Ileana Sanchez
Dailysports's expert
Papua New Guinea
Uganda
The T20 Cricket World Cup is gaining momentum. During the fifth match day in Providence, Rhode Island, the duel between Papua New Guinea and Uganda will take place. The Dailysports team of analysts has prepared for you a prediction for this game.
Papua New Guinea
Bookmakers' analytics say that Papua New Guinea and Uganda are one of the underdogs of the current World Cup. Odds of 100 are being taken on both national teams to win the tournament. The same odds are on them winning their group.
However, that didn't stop Papua New Guinea from giving the West Indies a fight in their first match at this tournament. Few expected one of the favorites to start the competition so weakly. On the other hand, the representatives of Africa took advantage of the uncertainty of the obvious favorite and fought to the last for a sensational result.
It should be noted that for Barramundis, this is only the second participation in the final part of the World Cup T20. Last time, PNG finished in last place. This time there is an opportunity to improve this indicator, because the opponents in the next match will be Uganda - a debutant of big cricket tournaments.
Uganda
Uganda is just discovering the world of big cricket. The team has never before played in the World Cup in the T20 format and is just getting familiar with this level. As we said earlier, not least the expansion of the tournament has helped them make their way into the tournament: in 2021, for example, Papua New Guinea finished in last place, which was sixteenth. There are now 20 participants.
In the first game of the World Cup, Cricket Cranes faced Afghanistan. There was no struggle in this match: Afghanistan confidently closed the match, proving their advantage over such a modest opponent at the moment.
Interesting facts and history of head-to-head meetings
- Papua New Guinea and Uganda last met in the T20 format in 2022. It was a qualifier for the previous World Cup. The meeting ended with PNG winning by 8 wickets.
- Bookmakers consider Papua New Guinea as the obvious favorite of the confrontation. Its victory in some bookmakers can be bet at odds of 1.4. If Uganda wins the match, it will increase the bank three times.
Papua New Guinea vs Uganda Prediction
Papua New Guinea started the previous match against West Indies very slowly. There were big problems in the batting and as a consequence they managed to score only seven runs in the first two overs. I expect Barramundis to start the game similarly: the team will take some time to settle in and then build momentum. Therefore, my bet is PNG's individual runs total in the first over at less than 7 for 1.551.
