The 2021 Germany Tri-Nation Series was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that took place in Germany between 5 and 8 August 2021.[1][2] It was originally due to be played in May 2021,[3] but was postponed due to a new lockdown in Germany caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
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| Date | 5–8 August 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result |  Germany won the tournament | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The participating teams were the hosts Germany, along with France and Norway.[5] Spain were also scheduled to participate in a quadrangular event, but withdrew on 28 July due to COVID-19-related travel restrictions.[6] The matches were all played at the Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, part of the German Cricket Federation's National Performance Centre in the city of Krefeld.[7] These were the first official T20I matches to be played in Germany since the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full T20I status to all competitive matches between its members from 1 January 2019.[8][9][10]
Germany won the tournament, beating Norway by six wickets in the final.[10][11]
Squads
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Round-robin
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edit| Team[14] | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +0.809 |
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.365 |
| France
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4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –1.161 |
Fixtures
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Sher Sahak 30 (33)
Ghulam Ahmadi 4/5 (4 overs) |
- Germany won the toss and elected to field.
- Ghulam Ahmadi, Dylan Blignaut (Ger), Kuruge Abeyrathna, Usman Arif, Faizan Mumtaz, Vinay Ravi, Bilal Safdar, Sher Sahak and Ahmadullah Shinwari (Nor) all made their T20I debuts.
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Suventhiran Santhirakumaran 34 (39)
Raza Iqbal 2/13 (4 overs) |
- France won the toss and elected to field.
- Jubaid Ahamed, Dawood Ahmadzai, Virk Ali, Noman Amjad, Mobashar Ashraf, Hevit Jackson, Alestin Johnmary, Usman Khan, Rahmatullah Mangal, Suventhiran Santhirakumaran, Usman Shahid (Fra), Hashir Hussain, Junaid Mehmood and Wahidullah Sahak (Nor) all made their T20I debuts.
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Usman Khan 25 (25)
Venkatraman Ganesan 2/15 (4 overs) |
- Germany won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain.
- Israr Khan, Nooruddin Mujadady (Ger) and Mustafa Omer (Fra) all made their T20I debuts.
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- France won the toss and elected to field.
- Azmat Ali (Ger), Lingeswaran Canessane and Ibrahim Jabarkhel (Fra) all made their T20I debuts.
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Sher Sahak 29 (15)
Usman Khan 3/28 (4 overs) |
Usman Shahid 64 (55)
Vinay Ravi 2/23 (4 overs) |
- France won the toss and elected to field.
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Wahidullah Sahak 52 (44)
Ahmadschah Ahmadzai 2/24 (2 overs) |
Harmanjot Singh 49 (40)
Wahidullah Sahak 2/24 (4 overs) |
- Germany won the toss and elected to field.
- Ahmadschah Ahmadzai and Husnain Kabeer (Ger) both made their T20I debuts.
Final
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- Norway won the toss and elected to bat.
- Germany were set a revised target of 94 runs from 14 overs due to rain.
References
edit- ^ "More T20Is on the horizon in Europe". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Planung für die 4 Nation T20i Serie der Männer steht" [Planning for the men's 4 nation T20I series is here]. German Cricket Federation (in German). Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ "Germany set to host men's T20I quadrangular series". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- ^ "Germany Quadrangular T20I series postponed". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ "Cricket España participar en el torneo con Alemania, Francia y Noruega" [Cricket Spain to participate in the tournament with Germany, France and Norway]. Cricket Espana (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- ^ @Cricket_Germany (28 July 2021). "Unfortunately COVID restrictions mean that Cricket Espana will not make it to Krefeld next week for our T20i tournament" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Norway and France head to Germany for T20I Tri-Series in August 2021". Czarsports. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Spain national team heading to Germany". Cricket Espana. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ a b Emerging Cricket (9 August 2021). "Global Game: Germany crowned T20I tri-series champions". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ "Deutschland gewinnt T20i Tri-Nations-Series" [Germany wins T20i Tri-Nations Series]. German Cricket Federation (in German). Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "DCB nominiert 16 Spieler für das T20i 4-Nation-Turnier" [DCB nominates 16 players for the T20i 4-Nation Tournament]. German Cricket Federation (in German). Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ "T20I quadrangular series in Germany". Norwegian Cricket Federation. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Germany T20 Tri-Series 2021 Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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