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Papua New Guinea cricket team in Hong Kong in 2016–17
	Hong Kong	Papua New Guinea
Dates	4 – 8 November 2016
Captains	Babar Hayat	Assad Vala
One Day International series
Results	Hong Kong won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Babar Hayat (159)	Assad Vala (114)
Most wickets	Anshuman Rath (9)	Chad Soper (10)
Player of the series	Babar Hayat (HK)

The Papua New Guinea national cricket team toured Hong Kong in November 2016 to play three One Day Internationals (ODIs) matches at Mission Road Ground, Mong Kok. Hong Kong won the series 2–1.

Squads

Hong Kong	Papua New Guinea
Babar Hayat (c) Aizaz Khan (vc) Anshuman Rath Jamie Atkinson (wk) Christopher Carter Kyle Christie Ehsan Khan Nadeem Ahmed Nizakat Khan Kinchit Shah Shahid Wasif Tanveer Ahmed Tanwir Afzal Waqas Khan	Assad Vala (c) Dogodo Bau (wk) Sese Bau Mahuru Dai Willie Gavera Hiri Hiri Vani Morea Alei Nao Nosaina Pokana John Reva Lega Siaka Chad Soper Tony Ura Norman Vanua

ODI series

1st ODI

Hong Kong  269 (42 overs)	v	Papua New Guinea 163 (38.2 overs)
Babar Hayat 77 (95) Mahuru Dai 3/58 (10 overs)		Assad Vala 43 (41) Anshuman Rath 3/22 (10 overs)

• Tabarak Dar (HK) stood in his first ODI as an umpire.
• Dogodo Bau, Sese Bau, Hiri Hiri and Chad Soper (PNG) all made their ODI debuts.

2nd ODI

Papua New Guinea  201 (45.5 overs)	v	Hong Kong 187 (48.1 overs)
Assad Vala 70 (87) Nadeem Ahmed 4/50 (10 overs)		Shahid Wasif 45 (69) Chad Soper 6/41 (10 overs)

• Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to bat.
• Kyle Christie (HK) and John Reva (PNG) both made their ODI debuts.

3rd ODI

Papua New Guinea  244/7 (50 overs)	v	Hong Kong 181/3 (33.3 overs)
Mahuru Dai 76* (62) Anshuman Rath 3/25 (10 overs)		Babar Hayat 82* (87) Lega Siaka 1/11 (3 overs)

• Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to bat.
• A rain delay during Hong Kong's innings set them a revised target of 178 runs in 38 overs.
• Ian Thomson (HK) stood in his first ODI as an umpire.

References

1. "Hong Kong to host PNG for three ODIs in November". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
2. "Hong Kong to host PNG for three ODIs in November". Retrieved 16 June 2016.
3. "PNG To Take On Hong Kong In ODI Series". Retrieved 16 June 2016.
4. "Hayat, Rath seal series win for Hong Kong". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
5. "Hong Kong Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
6. "Papua New Guinea Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2016.

External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

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