At present, the great match of ICC T20 World Cup 2024 is being played between New Zealand and Papua New Guinea at Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad. In this match, New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl first. His decision has proved to be quite correct so far and Papua New Guinea was able to score only 78 runs in 19.4 overs in this match.

In this match, New Zealand’s best fast bowler Lockie Ferguson broke the record by bowling brilliantly. Let us tell you, Lockie Ferguson took three wickets in four overs without giving any runs. He did not give a single run in all four overs. His bowling spell was 4-4-0-3. This means that Lockie Ferguson bowled four overs in this match and all four were maidens.

Lockie Ferguson took the wickets of Papua New Guinea captain Assad Vala, Chad Soper and Charles Amini. Earlier, no player has made this record in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. Talking about the match, Charles Amini scored the highest 17 runs for Papua New Guinea. Apart from him, Norman Vanua scored 12 runs in 13 balls with the help of 1 four and 1 six.

CC Bau scored 12 runs. Apart from these three batsmen, no other batsman from Papua New Guinea could cross the 10-run mark. Apart from Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult took 2 wickets for 14 runs in four overs for New Zealand while Tim Southee took two wickets for 11 runs in four overs. Ish Sodhi also took two wickets while Mitchell Santner took 1 wicket.

New Zealand need 79 runs to win the match against Papua New Guinea

If New Zealand wants to win the match against Papua New Guinea, they will have to score 79 runs in 20 overs which is a very easy target for the team. The performance of the New Zealand team was very poor in this tournament and they could not make it to the Super 8. However, the team would like to end its journey of this tournament with a win.

The bowlers of the team have done their job well and now the batsmen will also have to bat well. Now it remains to be seen which team wins this match?