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 | |||
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| Ireland | Papua New Guinea | ||
| Dates | 24 January – 9 February 2016 | ||
| Captains | William Porterfield | Jack Vare | |
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | 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]
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 Papua New Guinea
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Tour match
Two-day match: Queensland XI vs. Ireland
Intercontinental Cup
T20I series
1st T20I
6 February 2016
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
- Sese Bau, Hiri Hiri and Nosaina Pokana (Papua New Guinea) all made their T20I debuts.
2nd T20I
7 February 2016
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3rd T20I
References
- ↑ "Ireland tour of Australia". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Rankin in Ireland squad for PNG clash and UAE tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ↑ "Ireland batsmen struggle on first day against Queensland XI". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
- ↑ "Ireland beaten by Papua New Guinea in final T20". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ↑ "Ireland seal series with seven-run D/L win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
External links
- Series home at ESPNcricinfo
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