2022 Papua New Guinea Tri-Nation Series (round 16)

2022 Papua New Guinea Tri-Nation Series
Part of 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2
Date11–21 September 2022
LocationPapua New Guinea
Player of the seriesNamibia Gerhard Erasmus
Teams
 Namibia  Papua New Guinea  United States
Captains
Gerhard Erasmus Assad Vala Monank Patel
Most runs
Gerhard Erasmus (231) Assad Vala (116) Gajanand Singh (139)
Most wickets
Jan Frylinck (7)
Bernard Scholtz (7)		 Semo Kamea (5)
Chad Soper (5)
Norman Vanua (5)		 Saurabh Netravalkar (8)
Steven Taylor (8)

The 2022 Papua New Guinea Tri-Nation Series was the 16th round of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 cricket tournament and was played in Papua New Guinea in September 2022.[1][2] It was a tri-nation series between Namibia, Papua New Guinea and the United States 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] Originally scheduled to take place in May 2021, the series was postponed on 12 February 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6][7]

Squads

 Namibia[8]  Papua New Guinea  United States[9]

Fixtures

1st ODI

11 September 2022
10:00
Scorecard
United States 
205 (47 overs)
v
 Papua New Guinea
205 (49.5 overs)
Gajanand Singh 58 (90)
Semo Kamea 3/36 (7 overs)
Sese Bau 70 (96)
Nosthush Kenjige 2/15 (6.5 overs)
Match tied
Amini Park, Port Moresby
Umpires: Donovan Koch (Aus) and Lakani Oala (PNG)
Player of the match: Sese Bau (PNG)
  • Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.

2nd ODI

13 September 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Papua New Guinea 
211/9 (50 overs)
v
 United States
185 (47.2 overs)
Assad Vala 64 (89)
Steven Taylor 3/34 (10 overs)
Saiteja Mukkamalla 46 (81)
Assad Vala 3/17 (6.2 overs)
Papua New Guinea won by 26 runs
Amini Park, Port Moresby
Umpires: Alu Kapa (PNG) and Donovan Koch (Aus)
Player of the match: Assad Vala (PNG)
  • United States won the toss and elected to field.

3rd ODI

15 September 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Namibia 
176 (48.3 overs)
v
 United States
97 (31.5 overs)
Divan la Cock 48 (66)
Saurabh Netravalkar 2/29 (10 overs)
Aaron Jones 45 (76)
Bernard Scholtz 3/5 (8.5 overs)
Namibia won by 79 runs
Amini Park, Port Moresby
Umpires: Alu Kapa (PNG) and Lakani Oala (PNG)
Player of the match: Bernard Scholtz (Nam)
  • Namibia won the toss and elected to bat.

4th ODI

17 September 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Namibia 
254/5 (50 overs)
v
 United States
186/7 (50 overs)
Gerhard Erasmus 87 (72)
Saurabh Netravalkar 3/55 (10 overs)
Gajanand Singh 32 (51)
Bernard Scholtz 3/19 (10 overs)
Namibia won by 68 runs
Amini Park, Port Moresby
Umpires: Alu Kapa (PNG) and Lakani Oala (PNG)
Player of the match: Gerhard Erasmus (Nam)
  • United States won the toss and elected to field.

5th ODI

20 September 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Namibia 
284/4 (50 overs)
v
 Papua New Guinea
117 (42.4 overs)
Michael van Lingen 119* (107)
Norman Vanua 3/47 (9 overs)
Norman Vanua 38 (68)
Bernard Scholtz 3/21 (10 overs)
Namibia won by 167 runs
Amini Park, Port Moresby
Umpires: Donovan Koch (Aus) and Lakani Oala (PNG)
Player of the match: Michael van Lingen (Nam)
  • Namibia won the toss and elected to bat.

6th ODI

21 September 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Namibia 
214/8 (50 overs)
v
 Papua New Guinea
153 (43.1 overs)
Gerhard Erasmus 49 (77)
Chad Soper 2/27 (7 overs)
Lega Siaka 38 (61)
Gerhard Erasmus 3/31 (10 overs)
Namibia won by 61 runs
Amini Park, Port Moresby
Umpires: Alu Kapa (PNG) and Donovan Koch (Aus)
Player of the match: Gerhard Erasmus (Nam)
  • Namibia won the toss and elected to bat.

References

  1. ^ "Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 qualifying matches rescheduled". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Jam-packed programme for Cricket Namibia". The Namibian. Retrieved 10 February 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. ^ "Three Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 series postponed". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Covid-19 forces postponement of three men's World Cup League 2 series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  8. ^ @CricketNamibia1 (11 September 2022). "Richelieu Eagles Tri-Series squad against USA and PNG" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ^ "Team USA men's squad named for ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 series in Papua New Guinea". USA Cricket. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.


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