Scotland vs Papua New Guinea Live Score, T20 World Cup 2021

Josh Davey to Tony Ura, OUT! DRAGGED ON! An early blow to Papua New Guinea! Short of a length, on off. Tony Ura hops on his toes and looks to punch it on the off side. Ends up chopping the ball onto the stumps. Good start for Scotland and Tony Ura will have to walk back to the pavilion for a timid score. 

Josh Davey to Lega Siaka, Length ball, angling in, on leg. Lega Siaka works it on the leg side for a single.

Josh Davey to steam in from the opposite end.

Josh Davey to Tony Ura, On the pads, Tony Ura tickles it to the fine leg region for a single. 

Brad Wheal to Lega Siaka, Lega Siaka gets off the mark! On a length, on middle. Lega Siaka clips it to deep square leg for a couple of runs. 3 runs from the first over. 

Brad Wheal to Lega Siaka, Four dots in a row! Length ball, on off. Lega Siaka steps out and pushes it towards covers. 

Brad Wheal to Lega Siaka, Good-length ball, on off at a128 kph. Lega Siaka tucks it on the leg side. 

Brad Wheal to Lega Siaka, Fuller in length, attacking the stumps. Lega Siaka looks to flick but miscues. He gets an inside edge onto the pads. Brad Wheal appeals for an LBW but the umpire shakes his head. 

Brad Wheal to Lega Siaka, On a good length, outside off. Lega Siaka dabs it towards backward point. 

Right then! 166 needed for Papua New Guinea to keep their qualification hopes alive. Someone needs to bat their skin out to fancy a chance against the mighty Scottish side. What will happen? We shall find out soon as the second half is just around the corner. 

Matthew Cross is up for a chat, he says that they were thinking about 160 and they have got that. Mentions that the wicket is a little bit two-paced. Tells that they expect to put PNG under pressure and they have got a lot of options in bowling. Adds that it's a good surface and it is going to be a tough chase for PNG.

We are back for the chase! The umpires are out in the middle and so are the Scotland players. Lega Siaka and Tony Ura are the openers for Papua New Guinea. Brad Wheal has been handed the new ball. Let's play...

Brad Wheal to Tony Ura, In the air, but safe! Length ball, on leg. Tony Ura looks to flick and closes the face of the bat early. He gets a leading edge and the ball just goes over the bowler's head to mid on for a single. 

A do-or-die match for PNG and they will be very happy going into the break. They started off brilliantly as Kabua Morea and Chad Soper sent back the openers. Wickets dried up in the middle phase and in PNG's point of view, so did the runs. As Scotland tried to up the ante, Simon Atai came into the attack and took the big wicket of Cross. Soper took the big wicket of Berrington as well and they will be quite happy with how they played at the fag end of the innings. Chad Soper and Kabua Morea were the pick of the bowlers as they scalped three and four wickets respectively. 

... RUN CHASE ...

Not the best of starts for Scotland but they will be very happy with how things have turned after both the openers fell. Both openers fell in quick succession. 26 for 2 at one stage and Scotland needed a partnership badly. Matthew Cross and Richie Berrington joined hands to rebuild the structure. They started slowly but once they got used to the pitch. they pushed the accelerator. They stitched a 92-run partnership before Cross gave away his wicket but Berrington continued his quarrelsome batting and brought up his fifty. He too fell after hitting a few lusty blows and that also folded Scotland's innings as the lower order failed miserably to make any impact. 

6 wickets in the last 2 overs while giving away just 15 runs. This has been a brilliant comeback from Papua New Guinea after losing their way in the middle phase. They will be quite happy with how his troops have rallied and now they will fancy their chances to chase it down. Also, a good momentum going into the break. 

Kabua Morea to Mark Watt, OUT! Cleaned up! Brilliant stuff from Kabua Morea as he gets his fourth wicket and Papua New Guinea complete a team hat-trick. Pacy delivery, full and on off stump. Mark Watt looks to play the reverse sweep but the ball sneaks in under his bat. The ball crashes into the off stump and Watt also departs for a golden duck. Four wickets fall in the final over as Scotland end with 165/9!

Alasdair Evans walks out. 

Kabua Morea to Josh Davey, OUT! CAUGHT! Another bites the dust! In the slot and Josh Davey gives it his all as he clubs it right back over the bowler's head. For a moment it looked to be sailing over the long on fence but Lega Siaka, stationed over there remains unfazed. He takes the catch with ease and Josh Davey has to depart for a golden duck.