T20I T20 World Cup Game 2 West Indies v Papua New Guinea, June 3 2400hrs @ Providence Stadium Guyana

[Gough]

West Indies from, Rovman Powell (c), Alzarri Joseph, Johnson Charles, Roston Chase, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Shai Hope, Akeal Hosein, Shamar Joseph, Brandon King, Gudakesh Motie, Nicholas Pooran, Andre Russell, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd
PNG from, Assadollah Vala (c), Alei Nao, Chad Soper, CJ Amini, Hila Vare, Hiri Hiri, Jack Gardner, John Kariko, Kabua Vagi Morea, Kipling Doriga, Lega Siaka, Norman Vanua, Sema Kamea, Sese Bau, Tony Ura

 

[akkaps]

No Shai Hope in the Windies team for today.
Might just be "rested", due to the opposition.

 

[NYRB]

Game 2:

Teams:

Papua New Guinea (Playing XI): Tony Ura, Sese Bau, Assad Vala(c), Lega Siaka, Hiri Hiri, Charles Amini, Kiplin Doriga(w), Alei Nao, Chad Soper, Kabua Morea, John Kariko

West Indies (Playing XI): Johnson Charles, Brandon King, Roston Chase, Nicholas Pooran(w), Rovman Powell(c), Andre Russell, Romario Shepherd, Sherfane Rutherford, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Gudakesh Motie

West Indies won toss and elected to bowl first.

 

[NYRB]

70 And 76 metre square boundaries today.

 

[ioppolo]

Roston Chase's first ball gets smashed for six. Other than that PNG already in deep strife.

 

[akkaps]

Nice shot from Assad Vala

 

[akkaps]

What a catch! PNG's only hope just dismissed

 

[eltrain]

10.30am local start means the turnout is pretty ordinary for the host nation’s opening game. Indian tv audience takes precedence of course.

 

[NYRB]

PNG have decided to target Roston Chase .

 

[NYRB]

Hiri Hiri is a cool name.

 

[NYRB]

Charles Amini coming in for PNG at number 6

 

[NYRB]

Soper of PNG , grew up in New South Wales.

Of NZ Heritage.

 

[akkaps]

Respectable score here for PNG, they were quick between the wickets which has helped them add a few runs here and there.
Should not be an issue for the Windies to chase down though.

 

[NYRB]

PNG did well for their standards, posting 136/8

Thats about 15 runs more than what I expected.

 

[dumb]

Wi should have been 2/8

 

[NYRB]

WI really should have won that in shorter time. Im just wondering how much Net run rate will come back to play especially with NZ and Afghanistan in their groups.

 

[akkaps]

WI really should have won that in shorter time. Im just wondering how much Net run rate will come back to play especially with NZ and Afghanistan in their groups.

Their game against Afghanistan will be the telling one here. They will need to win that game

 

[ioppolo]

They needed 40 off 24 when Andre Russell went to the crease. Should not have been in that position at all against PNG. Slow pitch?

 

[NYRB]

They needed 40 off 24 when Andre Russell went to the crease. Should not have been in that position at all against PNG. Slow pitch?

I think the West Indies were just lax. They have this habit of slacking off associate/minnow teams and upping their ante against the big boys.

We saw what happened what happened in 2022 and ODI World Cup for 2023 50 over. Associate countries can surprise in this form on their day.