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Unbeaten Afghanistan would progress to Super 8s with win - would knock out New Zealand, PNG and Uganda
Papua New Guinea must win to stay in competition

Afghanistan v PNG

PNG Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Ura,bowled Naveen-ul-Haq Ura, bowled Naveen-ul-Haq	11	18	1	0	31	61.11
Vala,run out Rahmanullah Gurbaz Vala, run out Rahmanullah Gurbaz	3	2	0	0	9	150.00
Siaka,caught Rahmanullah Gurbaz, bowled Fazalhaq Farooqi Siaka, caught Rahmanullah Gurbaz, bowled Fazalhaq Farooqi	0	1	0	0	1	0.00
Bau,caught Rahmanullah Gurbaz, bowled Fazalhaq Farooqi Bau, caught Rahmanullah Gurbaz, bowled Fazalhaq Farooqi	0	1	0	0	1	0.00
Hiri,bowled Naveen-ul-Haq Hiri, bowled Naveen-ul-Haq	1	3	0	0	4	33.33
Soper,run out Noor Ahmad Soper, run out Noor Ahmad	9	26	0	0	27	34.62
Doriga,leg before wicket, bowled Noor Ahmad Doriga, leg before wicket, bowled Noor Ahmad	27	32	2	0	46	84.38
Vanua,run out Rashid Khan Vanua, run out Rashid Khan	0	7	0	0	10	0.00
Nao,caught Rashid Khan, bowled Fazalhaq Farooqi Nao, caught Rashid Khan, bowled Fazalhaq Farooqi	13	19	2	0	25	68.42
Kariko,not out Kariko, not out	4	7	1	0	10	57.14
Kamea,run out Rahmanullah Gurbaz Kamea, run out Rahmanullah Gurbaz	2	3	0	0	7	66.67
Extras, no balls 0, wides 13, byes 0, leg byes 12, total 25 Extras, no balls 0, wides 13, byes 0, leg byes 12, total 25
Total,95 all out 19.5 overs Total,95 all out 19.5 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy rate
Fazalhaq Farooqi	4.0	0	16	3	4.00
Mohammad Nabi	1.0	0	9	0	9.00
Naveen-ul-Haq	2.5	0	4	2	1.41
Rashid Khan	4.0	0	25	0	6.25
Noor Ahmad	4.0	0	14	1	3.50
Azmatullah Omarzai	2.0	1	5	0	2.50
Karim Janat	2.0	0	10	0	5.00

Fall of wicket	Batter
12 for 1 (1.5 overs)	Vala
12 for 2 (2.1 overs)	Siaka
12 for 3 (2.2 overs)	Bau
17 for 4 (3.1 overs)	Hiri
30 for 5 (5.4 overs)	Ura
46 for 6 (9.4 overs)	Soper
50 for 7 (12.1 overs)	Vanua
88 for 8 (17.5 overs)	Doriga
89 for 9 (18.2 overs)	Nao
95 for 10 (19.5 overs)	Kamea

Afghanistan Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Rahmanullah Gurbaz,bowled Nao Rahmanullah Gurbaz, bowled Nao	11	7	1	1	15	157.14
Ibrahim Zadran,bowled Kamea Ibrahim Zadran, bowled Kamea	0	7	0	0	9	0.00
Gulbadin Naib,not out Gulbadin Naib, not out	49	36	4	2	60	136.11
Azmatullah Omarzai,bowled Vanua Azmatullah Omarzai, bowled Vanua	13	18	1	0	26	72.22
Mohammad Nabi,not out Mohammad Nabi, not out	16	23	1	0	27	69.57
Extras, no balls 0, wides 5, byes 1, leg byes 6, total 12 Extras, no balls 0, wides 5, byes 1, leg byes 6, total 12
Total,101 for 3 15.1 overs Total,101 for 3 15.1 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Economy rate
Nao	4.0	0	26	1	6.50
Kamea	3.0	0	16	1	5.33
Soper	2.1	0	19	0	8.76
Vanua	3.0	0	18	1	6.00
Kariko	3.0	0	15	0	5.00

Fall of wicket	Batter
8 for 1 (1.4 overs)	Ibrahim Zadran
22 for 2 (2.5 overs)	Rahmanullah Gurbaz
55 for 3 (8.4 overs)	Azmatullah Omarzai

home team, Afghanistan

Rahmanullah Gurbaz , Wicket Keeper
Ibrahim Zadran
Gulbadin Naib
Azmatullah Omarzai
Mohammad Nabi
Najibullah Zadran
Karim Janat
Rashid Khan , Captain
Noor Ahmad
Naveen-ul-Haq
Fazalhaq Farooqi

away team, PNG

Tony Ura
Assad Vala , Captain
Lega Siaka
Sese Bau
Hiri Hiri
Chad Soper
Kiplin Doriga , Wicket Keeper
Norman Vanua
Alei Nao
John Kariko
Semo Kamea

Afghanistan
PNG

home team, Afghanistan

Rahmanullah Gurbaz , Wicket Keeper
Ibrahim Zadran
Gulbadin Naib
Azmatullah Omarzai
Mohammad Nabi
Najibullah Zadran
Karim Janat
Rashid Khan , Captain
Noor Ahmad
Naveen-ul-Haq
Fazalhaq Farooqi

Start Time:: 01:30
Toss:: Afghanistan won the toss and decided to field
Venue:: Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Tarouba
Officials:: Alex Wharf, Michael Gough, Richard Illingworth, David Boon, Ahsan Raza