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A 15-member squad named on Tuesday featured many players who had played key roles in beating South Africa 2-1 away from home

ESPNcricinfo staff27-Feb-2018Sukanya Parida, the 24-year old seam-bowling allrounder who last played for India in November 2016, has found her way back into the ODI side to face Australia from March 12. However, India will miss fast bowler Jhulan Goswami, who suffered a heel injury soon after becoming the first to take 200 wickets in women’s ODIs. She is expected to be out for six weeks* and is undergoing rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru.

India squad

Mithali Raj (capt), Harmanpreet Kaur (vice-capt), Smriti Mandhana, Punam Raut, Jemimah Rodrigues, Veda Krishnamurthy, Mona Meshram, Sushma Verma (wk), Ekta Bisht, Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Shikha Pandey, Sukanya Parida, Pooja Vastrakar, Deepti Sharma
In: Sukanya Parida
Out: Jhulan Goswami

A 15-member squad named on Tuesday featured many players who had played key roles in beating South Africa 2-1 away from home. Jemimah Rodrigues retained her place in the ODI squad though she remains uncapped in the format. However, the 17-year old Mumbai batsman had played a starring role in the T20Is, as India capped off their visit of South Africa with a 54-run victory on Satuday. Out of the 16 selected for that tour, only wicketkeeper Taniya Bhatia lost her place.Parida has only played one game for India, when she opened the bowling against West Indies in Vijayawada and helped them successfully defend a total of 199 with figures of 5-1-14-0.The three ODIs against Australia are part of the ICC Women’s Championship and will take place in Vadodara on March 12, 15 and 18. India are placed second on the points table, with two wins in three games, the same as Australia, who are fourth based on net run-rate.*

For the first time since 1974, two Indian bowlers – R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja – occupy the top spots in the ICC Test bowling rankings

ESPNcricinfo staff21-Dec-2016Ravindra Jadeja’s maiden ten-wicket haul in the fifth Test against England in Chennai helped him rise to second in the ICC Test bowling rankings, a list led by team-mate R Ashwin. This is the first time since 1974 that two India bowlers occupy the top spots in the bowling rankings. The last pair was left-arm spinner Bishan Bedi and legspinner Bhagwath Chandrasekhar. Having gained 66 points, Jadeja is now eight behind Ashwin.In the recently-concluded Test series against England, Ashwin took 28 wickets at an average of 30.25. Jadeja claimed 26 wickets at 25.84, and an economy rate of 2.31. Of the 93 England wickets to fall in the series, both combined to take 54. Jadeja overtook Josh Hazlewood, James Anderson, Dale Steyn and Rangana Herath on the list. Ashwin has held the top spot since overtaking Dale Steyn and James Anderson in October this year.Jadeja also leapfrogged to No. 3 on the allrounders list, also topped by Ashwin. Jadeja contributed with 224 runs at an average of 37.33 with two fifties. Ashwin chipped in with four fifties with the bat, making 306 runs at 43.71.Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc also moved up to a career-best sixth position after picking up seven wickets in the first Test against Pakistan at the Gabba. ‘

Centuries from James Taylor and Ben Stokes helped England recover from a shaky start to post an imposing 470 for 5 on the first day of their opening warm-up match in South Africa

ESPNcricinfo staff15-Dec-2015Ben Stokes has confirmed what the evidence of his powerful hitting at Potchefstroom appeared to suggest, that he is fully recovered from the shoulder injury that he sustained during last month’s Test series against Pakistan, and will take his place as England’s allrounder for the Boxing Day Test against South Africa at Durban.Stokes allayed any lingering doubts about his fitness by scoring a hard-hitting 158 from 131 balls on the opening day of England’s tour match against a South Africa Invitational XI at Senwes Park, including five sixes and 23 fours.It was his first full-throttle innings since landing awkwardly on the point of his shoulder during the third Test in Sharjah in November, an injury that onlookers had initially feared was a dislocation.However, he came out to bat at No. 11 and No. 10 in that match, an early sign that it was not as serious as first feared, and though he missed the one-day and T20 leg of the UAE tour, the month’s rest and recuperation meant that he was back to full power this afternoon.”There’s been no pain and I haven’t twinged it or anything so far, so touch wood nothing bad happens again,” he said at the close of play. “The first two weeks after I did it is was a little bit sore, I was worried about if I was going to be fit, but I did everything to make sure that I was on the plane out here.”I worked really hard with the physios at the ECB and Durham, followed all the medical advice, which is unlike me, as I just wanted to make sure I was fit.”Ben Stokes hit five sixes in his 158•Getty Images

Stokes’ innings was the centrepiece of an impressive first-day performance from England, who recovered from the early loss of both openers – including Alex Hales, who made 8 in his first outing ahead of his planned Test debut on Boxing Day – to reach the close on 470 for 5, with James Taylor (114) also making a hundred before retiring to give others a bat.”It’s always nice to get runs in these warm-up games, it’s what they’re used for,” said Stokes. “But now it’s a case of not getting too far ahead of myself and trying to keep the form I have shown up to the first Test.”Stokes’ next test will come on the second day, when he will bowl in a match for the first time since his injury, and throw himself around in the field as well. However, he has no concerns about coming through that examination, having worked up a good head of steam in the nets already.”I’m fully fit to bowl, I’m 100 percent fit,” he said. “I have done the same amount of bowling work as I have batting work back at home and then out here in the nets.”I’ve been working in a couple of training sessions on diving because I think that’s going to be the main thing, but bowling and batting there’s been no pain.”

India captain MS Dhoni has said one of the challenges facing the side in England for the Champions Trophy will be adjusting to the new ODI rules

ESPNcricinfo staff28-May-2013India captain MS Dhoni has said one of the challenges facing the side in England during the Champions Trophy will be adjusting to the new ODI rules. He said the team had enough time to acclimatise, with two warm-up games scheduled before the opening match against South Africa on June 6.Since the new rules were implemented in January, India have played ODIs at home but this will be their first experience of them in foreign conditions, where the seamers will have a bigger role. Captains have said the rules haven’t been fair on the bowlers, especially the spinners, with not more than four fielders allowed outside the 30-yard circle at any stage of the innings. Bowlers can bowl two bouncers an over and the Powerplays will have to be completed by the 40th over.”There are a few challenges like the new ODI rules and we will be playing outside the subcontinent for the first time under the new rules,” Dhoni said in Mumbai ahead of the team’s departure for England. “We will have to adjust to the new rule of five fielders being inside (the circle), the length they need to bowl, how quickly they adapt to the wicket, which areas to bowl.”The good thing is we have two practice matches leading up to the tournament. We also have enough time before the first game, so there is enough time to adjust.”In the past, India have fared poorly in tournaments staged immediately after the IPL. The team failed to make the semi-finals in the 2009 and 2010 World T20 tournaments, but Dhoni said the players’ form during the IPL was encouraging.”With the kind of fitness level that is going around right now, each and every member is looking fit,” Dhoni said. “All of them have played good cricket in the IPL or before the IPL. So most of them are in very good touch. As far as the fitness is concerned we have not received any official reports about any player being unfit, so that is a good sign.”Though the seamers are expected to play a major role, the squad has three spinners in R Ashwin, Amit Mishra and Ravindra Jadeja. India’s coach Duncan Fletcher felt the spinners will have an important role to play at certain venues.”As MS mentioned earlier it is generally going to be seamer-friendly, you never know, like Cardiff for example, it is known there to be a turning wicket, very slow and not very different to what you might get in India,” Fletcher said. “You’ve got to be prepared to play two spinners. If one is injured, there is a back-up. We have a balanced side.”India will be without their regular opening pair of Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir, both dropped on form. Dhoni was confident that the new pair of Shikhar Dhawan and M Vijay would carry forward their form from the Test series against Australia.”Our two openers had done well at the Test level recently,” Dhoni said. “I know it is a different challenge in the ODIs, you have to accelerate but at the same time it is important that we have a good start from which we can capitalise on, and as Duncan rightly said this is an opportunity for the youngsters. Shikhar and Vijay have been very consistent.”Dhoni was reminded of India’s last ODI series in England, in 2011, where the side lost the five-match series 3-0 after losing all four Tests. Dhoni said the team had fared better than the results suggested.”Rain was a big factor, we lost all the tosses. It didn’t even reach the stage where it could have decided by Duckworth/Lewis,” Dhoni said. “The spinners had to literally deal with the wet ball and it was not possible for them to use their skills. The performance of the ODI squad was good, if you don’t see just the results.”

Jack Brooks did not emerge from village cricket until he was 20. Since then his progress has accelerated to the extent that he is among the next pack of fast bowlers vying for England recognition

Andrew McGlashan at Northampton10-May-2012Jack Brooks’ professional career made a late start. He did not emerge from village cricket until he was 20 and his first-class debut took another four years to arrive. Since then, however, he has progressed to the extent that he is among the next pack of fast bowlers vying to push his international credentials.He is making a decent fist of it, too, with figures of 3 for 23 on the opening day for England Lions against the West Indians to follow a productive start to the season for Northamptonshire which has included two five-wicket hauls in the County Championship.”It’s been a bit of a whirlwind couple of years,” he said. “I’ve enjoyed every last minute, and I hope the ride upwards hasn’t finished yet and I can keep on going.”He has a simple explanation as to why it took him until well into his 20s to develop a cricket career. “I just wasn’t very good when I was younger,” he said. “Physically, mentally – certainly mentally – I wasn’t ready for it. I still had the mentality of a club cricketer. I’m still a glorified club cricketer now. But I’ve worked really hard on my game and my fitness with a few gentle pushes along the way from coaches who’ve told me to start believing in my ability.”Brooks made good use of his home ground knowledge and was even happy to bowl into a strong wind at his favoured Lynn Wilson End for all of his 13 overs as he claimed the scalps of Adrian Barath, Kirk Edwards and Kemar Roach. “I’ve always preferred that end even though I was running into a massive gale all day which wasn’t ideal,” he said. “But I’m happy there, and I’ve never had choice of ends here whoever I’m bowling with.”The intensity of England Lions cricket is a world away from the scene he became used to for his village side Tiddington, who play in the Cherwell League in Oxfordshire, but Brooks remains honest to his roots and continues to enjoy the game even though the rewards are now far more serious.”It’s still turn out for your village side on a Saturday then turn up on a Sunday lunchtime, have a few pints and go out and chuck a ball around. It was all good fun, and I still have the same mentality when I play in that I still enjoy my game. It’s just a bit more intense these days.”Intensity is something that the West Indians have lacked in the early stages of this tour, perhaps understandably given the weather they have encountered. It was still hands-in-pockets temperatures for them in the field but it is the form of the batting that is the biggest concern. Darren Bravo was the main exception on the opening day in Northampton with 51 and he insisted that the squad remains confident that it can find their feet ahead of the opening Test at Lord’s next Thursday.”It’s not a concern, it’s just a matter of us continuing to believe in ourselves and learn where we went wrong,” he said. “Hopefully we can put a good score on the board in the second innings. The guys are really happy we were able to get some play.”At least Bravo, who can also draw on his experience with Nottinghamshire last season, will head into the Test series with a score under his belt in testing conditions. “They are a good bowling line up, the ball was moving around and it was quite difficult at the start and in fact all the way through the innings. It was important I backed my ability and express myself in the best possible way.”

England Lions opener Adam Lyth hit his third half-century of the season as Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire played out a draw on a rain-affected day at Trent Bridge

07-May-2011
ScorecardEngland Lions opener Adam Lyth hit his third half-century of the season as Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire played out a draw on a rain-affected day at Trent Bridge.With Yorkshire 17 without loss in their second innings and 123 ahead at the start of the day, heavy showers wiped out the morning session and ended any hopes either side might be able to force victory.Play began at 1.20pm and with little riding on the day’s play, Lyth took the opportunity to hit 52 from 114 balls with six fours before pulling Steven Mullaney straight to the waiting Mark Wagh at deep square leg. Lyth’s opening partner Joe Sayers had reached 45 when he was bowled by a spinning delivery from Samit Patel and in soporific batting conditions Yorkshire declared soon after tea on 113 for two, Joe Root unbeaten on nine and Andrew Gale six not out.Nottinghamshire theoretically had 24 overs to chase a target of 220 but chose to take the 10 points for the draw. Yorkshire, facing a points deduction because of their slow over-rate, opened the bowling with the spin of Adil Rashid and Root to get their over rate back on par.They managed to do this in the 13 overs that were bowled before stumps were drawn at 5pm, Mark Wagh finishing 25 not out and Neil Edwards undefeated on 6. The result leaves Nottinghamshire in second place in Division One on 73 points, one behind leaders Lancashire, while Yorkshire are sixth with 46 points.Given the position of the match midway through Nottinghamshire’s first innings and with many of their bowlers hit by injury, the hosts will be pleased to have avoided defeat.They were dealt a further blow overnight by the news that talented batsman Alex Hales had suffered a broken jaw when he was hit by an Ajmal Shahzad bouncer, which will put the 22-year-old out until at least June. But they will head to Hove next week to take on Sussex boosted by the availability of England bowlers Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann.

Mohammad Yousuf has closed the door on the prospect of coming out of retirement for Pakistan’s upcoming tour of England, saying he was still disappointed with the treatment PCB meted out to him

Cricinfo staff28-May-2010Mohammad Yousuf has closed the door on the prospect of coming out of retirement for Pakistan’s upcoming tour of England, saying he was still disappointed with the way he was treated by the PCB.”I will not change my decision about the retirement. What happens in the future only God knows,” Yousuf told . “I am still disappointed at the way the board treated me, and with the ban, because I didn’t deserve it as I have always given my 100% to the team.”Of the seven punished players, Yousuf was the only one to not file a formal appeal against the sanctions imposed by the PCB. On Tuesday, Pakistan announced the 35-member list of probables for the Asia Cup and England tour. Five of the punished players, including former captains Younis Khan and Shoaib Malik who are currently serving bans that are due to be reviewed, were picked but Yousuf was not considered. On Thursday, Shahid Afridi, the newly-appointed captain, requested Yousuf to reconsider his decision since “we will certainly need his services in England”, but Yousuf turned down the offer.”I don’t think I am mentally ready for international cricket at this stage. I do plan to play the next domestic season to see how it goes,” he said.

Four players who were not part of any international cricket in 2024 have been called up to the squad

Danyal Rasool30-Jun-2024Nida Dar has survived a dip in personal form as well as team results to retain the captaincy of Pakistan for the Women’s Asia Cup 2024. There are notable omissions and additions to the team that went winless on their T20I and ODI tour of England last month, with batters Ayesha Zafar and Sadaf Shamas notable absentees.The 15-member squad for the tournament, which will be held in Dambulla in Sri Lanka, from July 19 to July 28, also sees Natalia Pervaiz, Rameen Shamim, Umm-e-Hani and Waheeda Akhtar left out, while four players who weren’t part of any international cricket in 2024 get call-ups. Batting allrounder Iram Javed, who hasn’t played T20I cricket since Pakistan’s tour of Bangladesh last year is back in the squad, while Omaima Sohail and Syeda Aroob Shah come back for the first time since Pakistan’s tours against New Zealand and South Africa respectively last year. Tasmia Rubab, the 22-year-old left-arm fast bowler, considered a rising star within Pakistan’s bowling ranks, comes into the international fold for the first time.Related

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The large number of changes to a women’s squad borders on unprecedented in Pakistan cricket, and could potentially represent a shake-up of the core of the women’s side going forward. Pakistan recently announced a new head coach for the tournament, with Mohammad Wasim given the reins, while Junaid Khan will serve as assistant coach and Abdur Rehman as spin-bowling coach. They have, however, not been given long-term roles, and are at present slated to serve for just the Asia Cup.The squad was announced following a four-day camp in Karachi, which concluded on June 29, with another one to follow in the same city from July 5 to July 16.Pakistan have endured deteriorating results consistently for the last 18 months, with T20I series wins against South Africa at home and New Zealand away aberrations to the larger trend. The recent home series against West Indies saw the visitors win seven of the eight games, while Pakistan went winless across formats in England in May.In late 2022, former PCB chairman Ramiz Raja originally promised that a women’s T20 league would be held in Pakistan, but the administrative flux that followed saw him removed two months later; three different men as served as chair since. Actual progress, consequently, has stalled, as three exhibition matches held concurrently with the PSL in 2023 were not followed up by any further games this year. Despite multiple players of the women’s side repeatedly calling for a women’s T20 league, promises to hold such an event remain decidedly vague.

Pakistan squad for the Women’s Asia Cup 2024

Nida Dar (capt), Aliya Riaz, Diana Baig, Fatima Sana, Gull Feroza, Iram Javed, Muneeba Ali, Najiha Alvi, Nashra Sandhu, Omaima Sohail, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Syeda Aroob Shah, Tasmia Rubab, Tuba Hassan

Hosts forced to follow on after five-for and brisk batting from New Zealand quick

ECB Reporters Network19-May-2023Middlesex 175 (Simpson 57*, Henry 5-45) and 81 for 1 trail Somerset 404 (Bartlett 121, Abell 77) by 148 runsMatt Henry took centre stage with bat and especially ball as Somerset forced hosts Middlesex to follow-on on day two of their LV = Insurance County Championship clash at Lord’s.The New Zealand paceman, who took 4 for 93 against England in a Test at Lord’s eight years ago, again excelled at the home of cricket, returning 5 for 45 as Middlesex were bundled out for 175 in their first innings.Henry’s heroics with the ball came hot on the heels of a swashbuckling 40 in the day’s first hour which propelled the Cidermen beyond 400.
For the Seaxes it was sadly a case of rinse and repeat where their batters were concerned, only a combative half-century from this season’s beneficiary, wicketkeeper John Simpson and a pugnacious 39 from Toby Roland-Jones saving them from greater ignominy. It’s now one batting point in 30 for Richard Johnson’s men this season.Following on, Middlesex lost Sam Robson in reaching 81 for 1, Mark Stoneman having survived an edge to third slip unbeaten on 45. They still trail by 148 and face an uphill battle to avoid a fourth defeat in six games.Somerset soon lost Craig Overton to Murtagh in only the third over the day, but that merely served to bring Henry to the crease and, no slouch bat in hand, he signalled his intent with a brutal drive back past the bowler to get off the mark with a boundary.Thereafter, he struck the ball really cleanly to send six more deliveries to the ropes, though he was helped by some friendly offerings from the home attack.In the blink of an eye Henry had reached 40 in only 22 balls and it needed the introduction of Higgins to end the revelry, the quick hooking a short one into the hands of Ethan Bamber behind square.England spinner Jack Leach came out swinging, before losing his off-stump to Bamber, but Lewis Gregory ensured a fourth batting point.It soon became apparent Henry’s whirlwind innings had merely been an hors d’oeuvre for heroics with ball in hand.He and Overton subjected Middlesex openers Stoneman and Robson to a searching examination with the new ball, Henry in particular beating the bat with monotonous regularity.It seemed as if the hosts had passed the test when with lunch looming Henry produced a Jaffa to get one between Stoneman’s bad and pad flattening the leg-stump. And Henry made that lunch all but indigestible for Middlesex by producing an outswinger first up to Stephen Eskinazi which he nicked through to wicketkeeper Steve Davies.The hat-trick ball was delayed by the interval before Henry came close to the feat with a delivery, left by Robson, which missed his off-stump by the proverbial coat of varnish.If the first two wickets could be put down to Henry’s brilliance the same wasn’t true of those that followed. Max Holden started well enough, twice driving Henry to the cover fence, only to then play no shot to one which came back up the slope and trapped him in front.Robbie White’s first knock of the summer lasted two balls before skipper Lewis Gregory pinned him on the crease and when Robson became the latest Middlesex player this season to be strangled down the leg-side, half their side were gone with just 70 on the board.To his credit Simpson was at his gritty best, driving fluently and briefly threatening a counter-offensive in company with Higgins.However, the latter missed a full toss from Leach (2 for 22) to be leg-before and with the rot set in Luke Hollman inexplicably reverse swept another from the England spinner into the hands of slip.Simpson became becalmed and entrenched, before a seventh four took him to a 92-ball 50, while home skipper Roland-Jones came out firing, hitting cleanly through the mid-on mid-off arc to smite six boundaries in a rapid 39, the pair adding 54 for the eighth wicket.But nemesis Henry returned to remove both Roland-Jones and Bamber to complete a five-for to condemn Middlesex to the follow-on.

South Africa’s Dewald Brevis scored a match-winning hundred against Uganda, while Afghanistan bowled PNG out for just 65

Sreshth Shah19-Jan-2022England became the first team to confirm their spot in the quarter-finals of the main competition after their batters, led by captain Tom Prest, flexed their muscle to post an imposing 320 against Canada. That set up a comprehensive 106-win.Prest then took three wickets with his right-arm offbreaks while Joshua Boyden, the left-arm seamer, picked up a four-wicket haul for the second game in a row.Prest made 93 in 93 balls, an innings packed with innovative shots like the paddle and sweeps off seam bowlers. He crunched ten fours and looked all set for a century but was stopped by Canada legspinner Kairav Sharma, who got him lbw in the 37th over.His 90-run second-wicket stand with George Thomas (52) set the base for a strong finish from England’s middle and lower order. William Luxton hit two fours and two sixes to make a 32-ball 41, George Bell hit 57 in only 35 balls, and No. 8 James Sales crunched 23 off 18 deliveries.Canada’s bowling was decent in spells but missed the bite to cause any trouble, allowing England’s batters to pick their spots. Sharma’s legspin was the only standout, his wrong’un dismissing Thomas and his flipper removing Prest as he finished with 3 for 51. England scored exactly 100 runs in the last 10 overs to finish with 320 for 9.The chase began with a rain delay that was short enough to ensure no overs were lost. Boyden, who took 4 for 16 against Bangladesh, used his swing-bowling skills to pick off Canada opener Siddh Lad in his opening spell. Anoop Chima (38) and Yasir Mahmood (25) then built a careful but solid partnership of 60 for the second wicket before Mahmood top-edged a sweep off a tossed-up Prest delivery.Left-arm spinner Jacob Bethell then got among the wickets, getting Chima and Sharma lbw with balls that went with the arm. Prest trapped Arjuna Sukhu lbw too, to leave Canada reeling at 109 for 6 in the 32nd over.Like in England’s first game, offspinner Fateh Singh controlled the middle overs with his tidy bowling but had no wicket to show for it. This time, he conceded just 12 in his seven overs.Canada’s seventh-wicket stand proved difficult to break, as Ethan Gibson and Gurnek Johal Singh counterattacked, adding 74 in 11.4 overs to take Canada past 180. They negated England’s three-pronged spin combination, but had no answer when Boyden returned with his left-arm seam and dismissed both with pinpoint yorkers. In between, he sent back Sheel Patel with a sharp caught-and-bowled.Prest capped off a brilliant day by returning to the attack and getting last man Harjap Saini out stumped to finish with figures of 3 for 38.Dewald Brevis drives through the off side•ICC via Getty Images

The versatile Dewald Brevis scored a century to set up a 121-run win over Uganda in South Africa’s Group B match in Port-of-Spain.Brevis followed up his 65 against India last week with a 110-ball 104 to lift South Africa to 231 for 9, after which their bowlers shared the spoils to bowl Uganda out for 110. Brevis struck 11 fours and one six. He found support only from captain George Van Heerden (36) in a 74-run third-wicket stand, and wicketkeeper Kaden Solomons (27), with the rest of the batters failing to make significant contributions. Juma Miyaji and Uganda captain Pascal Murungi took three wickets each to restrict South Africa to below 250.However, the target of 232 was too much for Uganda. Fast bowler Aphiwe Mnyanda removed both openers, left-arm spinner Liam Alder removed Uganda’s top-scorer Isaac Ategeka (29), and Brevis picked up two lower-order wickets. Four other South Africa bowlers shared a wicket each to finish the rout by the 34th over. Uganda could have finished with a sub-100 score if it wasn’t for the 27 extras conceded by South Africa.Afghanistan bowled out PNG for 65•ICC via Getty Images

Afghanistan began their U-19 World Cup campaign with a comprehensive win over Papua New Guinea, their spinners leading the way to bowl Papua New Guinea out for only 65 after being dismissed for 200 themselves.Afghanistan recovered from 40 for 3 on the back of a 105-run fourth-wicket stand between the captain Suliman Safi, who struck nine fours in his 62, and Ijaz Ahmad Ahmadzai who made 45. That lifted them to 145 for 4, but Afghanistan only managed to add 55 for the loss of their last six wickets. Katenalaki Singi took 4 for 18 in only five overs for PNG.However, figures of 3 for 14 from legspinner Izharulhaq Naveed and 2 for 18 from left-arm wristspinner Noor Ahmad wrecked PNG in their chase of 201. Seamer Naveed Zadran picked up 2 for 9, Nangyalai Khan took 2 for 5 and Bilal Sami took one wicket to ensure PNG’s innings lasted only 20.5 overs.PNG had ten single-digit scores with No. 8 Aue Oru being the highest contributor with 13.