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Vala ton sets up PNG win over Namibia
- Updated: October 19, 2016
Papua New Guinea 311 (Vala 144*, B Scholtz 5-105) and 189 (Morea 61, B Scholtz 6-65) beat Namibia 146 (Burger 52*, Siaka 3-16, Vanua 3-39) and 155 (Kotze 36, Siaka 4-38) by 199 runsScorecard
Stand-in captain Assad Vala scored an unbeaten 144 in the first innings to set up Papua New Guinea’s 199-run win over Namibia at Port Moresby in PNG’s first Intercontinental Cup match on home soil. It is PNG’s second win in the competition, moving them past Scotland and Hong Kong into fourth place with 40 points from four games and putting them just six points behind Netherlands for third.
Vala, who took over leadership duties for the injured Jack Vare, elected to bat first at the toss and scored his second century in as many I-Cup matches for Papua New Guinea after making 120 in January against Ireland. It set up PNG’s first innings total of 311 and Namibia struggled in reply after medium pacer …
