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GEORGETOWN :Afghanistan beat Papua New Guinea by seven wickets in Trinidad on Thursday to reach the Super Eight stage of the Twenty20 World Cup with a game to spare and end New Zealand's slim hopes of progressing.
Afghanistan underlined their growing status as the dark horses of the 2024 T20 World Cup with a seven-wicket victory over Papua New Guinea on Thursday to advance to the Super Eight phase of the competition and send New Zealand crashing out. Fazalhaq Farooqi added another three victims to his tournament-leading wicket tally as PNG were bundled out for 95 off 19.5 overs batting first in the Group C match at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad. Afghanistan stumbled early in reply, losing both openers cheaply for the first time in the tournament but eventually reached the target for the loss of three wickets in the 16th over for a third win in a row.
Afghanistan vs Papua New Guinea, T20 World Cup 2024, LIVE Updates: A win for Afghanistan against Papua New Guinea would send them through to the Super 8 of the 2024 T20 World Cup, and crush New Zealand hopes in the process. After thumping wins over New Zealand and Uganda, Afghanistan will regain top spot in Group C with a win. Afghanistan currently boast the top run-scorer and the top wicket-taker of the tournament - Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Fazalhaq Farooqi. Papua New Guinea are yet to win, losing narrowly against co-hosts West Indies, and then to Uganda. (Live Scorecard | Points Table)
West Indies vs New Zealand T20 World Cup 2024, LIVE Updates: Co-hosts West Indies have the chance to become the first team from Group C to seal a Super 8 spot, if they beat New Zealand at Trinidad's Brian Lara Stadium. The Windies team battled to victory against Papua New Guinea, before a thumping win over Uganda where they bowled out the opposition for just 39. New Zealand were themselves dismantled by Afghanistan, and desperately need a win to stay alive in the tournament. It is also the first-ever T20 World Cup fixture at the stadium named after one of West Indies's greatest cricket icons. (Live Scorecard | Points Table)
Co-hosts West Indies will look to shake off their batting rustiness and come in their element when they face Uganda in a Group C T20 World Cup clash. The pre-tournament favourites and two-time former champions suffered a scare chasing a modest 137 before they scraped to five-wicket win over minnows Papua New Guinea in their opening match. On a difficult pitch that required patience and application, West Indies batters kept playing recklessly and found themselves half the side down for 97 with just four overs remaining.
All-rounder Marcus Stoinis scored an unbeaten 67 and took three wickets as Australia recorded a comfortable 39-run win over Oman in their Twenty20 World Cup opener in Barbados on Wednesday.
Uganda claimed their first ever T20 World Cup win with a three-wicket victory over Papua New Guinea at Providence Stadium on Wednesday in a low-scoring but tense encounter. The African side bowled out PNG for 77 and after struggling at 26-5 in reply reached the target in 18.2 overs with Riazat Ali Shah top-scoring with 33. Riazat put on a crucial sixth wicket partnership of 35 with Juma Miyagi (13) which effectively won the game for the tournament debutants.
Truly living up to the title of 'T20 World Cup', the tournament in USA and West Indies saw minnows Uganda reach a huge milestone, claiming their first ever in the event's history. Uganda beat Papula New Guinea by 3 wickets at Providence Stadium on Wednesday in a low-scoring but tense encounter. It wasn't just the Uganda team that scripted history but also their 43-year-old spinner Frank Nsubuga who registered the record of bowling the most economical spell in T20 World Cup history.