International cricket tour
The Papua New Guinea national cricket team toured the United Arab Emirates in March and April 2017 to play three One Day Internationals (ODIs), three Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) and a first-class match .[ 1] Two of the three ODI matches were part of the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship and the first-class match was part of the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup tournament.[ 2] Before the international fixtures, Papua New Guinea played warm-up matches against the English sides Middlesex County Cricket Club and Yorkshire County Cricket Club .[ 1] [ 3]
The United Arab Emirates won the ODI series 2–1, after winnings the final match of the series by 103 runs.[ 4] The UAE won the Intercontinental Cup match by a margin of 9 wickets, their first victory in a first-class match since 2013.[ 5] The UAE won the T20I series 3–0.[ 6]
Squads
ODI series
1st ODI
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
Rohan Mustafa (UAE) scored his maiden ODI century and took his maiden ODI five-wicket haul, becoming the third player to do this in the same ODI.[ 4]
Intercontinental Cup match
T20I series
1st T20I
United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
Alei Nao (PNG) and Sultan Ahmed (UAE) both made their T20I debuts.
2nd T20I
Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.
Shaiman Anwar (UAE) scored his first century in a T20I and became the first from his country to do so.[ 8]
3rd T20I
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