Irish cricket team against Papua New Guinea in Australia in 2015–16

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Irish cricket team against Papua New Guinea in Australia in 2015–16
Cricket Ireland flag.svg
Ireland
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg
Papua New Guinea
Dates 24 January 2016 – 9 February 2016
Captains William Porterfield Jack Vare
Twenty20 International series
Result 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

 Ireland[2]  Papua New Guinea

Tour match

Two-day match: Queensland XI vs. Ireland

24 – 25 January 2016
Scorecard
v
155 (51.1 overs)
Ed Joyce 35 (60)
James Bazley 2/11 (6 overs)
240/9d (65.2 overs)
Simon Milenko 62 (94)
Paul Stirling 3/55 (19 overs)
82/6 (27.1 overs)
William Porterfield 27 (48)
Cameron Gannon 2/4 (4 overs)
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.

Intercontinental Cup

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Main article: 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup § Round 3

T20I series

1st T20I

6 February 2016
Scorecard
Papua New Guinea 
92/9 (20 overs)
v
 Ireland
97/5 (12.1 overs)
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)

2nd T20I

7 February 2016
Scorecard
Ireland 
96/5 (11 overs)
v
 Papua New Guinea
89/9 (11 overs)
Stuart Poynter 35 (24)
Pipi Raho 3/11 (2 overs)
Norman Vanua 26* (15)
George Dockrell 3/18 (3 overs)
Ireland won by 7 runs (D/L 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
Papua New Guinea 
116/8 (20 overs)
v
 Ireland
105 (19.1 overs)
Sese Bau 25 (22)
Tim Murtagh 3/23 (4 overs)
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

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