127)
Chad Soper 1/40 (10 overs)
Sese Bau 29 (57)
Gavin Main 4/26 (5.5 overs)
Scotland won by 162 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep)
Player of the match: Richie Berrington (Sco)
  • Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.

2nd ODI

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10 April 2022
15:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Scotland  
215 (49.4 overs)
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  Oman
211 (49.4 overs)
George Munsey 62 (74)
Fayyaz Butt 3/48 (9 overs)
Ayaan Khan 68 (72)
Adrian Neill 3/32 (9.4 overs)
Scotland won by 4 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Adrian Neill (Sco)
  • Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI

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12 April 2022
15:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Papua New Guinea  
224/9 (50 overs)
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  Oman
227/3 (44.1 overs)
Charles Amini 59 (77)
Bilal Khan 3/39 (10 overs)
Jatinder Singh 118* (116)
Semo Kamea 2/36 (8 overs)
Oman won by 7 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Jatinder Singh (Oma)
  • Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to bat.

4th ODI

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13 April 2022
15:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Scotland  
287/5 (50 overs)
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  Papua New Guinea
164 (36.2 overs)
Kyle Coetzer 74 (101)
Chad Soper 2/60 (10 overs)
Tony Ura 47 (49)
Gavin Main 5/52 (9.2 overs)
Scotland won by 123 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep)
Player of the match: Gavin Main (Sco)

5th ODI

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15 April 2022
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Oman  
225/7 (50 overs)
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  Scotland
226/8 (49.5 overs)
Kashyap Prajapati 81 (106)
Michael Leask 3/35 (10 overs)
Richie Berrington 73 (110)
Kaleemullah 3/45 (10 overs)
Scotland won by 2 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Mark Watt (Sco)

6th ODI

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16 April 2022
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Oman  
277/8 (50 overs)
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  Papua New Guinea
192 (44.3 overs)
Jatinder Singh 79 (77)
Norman Vanua 3/50 (8 overs)
Charles Amini 60 (92)
Bilal Khan 5/54 (10 overs)
Oman won by 85 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Bilal Khan (Oma)
  • Oman won the toss and elected to bat.

Notes

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  1. ^ Khawar Ali captained Oman in the third ODI of the series.

References

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  1. ^ "ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2, supported by Dream 11, resumes this week in UAE". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  2. ^ "ICC announce CWCL2 fixtures for 2022". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  3. ^ "ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 series announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Namibia crowned ICC World Cricket League Division 2 champions with victory over Oman". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Associates pathway to 2023 World Cup undergoes major revamp". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 qualifying matches rescheduled". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  7. ^ "CWC League 2 Round 11 Wrap – Elation for Scotland, familiar feeling for PNG". Emerging Cricket. 17 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Three Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 series postponed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Covid-19 forces postponement of three men's World Cup League 2 series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  10. ^ @TheOmanCricket (8 April 2022). "Tour announcement: Squad" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "PNG Cricket announce men's squads for tours of UAE and Nepal". Czarsportz. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  12. ^ "Men's squad for CWCL2 series in Dubai announced". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  13. ^ "Scotland announce Men's squad for CWCL2 Series in Dubai". Cricket World. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  14. ^ "Easy win for Scotland as CWC League 2 continues". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 13 April 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  15. ^ "Scotland Win 3rd Match in CWCL2". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  16. ^ "World Cup League 2: Scotland beat Oman in thriller to secure fourth win in four". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
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