New Zealand vs PNG Weather Report And Pitch Report Of Trinidad Stadium– ICC T20 World Cup 2024, Match 39

Trinidad is all set to host the New Zealand vs PNG ICC T20 World Cup 2024 match on Monday, June 17. The match starts at 8 pm IST which is 10.30 am local time.

New Zealand and PNG are both out of the tournament. The Kiwis have suffered victories against Afghanistan and West Indies. They could not chase 160 against the Afghans and 150 against the Windies. Kane Williamson the skipper has struggled with the bat. He has not yet scored a fifty in the World Cup.

This has been a forgetful World Cup so far for the Kiwis. They are generally consistent, but they have been knocked out in the group stage of a T20 World Cup for the first time.

They did play a bilateral series against Pakistan heading into this World Cup. However, they did not play any warm-up games heading into this tournament. The players also did not adjust well to the conditions across venues.

PNG have not won a single game in this World Cup themselves. They were competitive against West Indies but against Afghanistan and Uganda, they were completely outplayed. This World Cup should be a good learning curve for the side and should prepare them well for the future.

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With the last two Group stage games remaining, we have our Super 8 teams from each group. India and the USA qualified from Group A, Australia and England from Group B, Afghanistan and West Indies from Group C, and Bangladesh and South Africa from Group D.

New Zealand vs PNG Weather Report And Pitch Report Of Trinidad Stadium– ICC T20 World Cup 2024, Match 39

New Zealand vs PNG Weather Report Of Trinidad

The match starts at 10.30 am local time. The weather forecast does not look good with mostly cloudy skies with a thunderstorm as per Accuweather.

Almost 80 percent chance of rain is predicted along with thunderstorms. There will be a cloud cover of almost 90 percent and decent rain is expected as well. This looks to be another rain-affected game.

New Zealand vs PNG Pitch Analysis

Trinidad has hosted 10 T20I matches with six matches won by the team bowling first and six batting first. This is among the better batting grounds in the West Indies. West Indies and Afghanistan won their matches at this venue batting first and New Zealand won chasing.

160 has been the par score teams have found tough to chase. It should be a safe score batting first with the Kiwis having a good bowling attack. They can also look to chase quickly by bowing PNG out cheaply like they did against Uganda.

Weather Impact on New Zealand vs PNG, T20 World Cup 2024, Match 39

The match being a 10.30 am start rain is expected to hit the game early. The chance of rain is over 80 percent and a lot of rain is expected. Trinidad has seen results in its previous three games. The first semifinal will also be played at this venue on June 26. There is a decent amount of rain expected and the match might even be a washout.

Conclusion

The Kiwis who have had a disappointing World Cup campaign will look to end the tournament on a high with rain likely to play spoilsport.

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