2022 Singa Championship Series

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2022 Singa Championship Series
  Flag of Singapore.svg Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg
  Singapore Papua New Guinea
Dates 2 – 5 July 2022
Captains Amjad Mahboob Assad Vala
Twenty20 International series
Results 3-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs Arjun Mutreja (113) Tony Ura (99)
Most wickets Vinoth Baskaran (4) Damien Ravu (4)

The 2022 Singa Championship Series was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket series between the men's national teams of Singapore and Papua New Guinea which took place in Singapore in July 2022. [1] Singapore came into the series after losing the 2022 Stan Nagaiah Trophy series to Malaysia two days earlier. [2] The series provided both teams with preparation for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier B tournament. [3]

Contents

Squads

Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore [3] Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea [4]

T20I series

1st T20I

2 July 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Singapore  Flag of Singapore.svg
168/5 (18 overs)
v
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
150/9 (18 overs)
Arjun Mutreja 77 (45)
Norman Vanua 2/30 (4 overs)
Lega Siaka 45 (30)
Akshay Puri 3/26 (4 overs)
Singapore won by 18 runs
Indian Association Ground, Singapore
Umpires: Hardeep Jadeja (Sin) and Anand Natarajan (Sin)
Player of the match: Arjun Mutreja (Sin)
  • Singapore won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain.
  • Arjun Mutreja (Sin) and Hila Vare (PNG) both made their T20I debuts.

2nd T20I

3 July 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Singapore  Flag of Singapore.svg
203/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
206/7 (19.4 overs)
Surendran Chandramohan 100 (52)
Damien Ravu 3/53 (4 overs)
Tony Ura 93* (40)
Amjad Mahboob 2/12 (4 overs)
Papua New Guinea won by 3 wickets
Indian Association Ground, Singapore
Umpires: Hardeep Jadeja (Sin) and Senthil Kumar (Sin)
Player of the match: Tony Ura (PNG)

3rd T20I

5 July 2022
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
Indian Association Ground, Singapore
Umpires: Sathish Balasubramaniam (Sin) and Anand Natarajan (Sin)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.

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