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U.S.A. vs P.N.G., 41st Match, Group A at Dublin, , Jul 19 2015 - Match Result

RESULT
41st Match, Group A, Dublin (Malahide), July 19, 2015, ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier

U.S.A. won by 18 runs

Player Of The Match
40* (17)
nicholas-standford
Match centre 
Scorecard summary
United States of America 147/6(20 overs)
Papua New Guinea 129/9(20 overs)
26 (31)
25 (17)
2/32 (4)
end of over 208 runs
PNG: 129/9CRR: 6.45 
Chad Soper11 (13b)
Willie Gavera1 (3b)
Hammad Shahid 4-0-24-1
Timil Patel 4-0-32-2

5:15pm: Shahid takes high-fives from his team-mates. Contrastingly, glum faces in the PNG camp. Hong Kong had thumped Namibia by 83 runs to seal their playoff berth. This means that Ireland automatically qualify for the World T20 in India and USA crash out, despite three wins in a row. Hong Kong are now level with Namibia and PNG with 7 points. Until next time, goodbye and good night..

Ghous, USA captain: We did not qualify but we will have to live with it. We finished on a high and will come back strong. I am proud of my boys and there is a lot of talent. We just need more cricket and we have to pick it up. Nicholas' performance in the last two games was great. We would love to come back and play again.

Vare, PNG captain: We couldn't get through the line. We expected USA to come hard at us and we wanted to control what we wanted to control. We are still in the tournament. We couldn't build on partnerships. We will find ways to get back and improve ourselves.

Nicholas Stanford collects his second straight Man-of-the-Match award.

Stanford: I was just getting into my stride. We played well and came out wit another win. I just played my natural game and we knew we had the bowling to defend 147.

19.6
1
Shahid to Soper, 1 run

shortish and on middle, Soper steps away and carves it to backward point

19.5
Shahid to Soper, no run

Soper makes room outside leg, Shahid slips in a slower one. Beaten

19.4
2
Shahid to Soper, 2 runs

length and on off, clubbed to long-on. Not off the middle of the bat

19.3
1
Shahid to Gavera, 1 run

Gavera steps away outside leg, Shahid chases him. Pushed to the covers

19.2
1
Shahid to Soper, 1 run

length and on off, dragged to midwicket off the inside half of the bat

19.2
1w
Shahid to Soper, 1 wide

Shahid shoves it too full and wide outside off, past the tram line

19.1
2
Shahid to Soper, 2 runs

short and on middle, backed away and carved to deep cover for two

PNG need 27 off the last over.

end of over 194 runs • 1 wicket
PNG: 121/9CRR: 6.36 RRR: 27.00
Willie Gavera0 (2b)
Chad Soper5 (8b)
Timil Patel 4-0-32-2
Hammad Shahid 3-0-16-1
18.6
Timil to Gavera, no run

flighted legbreak, Gavera drives and only meets with thin air

18.5
Timil to Gavera, no run

loopy on a leg-stump line, pushed down the ground

18.4
1
Timil to Soper, 1 run

good length and pushed to the covers

18.3
2
Timil to Soper, 2 runs

short and wide outside off, cracked to deep cover

18.2
Timil to Soper, no run

tossed up and turning away outside off, sliced to short third man off the outer half of the bat

18.1
1W
Timil to Soper, 1 run, OUT

full on off, driven past the covers. Soper pushes on for a second. The fielder from sweeper fires an accurate throw to the bowler, who takes the bails off. Vanua out for a duck

Norman Vanua run out (MK Patel/TK Patel) 0 (1b 0x4 0x6 7m) SR: 0

"That's exactly how Shahid ran out Irfan Ahmed vs Hong Kong yesterday. Great athleticism in his follow through," says Peter Della Penna

end of over 182 runs • 1 wicket
PNG: 117/8CRR: 6.50 RRR: 15.50
Chad Soper1 (4b)
Norman Vanua0 (1b)
Hammad Shahid 3-0-16-1
Timil Patel 3-0-28-2
17.6
1
Shahid to Soper, 1 run

back of a length and outside off, Soper skips back and flashes a cut to backward point

17.5
Shahid to Soper, no run

short and wide outside off, bottom-edges a cut behind to Dodson

17.4
Shahid to Soper, no run

possibly a slower one outside off, Soper cuts and misses

17.3
Shahid to Soper, no run

wide yorker outside off, he can't dig it out

Soper.

17.2
W
Shahid to Vanua, OUT

USA break into celebrations, again. Short, lifting ball on off, Vanua drops into the pitch and calls for a quick single. Amini is short of his crease. Shahid was sharp to under-arm flick it onto the strikers' end

Charles Amini run out (Shahid) 14 (9b 1x4 0x6 12m) SR: 155.55
17.1
1
Shahid to Amini, 1 run

back of a length and on middle, Amini sits back and punches it to long-on

Vanua..

end of over 178 runs • 1 wicket
PNG: 115/7CRR: 6.76 RRR: 11.00
Charles Amini13 (8b 1x4)
Timil Patel 3-0-28-2
Muhammad Ghous 4-0-27-2
16.6
W
Timil to Dai, OUT

holes out to long-on. Dai slams his bat onto the turf as he trudges back. Flighted around off, Dai takes the aerial route and slog-sweeps it to Shahid at the edge of the long-on boundary. Big, big wicket for USA

Mahuru Dai c Shahid b TK Patel 25 (17b 3x4 0x6 21m) SR: 147.05
Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
NI Standford
40 runs (17)
5 fours1 six
Productive shot
off drive
13 runs
1 four1 six
Control
65%
AL Dodson
38 runs (38)
5 fours1 six
Productive shot
flick
16 runs
1 four1 six
Control
82%
Best performances - bowlers
Muhammad Ghous
O
4
M
0
R
27
W
2
ECO
6.75
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
TK Patel
O
4
M
0
R
32
W
2
ECO
8
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
Match details
The Village, Malahide, Dublin
TossPapua New Guinea, elected to field first
Series
Season2015
Player Of The Match
Hours of play (local time)14.15 start, First Session 14.15-15.40, Interval 15.40-16.00, Second Session 16.00-17.25
Match days19 July 2015 - day (20-over match)
T20 debut
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
PointsUnited States of America 2, Papua New Guinea 0
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Instant answers to T20 questions
P.N.G. Innings
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ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier

Group A
TEAMMWLPTNRR
IRE64281.356
HKG63270.614
NAM63270.314
PNG63270.113
USA6336-0.321
JER6244-0.523
NEP6143-1.499
Group B
TEAMMWLPTNRR
SCOT64281.205
NED64281.151
AFG63180.690
OMA63270.374
KENYA6327-0.645
UAE6143-1.688
CAN6051-1.295