Lockie Ferguson of New Zealand celebrates the wicket of Charles Amini of Papua New Guinea during the ICC Men's T20 Cricket World Cup. Photo / Getty Images
Recap of the Twenty20 World Cup clash between the Black Caps and Papua New Guinea in Tarouba.
- PNG lose early wickets to fall to 14-2, bowled out for 78
- Lockie Ferguson finishes with 3-0, the first bowler at a World Cup to bowl four maidens
- Allen and Ravindra dismissed early
New Zealand opted to bowl first against Papua New Guinea in their rain-delayed Twenty20 World Cup closing match today.
Rain delayed the toss by an hour, and no overs were lost.
Both teams were already eliminated from Super Eight contention in Group C.
New Zealand lost to Afghanistan and the West Indies and has beaten only Uganda.
PNG has yet to win a game.
New Zealand made one change; wrist spinner Ish Sodhi came in for bowling allrounder James Neesham.
PNG made two changes.
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Lineups:
New Zealand: Finn Allen, Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson (captain), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult.
Papua New Guinea: Tony Ura, Assad Vala (captain), Charles Amini, Sese Bau, Hiri Hiri, Chad Soper, Kiplin Doriga, Norman Vanua, Alei Nao, Kabua Morea, Semo Kamea.
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