Irish cricket team against Papua New Guinea in Australia in 2015–16
International cricket tour
Irish cricket team against Papua New Guinea in Australia in 2015–16 | |||
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Ireland | Papua New Guinea | ||
Dates | 24 January – 9 February 2016 | ||
Captains | William Porterfield | Jack Vare | |
Twenty20 International series | |||
Results | Ireland won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
Most runs | Gary Wilson (73) | Charles Amini (47) Sese Bau (47) | |
Most wickets | George Dockrell (6) | Norman Vanua (4) |
The Irish cricket team toured Australia to play Papua New Guinea from 24 January to 9 February 2016. The tour consisted of a first-class match, three Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) and a tour match.[1] The first-class match was part of the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup[2] and the tour match was in preparation of the Intercontinental Cup match.[3] Ireland won the T20I series 2–1.[4]
Squads
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Tour match
Two-day match: Queensland XI vs. Ireland
24 – 25 January 2016 Scorecard |
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Match drawn Brisbane Grammar School Oval, Brisbane Umpires: Steven Farrell (Aus) and Jayvan Ruddick-Collins (Aus) |
- Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
Intercontinental Cup
T20I series
1st T20I
6 February 2016 Scorecard |
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Sese Bau 22 (21) Kevin O'Brien 2/10 (4 overs) | Gary Wilson 45 (33) Norman Vanua 3/26 (4 overs) |
Ireland won by 5 wickets Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Rod Tucker (Aus) |
- Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
- Sese Bau, Hiri Hiri and Nosaina Pokana (Papua New Guinea) all made their T20I debuts.
2nd T20I
7 February 2016 Scorecard |
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Ireland won by 7 runs (DLS method) Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Rod Tucker (Aus) |
- Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain reduced the match to 11 overs per side.[5]
- Pipi Raho (Papua New Guinea) made his T20I debut.
3rd T20I
9 February 2016 Scorecard |
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Niall O'Brien 27 (32) Chad Soper 3/13 (3.1 overs) |
Papua New Guinea won by 11 runs Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Rod Tucker (Aus) |
- Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to bat.
References
- ^ "Ireland tour of Australia". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Rankin in Ireland squad for PNG clash and UAE tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "Ireland batsmen struggle on first day against Queensland XI". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ^ "Ireland beaten by Papua New Guinea in final T20". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ "Ireland seal series with seven-run D/L win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
External links
- Series home at ESPNcricinfo
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