Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Noor Ali Zadran	c Ura b Soper	10	27	-	1	0	37.03

Shabir Noori	lbw b Soper	3	12	-	0	0	25.00

Mohammad Shahzad †	lbw b Vanua	29	39	-	4	0	74.35

Hashmatullah Shahidi	c Reva b Nou	19	56	-	2	0	33.92

Asghar Afghan (c)	c Vala b Vanua	26	26	-	4	0	100.00

Samiullah Shinwari	c Dai b Vanua	0	5	-	0	0	0.00

Gulbadin Naib	c Vala b Nou	15	9	-	2	0	166.66

Mirwais Ashraf	lbw b Reva	2	8	-	0	0	25.00

Sharafuddin Ashraf	c Nou b Vanua	25	24	-	3	1	104.16

Yamin Ahmadzai	c Vanua b Dai	12	30	-	1	0	40.00

Zahir Khan	not out	1	2	-	0	0	50.00
Extras	(lb 2)	2
Total	39.4 Ov (RR: 3.63)	144
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Shabir Noori, 3.1 ov), 2-27 (Noor Ali Zadran, 9.3 ov), 3-43 (Mohammad Shahzad, 16.1 ov), 4-75 (Asghar Afghan, 22.3 ov), 5-79 (Samiullah Shinwari, 24.2 ov), 6-101 (Gulbadin Naib, 28.1 ov), 7-104 (Mirwais Ashraf, 29.5 ov), 8-106 (Hashmatullah Shahidi, 30.3 ov), 9-135 (Sharafuddin Ashraf, 38.1 ov), 10-144 (Yamin Ahmadzai, 39.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Loa Nou	13	2	37	2	2.84	61	3	1	0	0
28.1 to Gulbadin Naib, Outside off, batsman cuts it but gets an edge to the 1st slip fielder. 101/6 30.3 to Hashmatullah Shahidi, Outside off, batsman looks to cut but manages an edge to the 3rd slip fielder. 106/8
Chad Soper	9	2	27	2	3.00	39	3	0	0	0
3.1 to Shabir Noori, Good length ball on middle, batsman moves onto the backfoot and looks to defend but misses it, Loud appeal and given, that was a straight forward one. 4/1 9.3 to Noor Ali Zadran, Onto the backfoot and cuts it but to the point fielder, who takes it just infront of him to dismiss the batsman. 27/2
Norman Vanua	7	2	36	4	5.14	29	5	0	0	0
16.1 to Mohammad Shahzad, Good length ball, batsman looks to defend but misses it and gets struck on the pads, Loud appeal and given. 43/3 22.3 to Asghar Afghan, Outside off, batsman cuts but gets an edge and to the 1st slip, who dives to his left gets a hand to it and it pops out but fielder recovers well and take it one handedly on his way down to the ground. 75/4 24.2 to Samiullah Shinwari, Outside off, batsman goes after it and gets an edge to the 2nd slip fielder, taken cleanly. 79/5 38.1 to Sharafuddin Ashraf, Short pitch ball outside off, batsman looks to pull and lofts it in the air to the fielder at mid-on for a simple catch. 135/9
John Reva	8	0	38	1	4.75	35	6	0	0	0
29.5 to Mirwais Ashraf, Good length ball, batsman looks to play it to on-side but misses and gets struck on pads, Loud appeal and given. 104/7
Mahuru Dai	2.4	1	4	1	1.50	13	0	0	0	0
39.4 to Yamin Ahmadzai, Outside off, batsman looks to cut but manages a top edge to the point fielder. 144/10

Papua New Guinea 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tony Ura	b Yamin Ahmadzai	7	16	-	0	0	43.75

Vani Morea	c Asghar Afghan b Yamin Ahmadzai	29	30	-	6	0	96.66

Lega Siaka	lbw b Yamin Ahmadzai	0	1	-	0	0	0.00

Assad Vala	st †Mohammad Shahzad b Zahir Khan	62	110	-	4	0	56.36

Sese Bau	lbw b Samiullah Shinwari	34	42	-	4	2	80.95

Mahuru Dai	c Hashmatullah Shahidi b Gulbadin Naib	129	139	-	9	5	92.80

Jack Vare (c)†	lbw b Zahir Khan	1	6	-	0	0	16.66

John Reva	b Sharafuddin Ashraf	14	44	-	2	0	31.81
Norman Vanua	st †Mohammad Shahzad b Samiullah Shinwari	2	18	-	0	0	11.11
Chad Soper	b Zahir Khan	7	31	-	0	0	22.58
Loa Nou	not out	2	7	-	0	0	28.57
Extras	(b 2, lb 2, nb 4)	8
Total	73.2 Ov (RR: 4.02)	295
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Tony Ura, 6.1 ov), 2-24 (Lega Siaka, 6.2 ov), 3-41 (Vani Morea, 8.5 ov), 4-96 (Sese Bau, 20.6 ov), 5-201 (Assad Vala, 45.6 ov), 6-203 (Jack Vare, 47.3 ov), 7-244 (John Reva, 59.5 ov), 8-270 (Norman Vanua, 64.4 ov), 9-289 (Mahuru Dai, 70.5 ov), 10-295 (Chad Soper, 73.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Yamin Ahmadzai	17	2	64	3	3.76	71	8	0	0	0
6.1 to TP Ura, Good length ball, batsman onto it late looking to defend and gets cleaned up. 24/1 6.2 to L Siaka, Good length ball, batsman onto the frontfoot looking to defend but misses it and gets struck on the pads, Loud Appeal and given. 24/2 8.5 to VV Morea, Full ball, batsman onto it and drives it firmly but uppishly and to the fielder at mid-off, who takes it with ease. 41/3
Mirwais Ashraf	9	1	34	0	3.77	39	6	0	0	0
Gulbadin Naib	9	1	38	1	4.22	38	3	1	0	0
70.5 to MD Dai, leading edge point fielder takes an absolute stunner diving full length. 289/9
Zahir Khan	11.2	0	44	3	3.88	48	2	1	0	2
45.6 to A Vala, Down the leg, batsman looking to flick it away to fine leg but ends up near the keeper, who takes the bails of as soon as batsman went out of the crease. 201/5 47.3 to JNT Vare, Flighted ball, batsman goes to the backfoot, looking to flick it to the on-side but misses it and gets traped infront of the stumps, Loud appeal and given. 203/6 73.2 to CA Soper, . 295/10
Samiullah Shinwari	19	1	86	2	4.52	71	5	4	0	0
20.6 to S Bau, Good length ball, batsman looks to defend but misses it and gets hit on the pads, Loud appeal and given. 96/4 64.4 to N Vanua, . 270/8
Sharafuddin Ashraf	8	1	25	1	3.12	37	1	1	0	2
59.5 to JB Reva, . 244/7

Afghanistan 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Noor Ali Zadran	lbw b Soper	24	49	-	3	0	48.97

Shabir Noori	run out (Vanua)	0	4	-	0	0	0.00
Mohammad Shahzad †	run out (Vanua)	116	137	-	11	3	84.67
Hashmatullah Shahidi	c Morea b Dai	112	214	-	16	1	52.33

Asghar Afghan (c)	st †Vare b Dai	127	163	-	13	6	77.91

Samiullah Shinwari	lbw b Nou	0	2	-	0	0	0.00

Gulbadin Naib	c Reva b Vala	75	87	-	11	1	86.20

Mirwais Ashraf	lbw b Bau	54	74	-	5	1	72.97
Sharafuddin Ashraf	c Morea b Bau	10	16	-	1	0	62.50
Yamin Ahmadzai	b Vala	2	17	-	0	0	11.76
Zahir Khan	not out	0	5	-	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 10, lb 5, nb 4, w 1)	20
Total	127.2 Ov (RR: 4.24)	540
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Shabir Noori, 1.2 ov), 2-54 (Noor Ali Zadran, 13.6 ov), 3-204 (Mohammad Shahzad, 47.6 ov), 4-382 (Hashmatullah Shahidi, 89.5 ov), 5-382 (Samiullah Shinwari, 90.2 ov), 6-428 (Asghar Afghan, 101.2 ov), 7-505 (Gulbadin Naib, 115.3 ov), 8-526 (Sharafuddin Ashraf, 120.3 ov), 9-540 (Mirwais Ashraf, 126.1 ov), 10-540 (Yamin Ahmadzai, 127.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Loa Nou	17	2	74	1	4.35	95	7	1	0	3
90.2 to Samiullah Shinwari, ball seaming in, plays the wrong line. Samiullah departs without scoring. 382/5
Chad Soper	18	1	67	1	3.72	66	9	1	1	0
13.6 to Noor Ali Zadran, shaping in, batter loses shape trying to playing through the onside. 54/2
Norman Vanua	18	0	101	0	5.61	61	13	3	0	1
Mahuru Dai	19	2	73	2	3.84	80	10	1	0	0
89.5 to Hashmatullah Shahidi, leading edge goes miles in the air. 382/4 101.2 to Asghar Afghan, coming down the wicket wanted to heave that one, bowler wins the battle in the end. 428/6
John Reva	10	2	40	0	4.00	35	6	1	0	0
Assad Vala	22.2	1	80	2	3.58	91	7	2	0	0
115.3 to Gulbadin Naib, full toss goes straight up in the air, soft dismissal. 505/7 127.2 to Yamin Ahmadzai, . 540/10
Sese Bau	16	2	50	2	3.12	73	4	1	0	0
120.3 to Sharafuddin Ashraf, . 526/8 126.1 to Mirwais Ashraf, . 540/9
Lega Siaka	7	2	40	0	5.71	27	4	2	0	0

Papua New Guinea 2nd Innings (T: 390 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tony Ura	lbw b Yamin Ahmadzai	18	26	-	2	0	69.23
Vani Morea	b Yamin Ahmadzai	14	9	-	3	0	155.55
Lega Siaka	c Gulbadin Naib b Yamin Ahmadzai	8	24	-	1	0	33.33
Assad Vala	lbw b Zahir Khan	81	151	-	7	1	53.64
Sese Bau	c Samiullah Shinwari b Gulbadin Naib	9	9	-	2	0	100.00

Mahuru Dai	b Sharafuddin Ashraf	32	75	-	3	0	42.66

Jack Vare (c)†	lbw b Yamin Ahmadzai	0	2	-	0	0	0.00
John Reva	c Gulbadin Naib b Zahir Khan	5	30	-	1	0	16.66
Norman Vanua	c †Mohammad Shahzad b Zahir Khan	0	15	-	0	0	0.00
Chad Soper	st †Mohammad Shahzad b Zahir Khan	15	25	-	3	0	60.00

Loa Nou	not out	0	6	-	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, nb 1, w 1)	6
Total	61.5 Ov (RR: 3.04)	188
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Vani Morea, 2.2 ov), 2-37 (Lega Siaka, 8.4 ov), 3-40 (Tony Ura, 10.2 ov), 4-54 (Sese Bau, 12.6 ov), 5-131 (Mahuru Dai, 39.5 ov), 6-132 (Jack Vare, 40.4 ov), 7-157 (John Reva, 49.2 ov), 8-162 (Norman Vanua, 53.5 ov), 9-175 (Assad Vala, 59.1 ov), 10-188 (Chad Soper, 61.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Yamin Ahmadzai	12.4	1	41	4	3.23	56	6	0	0	0
2.2 to VV Morea, . 15/1 8.4 to L Siaka, . 37/2 10.2 to TP Ura, . 40/3 40.4 to JNT Vare, . 132/6
Gulbadin Naib	10.2	2	49	1	4.74	43	8	0	1	0
12.6 to S Bau, outside edge to 3rd slip, what a terrific grab from Samiullah. 54/4
Mirwais Ashraf	12	2	22	0	1.83	60	2	0	0	0
Shabir Noori	3	0	9	0	3.00	14	1	0	0	1
Sharafuddin Ashraf	8	1	20	1	2.50	35	2	0	0	0
39.5 to MD Dai, poor shot selection costs PNG another one, centurion Dai departs. 131/5
Samiullah Shinwari	7	0	18	0	2.57	30	1	0	0	0
Zahir Khan	8.5	1	25	4	2.83	40	2	1	0	0
49.2 to JB Reva, . 157/7 53.5 to N Vanua, . 162/8 59.1 to A Vala, . 175/9 61.5 to CA Soper, Game Set Match, Easy win for Aghnaistan in the end, Coming back strongly. 188/10

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Close of Play

Sat, 21 Nov - day 1 - P.N.G. 1st innings 205/6 (Mahuru Dai 67*, John Reva 0*, 49 ov)

Sun, 22 Nov - day 2 - Afghanistan 2nd innings 284/3 (Hashmatullah Shahidi 92*, Asghar Afghan 45*, 68 ov)

Mon, 23 Nov - day 3 - P.N.G. 2nd innings 110/4 (Assad Vala 32*, Mahuru Dai 27*, 33 ov)

Tue, 24 Nov - day 4 - P.N.G. 2nd innings 188 (61.5 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Sharjah Cricket Stadium
Toss	Afghanistan, elected to bat first
Series	ICC Intercontinental Cup Papua New Guinea tour of United Arab Emirates
Season	2015/16
Player Of The Match	Asghar Afghan
Hours of play (local time)	9.45am start, Lunch 11.45-12.25, Tea 14.25-14.45, Close 16.45
Match days	21,22,,23,24 November 2015 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Zahir Khan Chad Soper Sese Bau
Umpires	Buddhi Pradhan Raveendra Wimalasiri
Reserve Umpire	Ahmed Shah Durrani
Match Referee	David Jukes
Points	Afghanistan 14, Papua New Guinea 6

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P.N.G. Innings

Player Name		R	B
TP Ura	lbw	18	26
VV Morea	bowled	14	9
L Siaka	caught	8	24
A Vala	lbw	81	151
S Bau	caught	9	9
MD Dai	bowled	32	75
JNT Vare	lbw	0	2
JB Reva	caught	5	30
N Vanua	caught	0	15
CA Soper	stumped	15	25
L Nou	not out	0	6
Extras	(b 4, nb 1, w 1)
Total	188(10 wkts; 61.5 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
Yamin Ahmadzai	12.4	1	41	4	3.23
Gulbadin Naib	10.2	2	49	1	4.74
Mirwais Ashraf	12	2	22	0	1.83
Shabir Noori	3	0	9	0	3 (1 nb)
Sharafuddin Ashraf	8	1	20	1	2.5
Samiullah Shinwari	7	0	18	0	2.57
Zahir Khan	8.5	1	25	4	2.83

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	15	Tony Ura	Vani Morea
2nd	22	Tony Ura	Lega Siaka
3rd	3	Assad Vala	Tony Ura
4th	14	Assad Vala	Sese Bau
5th	77	Mahuru Dai	Assad Vala
6th	1	Assad Vala	Jack Vare
7th	25	Assad Vala	John Reva
8th	5	Assad Vala	Norman Vanua
9th	13	Assad Vala	Chad Soper
10th	13	Loa Nou	Chad Soper

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ICC Intercontinental Cup

Team	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
AFG	7	6	0	1	121	2.187
IRE	7	5	1	1	109	1.369
NED	7	3	2	2	72	0.958
HKG	7	2	3	1	59	0.915
UAE	7	2	4	1	47	0.816
SCOT	7	0	2	4	46	0.840
PNG	7	2	4	1	43	0.806
NAM	7	1	5	1	27	0.672
CAN	-	-	-	-	-	-
KENYA	-	-	-	-	-	-

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