2022 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series (round 10)

The 2022 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series was the 10th round of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 cricket tournament that took place in the United Arab Emirates in March 2022.[1] Originally scheduled to take place in February 2023, it was moved back to March 2022 due to fixtures impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic being rearranged.[2][3]

2022 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series
Part of 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2
Date15–22 March 2022
LocationUnited Arab Emirates
Teams
   Nepal  Papua New Guinea  United Arab Emirates
Captains
Sandeep Lamichhane Assad Vala Ahmed Raza
Most runs
Rohit Paudel (159) Assad Vala (178) Rohan Mustafa (188)
Most wickets
Sompal Kami (11) Chad Soper (6)
Alei Nao (6)
Basil Hameed (9)

It was a tri-nation series between Nepal, Papua New Guinea and the United Arab Emirates cricket teams, with the matches played as One Day International (ODI) fixtures.[4] The ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 formed part of the qualification pathway to the 2023 Cricket World Cup.[5][6]

In the week before the series, the UAE competed in another tri-nation series, winning two of their four games.[7] In preparation for the series, Nepal played four warm-up matches in Sri Lanka, winning twice against Sri Lanka Navy Club and once against Sri Lanka Police, before losing to a Sri Lanka Combined XI.[8]

On 19 March 2022, Papua New Guinea registered their first win in their 15th match of the Cricket World Cup League 2, when they beat the United Arab Emirates by six wickets.[9]

Squads

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    Nepal[10]   Papua New Guinea[11]   United Arab Emirates[12]

On 28 February 2022, Nepal named a preliminary squad of 20 players for the tournament.[13] On 3 March 2022, the squad was cut to 16 players as the team travelled to Sri Lanka for a series of warm-up matches before travelling on to the UAE.[14] Mohammad Boota, Karthik Meiyappan and Rahul Bhatia were all named as reserves in the UAE squad.[12]

Fixtures

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1st ODI

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15 March 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Papua New Guinea  
176/8 (50 overs)
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  United Arab Emirates
179/3 (44.3 overs)
Assad Vala 46 (72)
Basil Hameed 4/19 (10 overs)
Asif Khan 81* (102)
Chad Soper 2/29 (9 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 7 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Shiju Sam (UAE) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)
Player of the match: Basil Hameed (UAE)
  • Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd ODI

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16 March 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Papua New Guinea  
204/8 (50 overs)
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    Nepal
208/8 (49.2 overs)
Charles Amini 59 (82)
Sompal Kami 3/48 (10 overs)
Rohit Paudel 60 (83)
Riley Hekure 2/32 (9.2 overs)
Nepal won by 2 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Rohit Paudel (Nep)
  • Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sagar Dhakal (Nep) made his ODI debut.

3rd ODI

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18 March 2022
09:30
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates  
168 (46.3 overs)
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    Nepal
120 (35.1 overs)
Rohan Mustafa 40 (81)
Sompal Kami 4/39 (9 overs)
Rohit Paudel 46 (60)
Basil Hameed 4/15 (5 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 48 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)
Player of the match: Rohan Mustafa (UAE)
  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.

4th ODI

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19 March 2022
09:30
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates  
147 (50 overs)
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  Papua New Guinea
150/4 (36.2 overs)
Rohan Mustafa 88 (144)
Alei Nao 4/27 (10 overs)
Assad Vala 68* (97)
Kashif Daud 1/9 (5 overs)
Papua New Guinea won by 6 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Shiju Sam (UAE) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)
Player of the match: Alei Nao (PNG)
  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.

5th ODI

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21 March 2022
09:30
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates  
202/9 (50 overs)
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    Nepal
103 (35.1 overs)
Rohan Mustafa 60 (73)
Sandeep Lamichhane 3/32 (10 overs)
Gyanendra Malla 30 (65)
Junaid Siddique 4/23 (8 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 99 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)
Player of the match: Rohan Mustafa (UAE)
  • Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
  • Nepal scored their lowest total in ODI cricket.[15]

6th ODI

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22 March 2022
09:30
Scorecard
Papua New Guinea  
173/8 (50 overs)
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    Nepal
174/3 (37 overs)
Assad Vala 45 (96)
Sandeep Lamichhane 2/29 (10 overs)
Aarif Sheikh 59* (102)
Charles Amini 2/36 (8 overs)
Nepal won by 7 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Aarif Sheikh (Nep)
  • Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
  • Bhim Sharki (Nep) made his ODI debut.

References

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  1. ^ "UAE to host Oman, Namibia, Nepal and PNG for CWC League 2 series in March 2022". Czar Sports. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 qualifying matches rescheduled". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Basil Hameed and CP Rizwan help UAE to second win over Oman in consecutive days". The National. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  4. ^ "ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 series announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Namibia crowned ICC World Cricket League Division 2 champions with victory over Oman". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Associates pathway to 2023 World Cup undergoes major revamp". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Chirag Suri and Vriitya Aravind thrive in Sharjah as records tumble in World Cup League 2". The National. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Nepal conclude Sri Lanka tour with defeat". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Papua New Guinea secure victory at last after outplaying UAE in World Cup League 2". The National. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  10. ^ "CAN announces final ODI squad under Sandeep Lamichhane's captaincy". HamroKhelkud. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  11. ^ "PNG Cricket announce men's squads for tours of UAE and Nepal". Czarsportz. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  12. ^ a b "ECB announce team that will represent the UAE in the second leg of 'Sky247.net Tri-Series March 2022, supported by Sat Sport News', against Nepal and Papua New Guinea". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  13. ^ "CAN call 20 players for League 2 camp". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  14. ^ @CricketNep (3 March 2022). "The Following 16 players and 6 support staffs will be leaving for Sri Lanka on 5th March to play 4 practice matches against 1st class teams from Sri Lanka" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  15. ^ "Nepal's batting woes continue". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
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