In the match between New Zealand and Papua New Guinea of T20 World Cup 2024, New Zealand won the match by 7 wickets with Papua New Guinea due to great performance in batting and bowling. After winning this match, New Zealand was placed in the 3rd position with 4 points in group C and was not qualified for Super 8 as per the points table of T20 World Cup 2024.

Earlier, New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl first thus Papua New Guinea first batted and was all out at only 78 runs in 19.4 overs due to great bowling by Lockie Ferguson 3/0 (4), Tim Southee 2/11 (4), and Trent Boult 2/14 (4). Charles Amini 17 (25), Noman Vanua 14 (13), and Sese Bau 12 (27) were good batting from the Papua New Guinea side. After this inning, Papua New Guinea set a very low target of 79 runs in 20 overs for New Zealand to win this match.

During chasing, New Zealand lost 3 wickets, reached the target of 79 runs in 12 .2 overs, and won the match by 7 wickets with Papua New Guinea due to good batting by Devon Conway 35 (32), Daryl Mitchell 19* (12), and Kane Williamson 18* (17). Kabua Morea 2/4 (2), and Semo Kamea 1/23 (3) were good bowling from the Papua New Guinea side.

Lockie Ferguson (NZ), 3/0 (4), was declared as the Player of the Match due to great performance in bowling.