| Italy v Papua New Guinea | 
| 1-Innings Match Played At Negari Selangor, KL, 26-Mar-1997, ICC Trophy | 
| Papua New Guinea Win by 101 runs | 
| Toss won by | Italy | 
| Umpires | Farid Malik (UAE) and JK Kruger (Nam) | 
| Man of the Match | PNG:Ovia, J | 
| Comment | Carlsberg ICC Trophy, 1996/97, Group D | 
| Points Awarded | Papua New Guinea 2, Italy 0 | 
| Papua New Guinea 219/4 (Overs 50) | 
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Min | Bls | 4s | 6s | 
| VB Kevau | c V Zuppiroli | b Akhlaq Qureshi | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 
| K Vuivagi | st K Kariyawasam | b Sajjad Ahmed | 29 | 0 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 
| N Maha | c A Amati | b Akhlaq Qureshi | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 
| J Ovia | run out | 94 | 0 | 129 | 6 | 1 | |
| C Amini | not out | 45 | 0 | 85 | 3 | 0 | |
| T Raka | not out | 15 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| V Pala* | dnb | - | |||||
| K Ilaraki | dnb | - | |||||
| I Morea+ | dnb | - | |||||
| T Gaudi | dnb | - | |||||
| F Arua | dnb | - | |||||
| extras | (b3 lb12 w18 nb1) | 34 | |||||
| TOTAL | 4 wickets for | 219 | 
| FOW | 
| 1-0(VB Kevau) 2-12(N Maha) 3-74(K Vuivagi) 4-199(J Ovia) | 
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | wd | nb | 
| Akhlaq Qureshi | 10 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 3 | - | 
| MGL Rajapakse | 10 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 
| SV de Mel | 10 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 1 | - | 
| B Giordano | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 5 | - | 
| Sajjad Ahmed | 10 | 1 | 32 | 1 | - | - | 
| A Amati | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | - | 
| R Maggio | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | - | 
| Italy 118 (Overs 48.4) | 
| Batsman | Fieldsman | Bowler | Runs | Min | Bls | 4s | 6s | 
| V Zuppiroli | lbw | b T Gaudi | 5 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 
| A Amati | b F Arua | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| B Giordano | c I Morea | b K Ilaraki | 22 | 0 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 
| Akhlaq Qureshi | c I Morea | b K Ilaraki | 12 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 
| SV de Mel | c K Vuivagi | b K Ilaraki | 12 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 
| A Pieri | b T Gaudi | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| A Pezzi* | run out | 9 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| K Kariyawasam+ | c K Ilaraki | b V Pala | 13 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 
| Sajjad Ahmed | c C Amini | b F Arua | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 
| MGL Rajapakse | not out | 6 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| R Maggio | b V Pala | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| extras | (b2 lb8 w18 nb3) | 31 | |||||
| TOTAL | 10 wickets for | 118 | 
| FOW | 
| 1-4(A Amati) 2-24(V Zuppiroli) 3-50(Akhlaq Qureshi) 4-75(SV de Mel) | 
| 5-75(B Giordano) 6-81(A Pieri) 7-99(A Pezzi) 8-101(Sajjad Ahmed) | 
| 9-108(K Kariyawasam) 10-118(R Maggio) | 
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | wd | nb | 
| T Raka | 10 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 5 | - | 
| F Arua | 10 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 
| T Gaudi | 10 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 
| K Ilaraki | 10 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 2 | - | 
| C Amini | 4.4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | - | - | 
| V Pala | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | - | - |