Norman Vanua

Joe Root, with a career-high 923 rating points, is now at No. 19 on the list of the highest-rated batters in Test history

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Namibia lose control of a middling chase as PNG's discipline shines through

Four takeaways from the group stages of the T20 World Cup Qualifier

The result eliminated Kenya from playoff contention

The seamer's third-over blitz helped PNG skittle Bermuda out for 89

The two bowlers claimed four wickets each to consign Hong Kong to a 58-run loss and the last spot in the World Cup qualifier

Shaiman Anwar's maiden T20I hundred in the second T20I and UAE bowlers' performance in the 3rd T20I helped them secure a 3-0 series win against PNG in Abu Dhabi

Fast bowlers Norman Vanua and Willie Gavera took three wickets each and played leading roles during a collapse in which Namibia lost six wickets for 57 runs in Port Moresby

Stand-in captain Assad Vala scored an unbeaten 144 in the first innings to set up Papua New Guinea's 199-run rout of Namibia at Port Moresby, their first I-Cup win at home

Ireland maintained their flawless run in the current edition of the Intercontinental Cup, once again claiming the maximum 20 points with a 146-run win over Papua New Guinea

Norman Vanua, who stole an improbable two-wicket win for Papua New Guinea against Ireland, has said that he himself was at a loss for what to do after the result

A suffocating fielding performance by Papua New Guinea set the stage for Ireland's first loss at the World T20 Qualifier since the opening match of 2012 against Namibia, ending a streak of 21 straight wins in the tournament

Medium pacer Norman Vanua's 5 for 36 sealed a 133-run win for Papua New Guinea over Hong Kong in a three-day tour match in Townsville, Australia on Thursday

Round-up of the final match-day of the ICC Under-19 World Cup Qualifier 2011