Scottish cricket team against Papua New Guinea in the UAE in 2017–18

Scottish cricket team against PNG in 2017–18

	Papua New Guinea	Scotland
Dates	24 – 25 November 2017
Captains	Assad Vala	Kyle Coetzer
One Day International series
Results	Scotland won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs	Assad Vala (50)	Kyle Coetzer (95)
Most wickets	John Reva (3) Chad Soper (3)	Mark Watt (5)

The Scotland cricket team toured the United Arab Emirates in November 2017 to play two One Day Internationals (ODIs) against the Papua New Guinea cricket team.^[1]^[2] Scotland won the series 2–0.^[3]

Squads

Papua New Guinea^[4]	Scotland^[5]
Assad Vala (c) Dogodo Bau Sese Bau Mahuru Dai Kiplin Doriga Alei Nao Nosaina Pokana Damien Ravu John Reva Lega Siaka Chad Soper Tony Ura Norman Vanua Jack Vare	Kyle Coetzer (c) Con de Lange (vc) Richie Berrington Matthew Cross (wk) Michael English Alasdair Evans Michael Leask Calum MacLeod George Munsey Mitchell Rao Elliot Ruthven Safyaan Sharif Craig Wallace Mark Watt

24 November 2017
09:30
Scorecard

Papua New Guinea 147 (44.2 overs)	v	Scotland 148/4 (38.1 overs)
Assad Vala 40 (78) Safyaan Sharif 4/38 (8 overs)		Calum MacLeod 60* (92) Mahuru Dai 2/35 (10 overs)

Scotland won by 6 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Alu Kapa (PNG) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Calum MacLeod (Sco)

25 November 2017
09:30
Scorecard

Papua New Guinea 192/8 (50 overs)	v	Scotland 196/6 (46.2 overs)
Sese Bau 41 (59) Mark Watt 3/21 (10 overs)		Kyle Coetzer 66 (85) John Reva 3/40 (9.2 overs)

Scotland won by 4 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Allan Haggo (Sco) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Kyle Coetzer (Sco)

^ "PNG ODIs added to Scotland's winter schedule". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
^ "Scotland cricketers warm up for crucial double-header". Scotland Herald. 19 November 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
^ "Watt, Coetzer give Scotland series sweep". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
^ "HEBOU PNG Barramundis Squad announced for UAE Tour". Cricket PNG. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
^ "Three new caps feature in Scotland Squad". Cricket Scotland. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
^ "PNG Umpire Alu Kapa Appointed for ODIs". Post Courier. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.