The 2019 Spain Triangular T20I Series was a cricket tournament held in Spain from 29 to 31 March 2019.[3] The tournament featured the national teams of Spain and Malta, as well as an Estonia XI.[3] All matches were played at La Manga Club, near to the city of Cartagena in the Region of Murcia.
| 2019 Spain Triangular T20I Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 29–31 March 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location |  Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result | Spain won the series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The matches played between Spain and Malta had Twenty20 International (T20I) status, with both teams making their debuts in the format after the International Cricket Council announced that all matches played between Associate Members from 1 January 2019 would have T20I status.[4] The Estonian XI was not an official national side. Spain won the series after all three games on the final day were abandoned with no play possible due to rain.[5]
Squads edit
 Estonia XI[6]
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 Malta[7]
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Spain[8]
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Points table edit
| P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | |
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| Spain
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6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | +4.880 |
| Malta
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6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | –0.689 |
| Estonia XI
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6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | –3.721 |
Fixtures edit
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Niraj Khanna 51 (42)
Kalle Vislapuu 2/14 (4 overs) |
Stuart Hook 25 (22)
Niraj Khanna 3/8 (2 overs) |
- Malta won the toss and elected to bat.
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Tim Heath 15 (20)
Faran Afzal 2/5 (4 overs) |
Faran Afzal 58* (33)
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- Spain won the toss and elected to field.
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Bikram Arora 28 (25)
Tom Vine 4/28 (4 overs) |
Yasir Ali 57 (40)
Jurg Hirschi 1/15 (2 overs) |
- Malta won the toss and elected to bat.
- Faran Afzal, Awais Ahmed, Yasir Ali, Zulqarnain Haider, Tauqeer Hussain, Kuldeep Lal, Atif Mehmood, Christian Munoz-Mills, Ravi Panchal, Mukhtiar Singh, Tom Vine (Esp), George Aguis, Sujesh Appu, Samuel Aquilina, Bikram Arora, Jurg Hirschi, Sumair Khan, Niraj Khanna, Nowell Khosla, David Marks, Haroon Mughal and Hasheem Shahzad (Mlt) all made their T20I debuts.
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Vinod Kumar 40* (27)
Travis Beswick 2/39 (4 overs) |
Stuart Hook 17 (24)
Christian Munoz-Mills 2/7 (3 overs) |
- Spain won the toss and elected to bat.
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Awais Ahmed 102* (64)
Sujesh Appu 1/21 (2 overs) |
Nowell Khosla 27 (23)
Faran Afzal 3/11 (4 overs) |
- Spain won the toss and elected to bat.
- Muhammad Asjed, Paul Hennessy (Esp) and Michael Nazir (Mlt) all made their T20I debuts.
- Awais Ahmed became the first batsman for Spain to score a century in T20Is.[9]
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Bikram Arora 42* (31)
Tim Heath 1/18 (4 overs) |
Tim Heath 17 (20)
George Aguis 2/6 (3 overs) |
- Malta won the toss and elected to bat.
References edit
- ^ a b c "Records / Spain Triangular T20I Series, 2019 / All matches / Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ a b c "Records / Spain Triangular T20I Series, 2019 / All matches / Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Spain T20I Tri Series 2018-19". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ "Spain Tri Series 2019 – Complete Report". Theweeklysports.com. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "Estonia XI vs Malta, 1st Match". Cricbuzz. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ @MaltaCricket (8 March 2019). "The Malta Cricket Association is proud to announce our playing squad for the upcoming T20 Triangular Tournament in La Manga" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Cricket Espana squad announced for the triangular series with Estonia and Malta". Cricket España. 7 March 2019. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
- ^ "Awais Ahmed 1st T20I hundred for Spain-102 off 64 vs Malta-". TheWeeklySports.com. Retrieved 1 April 2019.