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Papua New Guinea vs Oman Scorecard, Match 1, ICC T20 World Cup
Result · Oct 17 2021, Sun - 03:30 PM (IST)
Match 1, - Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Turf 1), Al Amarat, Oman
PAPUA NEW GUINEA129/9
OMAN131/0
Oman won by 10 wickets
CRR:9.59
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | 20/20 World Cup |
| Date: | Oct 17 2021, Sun - 03:30 PM (IST) |
| Country: | Oman |
| City: | Al Amarat |
| Venue: | Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Turf 1) |
| Toss: | Oman won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| Oman Playing XI: | Zeeshan Maqsood (c), Naseem Khushi (wk), Jatinder Singh, Khawar Ali, Aqib Ilyas, Mohammad Nadeem, Ayan Khan, Sandeep Goud, Kaleemullah, Bilal Khan, Kashyap Prajapati |
| Papua New Guinea Playing XI: | Lega Siaka, Tony Ura, Assad Vala (c), Charles Amini, Sese Bau, Simon Atai, Norman Vanua, Kiplin Doriga (wk), Damien Ravu, Kabua Vagi Morea, Nosaina Pokana |
- This will be the first men's T20I between Oman and Papua New Guinea; the only previous men's international cricket between the sides has been four ODIs, with Oman victorious in each of them.
- Papua New Guinea and Namibia are set to become the 20th and 21st teams respectively to make their first appearance at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup; excluding the inaugural edition, 2021 will be the third time the tournament will have more than one new team (2014 - Hong Kong, Nepal, United Arab Emirates and 2009 - Ireland and Netherlands).
- This will be the first match at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021; four of the previous six opening games of the tournament have been won by the side batting second on the day.
- This is set to be Oman's third ICC Men’s T20 World Cup match; they have a two-wicket victory (2016 v Ireland) and a 54-run loss (2016 v Bangladesh) from their previous two completed fixtures.
- Papua New Guinea have lost each of their last three men's T20Is, after losing only one of their 15 completed fixtures prior in the format (W14) - they have never been on a longer losing run in men's T20Is.
- After losing their first three men's T20I matches at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Turf 1), Oman have managed to win their last six matches at the venue; the only other ground where they have played more than five matches in this format is at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium (Abu Dhabi) where they have won six and lost six.
- Oman had a batting strike rate of 115 at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2016, the second lowest of any team at the last edition (Hong Kong - 107.2).
- Tony Ura (Papua New Guinea) comes into the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 off a half-century in his most recent T20I innings (69 v Namibia, 10 October 2021); it was Ura's sixth 50+ score in the format - as many as all other Papua New Guinea players combined (Assad Vala - 3, Charles Amini - 2 and Norman Vanua - 1).
- Khawar Ali (Oman) has taken 13 wickets at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground in men's T20Is, the most by any player; his T20I bowling strike rate at the venue (9) is the second best by any Oman player to bowl at least 10 overs at a single ground in the men's format (Bilal Khan - 8.7 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium).
- Damien Ravu (Papua New Guinea) has a bowling strike rate of 11.2 in his T20I career; since he made his debut (22 March 2019) only one player (min. 40 overs bowled) has a better rate in the men’s format (Jan Frylinck - 11 for Namibia).