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Papua New Guinea National Cricket Team vs New Zealand National Cricket Team Head-To-Head Record

New Zealand and Papua New Guinea will face each other for the first time in any international cricket match on Monday.

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Papua New Guinea National Cricket Team vs New Zealand National Cricket Team Head to Head Record

Papua New Guinea National Cricket Team vs New Zealand National Cricket Team Players - ICC T20 World Cup 2024 Squads:

Papua New Guinea National Cricket Team Players: Tony Ura, Assad Vala(c), Lega Siaka, Sese Bau, Hiri Hiri, Chad Soper, Kiplin Doriga(w), Norman Vanua, Alei Nao, John Kariko, Semo Kamea, Kabua Morea, Charles Amini, Jack Gardner, Hila Vare

New Zealand National Cricket Team Players: Finn Allen, Devon Conway(w), Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson(c), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Lockie Ferguson, Ish Sodhi, Matt Henry, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman

Papua New Guinea National Cricket Team vs New Zealand National Cricket Team Players : Probable Playing XIs

Papua New Guinea: Tony Ura, Assad Vala(c), Lega Siaka, Sese Bau, Hiri Hiri, Chad Soper, Kiplin Doriga(w), Norman Vanua, Alei Nao, John Kariko, Semo Kamea

New Zealand: Finn Allen, Devon Conway(w), Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson(c), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Lockie Ferguson

Papua New Guinea National Cricket Team vs New Zealand National Cricket Team Players : Key Statistics

The two teams are yet to play in T20I international cricket, let alone in T20 World Cups. This is the first-ever T20 World Cup for the PNG side.

Papua New Guinea National Cricket Team vs New Zealand National Cricket Team Players : Last 5 Encounters

As said above, this is the first-ever meeting between the two sides in T20 World Cups. Both teams have never played each other in any format of the game previously.

New Zealand finds themselves in a disappointing situation not to have qualified for the knockout stages of the tournament. New Zealand under Kane Williamson has made the knockouts in almost all of the previous ICC tournaments barring this one.

Papua New Guinea National Cricket Team vs New Zealand National Cricket Team Players : Trends and Patterns

The Kiwis made an early exit from the tournament. This time around, they did not look prepared for the big stage. Many of the players played well in the World Cup. They even played a bilateral series against Pakistan.

However, they started the tournament almost a week later than the other teams which perhaps caught them off guard. They failed to get themselves associated with the conditions quickly which caught them off guard in the game against Afghanistan.

For PNG, the matches should have been a good learning curve. They gave their best on all three of them but were not just experienced enough to take on the big teams. The tournament should prepare them better for the future.

Papua New Guinea National Cricket Team vs New Zealand National Cricket Team Match Weather Report

Trinidad's sky will be cloudy throughout the morning, according to Accuweather.com. During these hours, the stadium has a 25% probability of rain. That being said, there is a chance that the game will be abandoned after a few overs, or it may be called off before a ball is bowled due to the 43.3 mm of rain that is predicted for the afternoon.

Papua New Guinea National Cricket Team vs New Zealand National Cricket Team Match - Pitch Report

In the ten Twenty20 International matches that Trinidad has hosted, the side has won six by bowling first and six by batting first. One of the better batting grounds in the West Indies is this one. At this location, West Indies and Afghanistan won their matches with the bat, while New Zealand won the chase.

Teams have found it difficult to chase down the par score of 160. With the Kiwis' potent bowling assault, batting first ought to result in a safe total. As they did against Uganda, they can also try to chase swiftly by cheaply conceding defeat to PNG.

Papua New Guinea National Cricket Team vs New Zealand National Cricket Team Players - Match Prediction

New Zealand are expected to win the match against Papua New Guinea on Monday. There is an 80% chance of the Kiwi team winning the match in comparison of PNG's 20%.

Conclusion 

This has been New Zealand's worst T20 World Cup campaign. For the first time, they did not make the knockout stages and faced a group stage exit. The management should analyze where it all went wrong for the side and aim to come better prepared for the Champions Trophy 2025.