Scotland topped Group B with two wins and shocked Bangladesh in their opening game.
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Berrington shared a partnership of 92 runs in 65 balls. Matthew Cross (45) Scotland played a challenging 165 for 9 after opting to bat before adding another 33 with Callum McLeod (10).
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Kyle Coetzer’s men then put up a scintillating bowling effort with Davey (4/18) to emerge as the standout bowler to dismiss PNG for 148 in 19.3 overs.
PNG thus pulled out early from their first campaign in the T20 World Cup after their second successive defeat. They lost to Oman by 10 wickets in their first match of the tournament.
Chasing 166 for victory, PNG needed to set their batsmen on fire but found no momentum and were soon reduced to 35 for 5 in 6 overs.
Norman Vanua (47) and Kiplin Doriga (18) then added 53 runs in 29 balls to revive hope but Watt broke the partnership in the 17th over, dismissing the latter.
Davey then returned to remove Vanua and dashed slim hopes of a first win in PNG’s first global appearance.
Earlier, Berrington hit three sixes with six over the fence to lay the foundation for a big score during his 49-ball stay, but PNG broke the last three overs, conceding only 19 runs and six in the process. Took wickets.
Kabua Morea (4/31) and Chad Soper (3/24) were the most successful bowlers for PNG.
George Munsey gave Scotland a good start with three fours but Morea gave the first blow to captain Coetzer in the third over.
Muncy also died soon after trying to present a delivery from Soper as Scotland slipped to 26 for 2 in 3.4 overs.
Cross and Berrington then took the innings forward as Scotland posted 67 for two in 10 overs.
Berrington was the main attacker as he pulled one off Soper for a boundary before dancing down the track and caught Lega Siaka at long-on for a maximum.
He treated Charles Amini with disdain, pulling him through the square leg area for another four.
Cross then patted Amini at deep mid-wicket and extended their 50-run stand.
Berrington equalized with another six at long off.
Nosaina Pokana was then in the line of fire as Berrington and Cross milked them for 18 runs studded with two fours and a six as Scotland crossed the 100-mark in 13 overs.
Simon Atai He broke the partnership in the 15th over by getting Cross caught at deep mid-wicket.
However, it didn’t matter as McLeod shook hands with Berrington and conceded 15 runs to Morea.
Berrington then slammed Soper at long-on and scored 11 runs in the over.
PNG, however, made amends in the last three overs with Pokana bowling a tough over and Soper struck twice in three balls to remove McLeod and Berrington.
In the last over, Michael Lesky Hit a six but PNG took four wickets to keep things under control.
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