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Hong Kong cricket team against Papua New Guinea in Australia in 2014–15

Hong Kong cricket team against Papua New Guinea in Australia in 2014–15

International cricket tour

The Hong Kong cricket team and Papua New Guinea cricket team toured Australia from 8 to 13 November 2014, playing two One Day Internationals (ODI) and a three-day match.[1] These were the first ODI matches to be played by Papua New Guinea since gaining ODI status by the International Cricket Council.[2] Papua New Guinea won the ODI series 2–0, becoming the first country to win their first two ODI matches.[3] The matches were played at the Tony Ireland Stadium in Townsville, which had recently been accredited as an international venue by the ICC.[2]

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ODI series

1st ODI

8 November 2014
Scorecard
Hong Kong 
202 (48.3)
v
 Papua New Guinea
203/6 (40 overs)
Jamie Atkinson 59 (79)
Assad Vala 2/17 (5 overs)
Charles Amini 61* (67)
Irfan Ahmed 3/51 (8 overs)
Papua New Guinea won by 4 wickets
Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville
Umpires: Phil Jones (NZ) and Paul Wilson (Aus)

2nd ODI

9 November 2014
10:00 am
Scorecard
Hong Kong 
261 (49.3 overs)
v
 Papua New Guinea
264/7 (49.2 overs)
Babar Hayat 56 (60)
Norman Vanua 4/60 (9.3 overs)
Lega Siaka 109 (114)
Nadeem Ahmed 2/8 (10 overs)
Papua New Guinea won by 3 wickets
Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville
Umpires: Phil Jones (NZ) and Paul Wilson (Aus)
  • Hong Kong won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Norman Vanua (PNG) made his ODI debut.

Three-day match

11–13 November 2014
Scorecard
v
469/7d (104 overs)
Assad Vala 98 (118)
Nadeem Ahmed 4/114 (28 overs)
205 (67.5 overs)
Anshuman Rath 72 (112)
Charles Amini 3/34 (14 overs)
114/8d (23 overs)
Assad Vala 40* (13)
Haseeb Amjad 3/35 (10 overs)
245 (71.5 overs)
James Atkinson 63 (87)
Norman Vanua 5/36 (15.5 overs)
Papua New Guinea won by 133 runs
Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville
Umpires: Nigel Morrison (Van) & Alu Kapa (PNG)
  • Papua New Guinea won the toss and chose to bat.
  • Players per side 14 (11 batting, 11 fielding)

References

  1. [1]
    "Hong Kong tour of Australia, 2014/15". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Papua New Guinea set to make ODI debut". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  3. [3]
    "An ODI triumph years in the making for PNG". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  4. [4]
    "Hong Kong Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  5. [5]
    "Sport: PNG cricket team named for historic internationals". Radio New Zealand. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.


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