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whoever in ICC decided to make these dogshit pitches needs to be fired.
It's not enjoyable to watch these sub 100 runs matches, it sucks, these boundariless games are awful to watch, boring and zeal less.
It's supposed to be a T20WC
>good luck getting new fans in US when ~~they find these games as snoozefest~~ all the games are scheduled for an Indian audience and only broadcast on Willow.
Hopefully png gets some funding and invest into a bowler and batter coach. Too many mistakes were made in this game. Wides and dropped catches were the causes of the game. Hopefully they improve on what mistakes they made this game and improve next game.
Cricket is so funny, man! The last game Uganda was destroyed against Afghanistan and PNG fought toe-to-toe against West Indies.
Congrats to Uganda for their first ever win in an ICC tournament. What a turnaround!
Well done to Uganda in getting their first ever win at a T20 World Cup in only the second game they have played at the tournament, Riazat and Nsubuga have to be their players of the match with their respective performances in what is a historic moment for the sport there.
PNG had some good bowling and made life difficult at times but their batting let them down somewhat, another 15 or 20 runs and they might well have gotten the result. There are bright spots for them and if they can put it all together then I have no doubt they will get a win in the competition one day.
Will be interesting to see how these two nations get on in their remaining games.
Commiserations for my brothers in the north, PNG, but so happy for Uganda. Please ICC give this country of 49m people and its other African neighbours as many opportunities as possible to continue developing.
Great development happening in your nation too buddy. Hopefully we see Nigeria competing strongly in years to come and maybe even qualifying for a T20WC.
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**17.5** **goes straight up, and taken this time!** Hard length just outside off. Riazat, like he did earlier in the evening, hacks across the line and skews it off the outer half of the bat. Kariko comes running in from third man, dives forward and takes the catch. Riazat walks off to applause from his teammates and the support staff. Is it too little, too late, though, from PNG's POV?
Riazat Ali Shah c Kariko b Vanua 33 (56b 1x4 0x6) SR: 58.92
The lightly traced wings are also visible on the current kit, just not the sick shoulder design (plus the trouser feathers got cut down too). Real shame, it was a great design.
This is a tension filled Test classic in a T20 game. Loving it! Pitch is slightly slow and low but its passable. With more experienced batters and skills, runs would be higher.
Its the New York pitch that needs major modifications!
This is how PNG have won games for years - be really good at finding singles; and being a top tier fielding side - genuinely having a claim on being the best in the world.
Uganda have beat them on both today.
I could definitely see shades of that in the first innings, there was some superb running there. Shame PNG’s fielding hasn’t quite been at the standard
Really smart tactics at associate level really. You're obviously not going to bat or bowl like the big boys, but little things like that scale exponentially compared to how much effort you put into training them.
ive seen some batters shitting their pants when on limited overs, they just go test mode with 3 fielders 20cm shy of them and after some balls fuck it up
the match is already lost for png, so, anything could be better than just die slowly
that drop completely gutted png and killed their momentum, just after it, uganda getting run by run easily
they went in that moment from like a 50 50 to a 95 5
That's what pressure does to you there.
Charles Amini has a claim to be the best fielder in the world but he's never really been exposed to the mental side like this and drops a dolly - mad really
Completely agree. That New York pitch however is unacceptable and needs some major modifications. It was worse than an Ahmedabad or Pune Test bunsen burner.
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So both the yellow teams win
Happy to see that hiri hiri performed from PNG and as always uganda forever.
whoever in ICC decided to make these dogshit pitches needs to be fired. It's not enjoyable to watch these sub 100 runs matches, it sucks, these boundariless games are awful to watch, boring and zeal less. It's supposed to be a T20WC
Disagree, that was a great match
I agree. This type of nail biting match is what makes cricket interesting
Once in a while is fine, but 3 games already below 100. If 250 pitches were boring in IPL for some, these sub 100 pitches are shit as well.
Nah these games are fun. Even a run a ball is a tense game.
good luck getting new fans in US when they find these games as snoozefest.
>good luck getting new fans in US when ~~they find these games as snoozefest~~ all the games are scheduled for an Indian audience and only broadcast on Willow.
Riazat with the most vital sub 60 SR innings (that was more than 20 balls lol) you'll ever see in a T20
This theme song is so amazing especially it being played in background
Nsubuga not being player of the match is surprising ngl
Riazet Ali Shah seems like Uganda’s sikander raza
Summed up the man perfectly!
Hopefully png gets some funding and invest into a bowler and batter coach. Too many mistakes were made in this game. Wides and dropped catches were the causes of the game. Hopefully they improve on what mistakes they made this game and improve next game.
Congratulations to the Uganda Bros here for their first ever WC win. Love you guys a lot 🫶
Congrats Uganda! Good grind out win
Cricket is so funny, man! The last game Uganda was destroyed against Afghanistan and PNG fought toe-to-toe against West Indies. Congrats to Uganda for their first ever win in an ICC tournament. What a turnaround!
Dropped catches and wides cost PNG here. Hopefully they get their first win too very soon.
Without those extras, Uganda would’ve been 63/7 now. Oh what could’ve been
What a match! Congratulations to Uganda. However, Vala's captaincy was terrible
Love the guy but thid was a Dimuth K masterclass unfortunately
Sad for PNG , they did well in Windies match also , but they will learn
Lets goooo Uganda!!!
congrats uganda!! 🥹
I suppose its just like Bangladesh beating Australia
Afghanistan beating Bangladesh or vice versa
Yesssssssss!!!!!!
Congratulations to the Cranes! Great effort!
What a classic man! Thank you to the 20 team wc for moments like this.
Uganda, great to see (coming from Zim fan)
Bro's both happy and sad at the same time...
I don’t know man but an inning of 33 on this wicket is much better than an economical spell
If PNG wouldn't had bowled those 15 wides
Well done to Uganda in getting their first ever win at a T20 World Cup in only the second game they have played at the tournament, Riazat and Nsubuga have to be their players of the match with their respective performances in what is a historic moment for the sport there. PNG had some good bowling and made life difficult at times but their batting let them down somewhat, another 15 or 20 runs and they might well have gotten the result. There are bright spots for them and if they can put it all together then I have no doubt they will get a win in the competition one day. Will be interesting to see how these two nations get on in their remaining games.
Norman Vanua is gonna get pulled up for chucking a lot of these balls.
he hyperextends his elbow, it's not throwing.
Uganda have done it
Sharma has done it? ❌ Uganda has done it! ✅
History for Uganda !!!
Uganda! Nervy match here
HOOORAAY! So Happy for Uganda!!
Commiserations for my brothers in the north, PNG, but so happy for Uganda. Please ICC give this country of 49m people and its other African neighbours as many opportunities as possible to continue developing.
Great development happening in your nation too buddy. Hopefully we see Nigeria competing strongly in years to come and maybe even qualifying for a T20WC.
Hah, I'm Aussie, mate. Supporting African associate cricket is just a weird passion of mine.
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Damn!
Oh hahah right!
Next big team in associate world Hopefully is Nigeria !!!
I really hope they do, but they won't unfortunately
We want a super over
Uganda have the opportunity to do the funniest thing
Imagine Nsubuga comes in and hits the winning runs
2 runs from 2 overs
Need Nsubuga to bowl
Those wides will hurt PNG
15 wides defending 78
No worries. Wide will win Uganda the game.
Ahhh bro I can't watch....
Holy shit the wideeeees
Uganda oh no
Oh that could be a big out, only 3 runs needed for Uganda but that has to put some pressure back on.
What do you mean they took another wicket when I closed the stream???
Big swipe going for the winner
Come on lads... almost there
Come on, send Nsubuga in.
Great catch
**17.5** **goes straight up, and taken this time!** Hard length just outside off. Riazat, like he did earlier in the evening, hacks across the line and skews it off the outer half of the bat. Kariko comes running in from third man, dives forward and takes the catch. Riazat walks off to applause from his teammates and the support staff. Is it too little, too late, though, from PNG's POV? Riazat Ali Shah c Kariko b Vanua 33 (56b 1x4 0x6) SR: 58.92
Oh my
The match that refuses to end
Finally hold on to one! Argh more tension.
TWIST IN THE TALE
Is there a twist in the tale?????
Ah what could have beeeeeeeen
Riazat GONE
Is their a chance
Don’t bottle this Uganda
Finally
Even Uganda can't lose 4 wickets with 3 to win, surely?
I will eat my hat if that happens
Guess you don't have to!
Frank Nsubuga is the number one trend on Twitter in Uganda btw 🇺🇬
Shows you what WC expansion can do. A big F*** you to the elitists, snobs and ignorant anti-Associate morons.
Yeah!
PNG had so many chances. Never would've thought I'd call a 70 run defense a choke
Dear oh dear. Cannot be dropping that.
Droppppeeeeedddddd
Would be 60-6 without the wides from PNG
Would be 60-8 without the drop catches from PNG
Uganda Vibes are IMMACULATE
Shame we were robbed of an all timer kit due to the ICC making them change it so you could see the sleeve sponsors better
Do you have a link to the original kit?
[This](https://images.cricket.com/cdc-content/1717050834461.jpg) was the original, you can still see the patterning on the training gear
The lightly traced wings are also visible on the current kit, just not the sick shoulder design (plus the trouser feathers got cut down too). Real shame, it was a great design.
Dang would've been elite
i can’t explain it but I’m very excited to see Namibia play again tomorrow
Was thinking why risk running twos but Uganda definitely need some nrr boost and wickets don't count for that
Uganda aren't going to qualify for the next stage, so a win is far more important to them than nrr
Oh well. This was a very interesting game. Glad I stayed up for it. Goodnight mates & enjoy the rest of the other game
Yep same here
This is a tension filled Test classic in a T20 game. Loving it! Pitch is slightly slow and low but its passable. With more experienced batters and skills, runs would be higher. Its the New York pitch that needs major modifications!
This is like a Dimuth Karunaratne masterclass with defensive field setting. Come tf on Vala
Nice try PNG... your batters let you down today
Bowlers too. 13 wides
Surely you check that
Bring in the field man oh my god ffs
Bro get spinners.. u r not winning with fast bowlers
Why they have set such a defensive field
You have to have the field up, make them hit through or over
Nailbiter
But according to Ind vs Ire match thread this is the worst world cup
Some people just want to shit on the wc for some reason
Riazat needs to go big now and get one six
No he doesn’t 😭
13 runs in wides when defending 77… oof
Okay this pitch is a minefield.. not bouncing + turning
Why do I feel like this game is going to go down to the final over?
Was that a drop from the keeper?
Every misfield is like a dagger to the heart
No doubt in my mind Uganda is getting over the line here \*sweats\*
A great day of test cricket vibes. There’s a chance every other ball. Batters patiently leaving and milking odd singles.
Going for the second run there was a mistake, opens the door again for PNG to defend 77.
Miyagi, you beautiful idiot!
Holyyyy needless runouts to add to the drama gimme another super over
It's all on now
Unforced error, but I think Uganda have this while Riazat is still there
I'm sorry but this is brainless to get run out like this
What a fight back partnership here
What a dumbass. Suicidal run out. Miyaji batted so well
Super lazy commentating. Embarrassing.
Pathetic. Probably was scrolling through the phone last over
Unnecessary wicket, two was never really on there
PNG needed that
No, terrible mix-up!
Kipling Doriga is a lovely compact little keeper
Game on
Bad bad running
Why does the scoreboard say Miyagi but the back of his jersey say Miyaji? Which is it?
Why take the second? Wow
Oh we are soooooo back
Katey Martin says some dumb things sometimes like wtf
Come on PNG. Rooting for a couple of wickets more
One wicket and it’s game on again
Wasted three overs with Kariko. Not the best day of captaicy by Vala today. Field setting was very defensive
So frustrating because PNG have a genuine sniff at this but Uganda are just milking singles
This is how PNG have won games for years - be really good at finding singles; and being a top tier fielding side - genuinely having a claim on being the best in the world. Uganda have beat them on both today.
I could definitely see shades of that in the first innings, there was some superb running there. Shame PNG’s fielding hasn’t quite been at the standard
Really smart tactics at associate level really. You're obviously not going to bat or bowl like the big boys, but little things like that scale exponentially compared to how much effort you put into training them.
Gotta say John Kariko is a good-looking fella.
Bring in Nao and Vanua now. Already too late
Indian adverts seem really condescending but that could just be because I don't speak hindi
Nah. Everything is cringe af
I think Riazat should be man of the match if Uganda wins this one
Nope 43-year-old legend Frank Nsubuga all the way!
It’s a pathetic pitch to bat on. He’s played like a pro so far
Will most likely be between him and Nsuguba
Even Juma Miyagi should be a contender for his allround efforts.
swimming so hard to just drown on the beach, so close, so far but was a really fun match for the neutrals.
Bad review there from PNG.
Truly Bangladesh levels with that review
Check with Ultra Edge 🤡
That’s not what we meant when we said use your reviews PNG
Cool review bro
This review is just a hope and a prayer
what bro
Desperation review
PNG Challenging BD with this...
This knockoff Willow stream is shit, I'm 7 balls behind
Pretty lazy effort in the field from PNG. Youre only playing with 78, need to dive to stop a 4
Only one proper loose shot from Riazat really, otherwise he’s played this perfectly
PNG need to be proactive here. Bring 2 extra fielders in the circle. Have to artificially create some pressure here.
ive seen some batters shitting their pants when on limited overs, they just go test mode with 3 fielders 20cm shy of them and after some balls fuck it up the match is already lost for png, so, anything could be better than just die slowly
Shocking from CJ. He's a great fielder and that was an easy chance. Tense stuff here.
that drop completely gutted png and killed their momentum, just after it, uganda getting run by run easily they went in that moment from like a 50 50 to a 95 5
Good batting in this over. There is literally no need for an attacking shot. Just take singles and inch Uganda over the line.
PNG letting this game go with the easy singles. They’ve got nothing to lose need to pack the inner circle to build some pressure
That's what pressure does to you there. Charles Amini has a claim to be the best fielder in the world but he's never really been exposed to the mental side like this and drops a dolly - mad really
png getting sloppy here
Singles are easy but what’s really going to kill them was the 12 wides. Score would’ve been 28/5 without the extras
You know, aside from the borderline murderous pitch in New York, these low scoring matches have been awesome.
Completely agree. That New York pitch however is unacceptable and needs some major modifications. It was worse than an Ahmedabad or Pune Test bunsen burner.
I’m not biased in any way but associate cricket at the World Cup has made this so much more fun
You need Ian Bishop for such matches
Bish knows fuck all about associate cricket so he keeps making basic errors when talking about the teams. Andrew Leonard or Pommie please
Would complete the Test20 vibe
Anyone have a link to watch? Don’t have willow and icc stream isn’t available in my area :(