Papua New Guinea vs Uganda Scorecard and Highlights: Uganda make history, they secure their first ever World Cup win in Guyana

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UGANDA HAS WON THEIR FIRST MATCH EVER IN THE T20I WC....!!!! pic.twitter.com/mJsDueBbgJ

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) June 6, 2024

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Papua New Guinea vs Uganda Live Score and Updates: Post-match comments

Brian Masaba - Uganda captain: Pretty special win for us, first win at the World Cup. Super proud of this group of boys, it's very special. It's been quite a journey - 3-4 years of hard work. Getting to WC was special, this is more special. Our execution was much better, the ability to adjust and execute the plans, super proud of the bowling. (Seamers' plan) Hard length, wicket-to-wicket, we knew that the wicket was two-placed and it worked in our favour. When you are three down early, we knew it's going to be tough. Every run they scored in that partnership was special and important. Kudos to them to keep their heads down and doing the job for the team. We've got a pretty special group of fans. These guys have travelled halfway around the world to come and support us. It's the least we can do for them. Back home, there's huge following. We salute and appreciate them.

Assad Vala - Papua New Guinea captain: Difficult wicket to bat on. Not just for us, for them as well. Runs around 100 was enough, we couldn't add up. We lost crucial wickets at crucial times and a lot of soft dismissals. We spoke that it was a tough wicket to start. We put them under pressure. When defending a low score, you have to get those chances and also a lot of extras we gave away. They batted well. We need to take chances, we need to be at our best. We need to adapt quickly.
Lowest run-rates in a Men’s T20 WC match

Riazat Ali - Player of the Match: It wasn't the easy wicket to bat on, we had also lost wickets when I went in, the target was far away. The message (from the management) was the same, score singles and rotate strike. First win of the WC, it's special, it's really amazing, thanks to our bowlers, also our supporters who always support and pray for us. Despite losing the first match, we knew we had talent and we came here to win.

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Papua New Guinea vs Uganda Live Score and Updates: Uganda make history, they secure their first ever World Cup win in Guyana

Uganda claimed their inaugural World Cup victory by defeating Papua New Guinea in Match 9 of the T20 World Cup 2024, held at the Providence Stadium in Guyana.

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Papua New Guinea vs Uganda Live Score and Updates: Uganda are 39/5 in 9.2 over, match hangs in the balance

Papua New Guinea vs Uganda Live Score and Updates: Uganda in huge trouble as the lose 3 wickets in the powerplay

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Papua New Guinea vs Uganda Live Score and Updates: Uganda in huge trouble as the lose 3 wickets in the powerplay

 Uganda in huge trouble, they have lost their way in the chase and are losing wickets at regular intervals.

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Papua New Guinea vs Uganda Live Score and Updates: Uganda lose wicket in the first over, Papua New Guinea needs a need a few more wickets in the powerplay

Early trouble for Uganda is a small chase.. could be very very tricky if they lose a couple more wickets.

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Papua New Guinea vs Uganda Live Score and Updates: Papua New Guinea bundle out for 77, Excellent bowling by Uganda

Papua New Guinea get bundled out for 77, what an inspiring performance this has been by the Uganda bowlers. 

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Papua New Guinea vs Uganda Live Score and Updates: Papua New Guinea are 65/7 in 15.5 overs, Uganda with the upper hand

Uganda bowlers have kept it very tight and taken wickets at regular intervals, they haven't not allowed the PNG batter to settle down.

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Papua New Guinea vs Uganda Live Score and Updates: Papua New Guinea are 48/5 in 10.2 overs, Uganda continue to dominating the game

Brian Masaba ripping them like the Shane Warne, Nsubuga has been very effect with his offies. and gets two important wickets.

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Papua New Guinea vs Uganda Live Score and Updates: Papua New Guinea are 19 /3 in 3.3 overs, Uganda are dominating the game at the moment

Excellent bowling by the Uganda team, they are all over Papua New Guinea at the moment and it's advantage to Uganada in the powerplay.

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Papua New Guinea vs Uganda Live Score and Updates: Asaad Vala gets dismissed in the first over, Uganda with a brilliant start

Alpesh Ramjani with an excellent start for Uganda, PNG lose their first wicket early on and under huge pressure.

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Papua New Guinea vs Uganda Live Score and Updates: Comments at the toss

PNG Captain, Assad Vala - We were also looking to field, but we'll need to bat well now. We spoke about some areas where we can improve, we played some good cricket against a Test-playing nation. One change for us.

Uganda Captain, Brian Masaba - We will bowl. We played here previously, we know exactly what to do. We had a discussion, just need to bat well and not lose wickets in clusters. Two changes for us.

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Papua New Guinea vs Uganda Live Score and Updates: Playing XIs

Papua New Guinea (Playing XI): Tony Ura, Assad Vala(c), Lega Siaka, Sese Bau, Hiri Hiri, Kiplin Doriga(w), Charles Amini, Norman Vanua, Alei Nao, Chad Soper, John Kariko
Uganda (Playing XI): Simon Ssesazi(w), Roger Mukasa, Robinson Obuya, Dinesh Nakrani, Riazat Ali Shah, Alpesh Ramjani, Kenneth Waiswa, Brian Masaba(c), Juma Miyagi, Cosmas Kyewuta, Frank Nsubuga

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Papua New Guinea vs Uganda Live Score and Updates: TOSS

Uganda won the toss and opt to bowl first

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Papua New Guinea vs Uganda Live Score and Updates: Pitch Report

The pitch is expected to favour spinners in the second innings, with teams preferring to bat first in day games. Recent weather conditions have been wet, potentially affecting pitch conditions on match day. The captain who wins the toss will look to bat second.

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