Cricket series
| 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 2019 Spain Triangular T20I Series was a cricket tournament held in Spain from 29 to 31 March 2019. The tournament featured the national teams of Spain and Malta, as well as an Estonia XI. All matches were played at La Manga Club, near to the city of Cartagena in the Region of Murcia.
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. 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.
Squads
 Estonia XI
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 Malta
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Spain
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Points table
| 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
| 29 March 2019 09:30 Scorecard |
| Malta 125/6 (20 overs) |
v | Estonia XI 112/9 (20 overs) |
| Niraj Khanna 51 (42) Kalle Vislapuu 2/14 (4 overs) |
Stuart Hook 25 (22) Niraj Khanna 3/8 (2 overs) |
| Malta won by 13 runs La Manga Club, Cartagena Umpires: Harmit Dhull (Esp) and John Howden (Esp) |
- Malta won the toss and elected to bat.
| 29 March 2019 12:30 Scorecard |
| Estonia XI 86/7 (20 overs) |
v | Spain 88/0 (8.5 overs) |
| Tim Heath 15 (20) Faran Afzal 2/5 (4 overs) |
Faran Afzal 58* (33) |
| Spain won by 10 wickets La Manga Club, Cartagena Umpires: John Howden (Esp) and Adnan Khan (Esp) |
- Spain won the toss and elected to field.
| 29 March 2019 15:30 Scorecard |
| Malta 98/9 (20 overs) |
v | Spain 99/3 (12.1 overs) |
| Bikram Arora 28 (25) Tom Vine 4/28 (4 overs) |
Yasir Ali 57 (40) Jurg Hirschi 1/15 (2 overs) |
| Spain won by 7 wickets La Manga Club, Cartagena Umpires: Harmit Dhull (Esp) and Adnan Khan (Esp) |
- 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.
| 30 March 2019 09:30 Scorecard |
| Spain 183/4 (20 overs) |
v | Estonia XI 84/8 (20 overs) |
| Vinod Kumar 40* (27) Travis Beswick 2/39 (4 overs) |
Stuart Hook 17 (24) Christian Munoz-Mills 2/7 (3 overs) |
| Spain won by 99 runs La Manga Club, Cartagena Umpires: John Howden (Esp) and Adnan Khan (Esp) |
- Spain won the toss and elected to bat.
| 30 March 2019 12:30 Scorecard |
| Spain 206/2 (20 overs) |
v | Malta 97 (19.5 overs) |
| Awais Ahmed 102* (64) Sujesh Appu 1/21 (2 overs) |
Nowell Khosla 27 (23) Faran Afzal 3/11 (4 overs) |
| Spain won by 109 runs La Manga Club, Cartagena Umpires: Harmit Dhull (Esp) and Adnan Khan (Esp) |
- 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.
| 30 March 2019 15:30 Scorecard |
| Malta 157/4 (20 overs) |
v | Estonia XI 63 (16.4 overs) |
| Bikram Arora 42* (31) Tim Heath 1/18 (4 overs) |
Tim Heath 17 (20) George Aguis 2/6 (3 overs) |
| Malta won by 94 runs La Manga Club, Cartagena Umpires: Harmit Dhull (Esp) and John Howden (Esp) |
- Malta won the toss and elected to bat.
| 31 March 2019 10:00 Scorecard |
| Spain |
v | Malta |
| Match abandoned La Manga Club, Cartagena Umpires: Harmit Dhull (Esp) and Adnan Khan (Esp) |
- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
| 31 March 2019 13:00 Scorecard |
| Estonia XI |
v | Malta |
| Match abandoned La Manga Club, Cartagena Umpires: Harmit Dhull (Esp) and John Howden (Esp) |
- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
| 31 March 2019 16:00 Scorecard |
| Spain |
v | Estonia XI |
| Match abandoned La Manga Club, Cartagena Umpires: John Howden (Esp) and Adnan Khan (Esp) |
- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
References
- ^ "Records / Spain Triangular T20I Series, 2019 / All matches / Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ "Records / Spain Triangular T20I Series, 2019 / All matches / Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ "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.
External links
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