2022 Spain Tri-Nation Series

The 2022 Spain Tri-Nation Series was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that was held in Spain from 29 April to 1 May 2022.[1] The event was the first international series of the 2022 European summer season.[2] The participating teams were the hosts Spain, along with Guernsey and Norway.[3] The series was played at the Desert Springs Cricket Ground in Almería.[4] All competing nations used the event as preparation for the 2022–23 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier subregional tournaments.[5]

2022 Spain Tri-Nation Series
Date29 April – 1 May 2022
LocationSpain
Result Spain won the tournament
Player of the seriesSpain Lorne Burns
Teams
 Guernsey  Norway  Spain
Captains
Josh Butler Khizer Ahmed Christian Munoz-Mills[n 1]
Most runs
Josh Butler (93) Sher Sahak (99) Josh Trembeath-Moro (93)
Most wickets
Luke Bichard (7) Wahidullah Sahak (4) Lorne Burns (9)

Norway recovered from a slow start to beat Guernsey by 37 runs in the opening game.[6] Day two saw both Spain and Guernsey defeat Norway, before the hosts beat Guernsey to end the day on top of the table.[7] Spain were well beaten by Guernsey on the final morning,[8] but followed this with a comfortable victory over Norway to claim the series.[9]

Squads

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  Guernsey[10]   Norway[11]   Spain[12]
  • Christian Munoz-Mills (c)
  • Lorne Burns (vc)
  • Raja Adeel
  • Awais Ahmed (wk)
  • Yasir Ali
  • Mohammad Atif
  • Hamza Dar
  • Daniel Doyle-Calle
  • Zulqarnain Haider
  • Mohammad Kamran
  • Guarang Mayhavhenshi
  • Ravi Panchal
  • Charlie Rumistrzewicz
  • Josh Trembeath-Moro
  • Tom Vine

Points Table

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1   Spain 4 3 1 0 6 1.597
2   Guernsey 4 2 2 0 4 −0.678
3   Norway 4 1 3 0 2 −0.916
Source: ESPN Cricinfo[13]

Fixtures

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29 April 2022
15:00
Scorecard
Norway  
137/7 (20 overs)
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  Guernsey
100/7 (20 overs)
Sher Sahak 70* (29)
Luke Bichard 2/14 (4 overs)
Josh Butler 17 (28)
Raza Iqbal 2/18 (4 overs)
Norway won by 37 runs
Desert Springs Cricket Ground, Almería
Umpires: Gordon Ashford (Esp) and Andrew Elliott (Eng)
Player of the match: Sher Sahak (Nor)
  • Norway won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Declan Martel, Oliver Nightingale (Gue) and Ali Saleem (Nor) all made their T20I debuts.

30 April 2022
09:00
Scorecard
Spain  
129/5 (20 overs)
v
  Norway
78/9 (20 overs)
Yasir Ali 44 (39)
Vinay Ravi 2/10 (4 overs)
Walid Ghauri 23 (28)
Yasir Ali 2/12 (3 overs)
Spain won by 51 runs
Desert Springs Cricket Ground, Almería
Umpires: Gordon Ashford (Esp) and Andrew Elliott (Eng)
Player of the match: Yasir Ali (Esp)
  • Spain won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Lorne Burns, Daniel Doyle-Calle, Mohammad Kamran and Josh Trembeath-Moro (Esp) all made their T20I debuts.

30 April 2022
13:00
Scorecard
Norway  
120/7 (20 overs)
v
  Guernsey
126/2 (18 overs)
Khizer Ahmed 37 (36)
Luke Bichard 3/28 (4 overs)
Tom Nightingale 46* (48)
Abdullah Sheikh 1/19 (4 overs)
Guernsey won by 8 wickets
Desert Springs Cricket Ground, Almería
Umpires: Gordon Ashford (Esp) and Andrew Elliott (Eng)
Player of the match: Tom Nightingale (Gue)
  • Norway won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Aminullah Tanha (Nor) made his T20I debut.

30 April 2022
17:00
Scorecard
Guernsey  
78 (18 overs)
v
  Spain
80/2 (12.2 overs)
Josh Butler 16 (19)
Lorne Burns 5/11 (4 overs)
Awais Ahmed 42 (29)
Matthew Stokes 1/9 (2 overs)
Spain won by 8 wickets
Desert Springs Cricket Ground, Almería
Umpires: Darrin Clark (Esp) and Andrew Elliott (Eng)
Player of the match: Lorne Burns (Esp)

1 May 2022
10:30
Scorecard
Spain  
107 (20 overs)
v
  Guernsey
111/2 (18 overs)
Josh Trembeath-Moro 28 (29)
Luke Bichard 2/14 (3 overs)
Isaac Damarell 38* (45)
Raja Adeel 1/12 (3 overs)
Guernsey won by 8 wickets
Desert Springs Cricket Ground, Almería
Umpires: Darrin Clark (Esp) and Andrew Elliott (Eng)
Player of the match: Matthew Stokes (Gue)
  • Spain won the toss and elected to bat.

1 May 2022
14:30
Scorecard
Spain  
125/8 (20 overs)
v
  Norway
84 (18.5 overs)
Daniel Doyle-Calle 38 (34)
Bilal Safdar 3/17 (4 overs)
Ali Saleem 19 (22)
Yasir Ali 3/18 (2.5 overs)
Spain won by 41 runs
Desert Springs Cricket Ground, Almería
Umpires: Darrin Clark (Esp) and Andrew Elliott (Eng)
Player of the match: Daniel Doyle-Calle (Esp)
  • Spain won the toss and elected to bat.

Notes

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  1. ^ Lorne Burns captained Spain in their remaining matches after Christian Munoz-Mills retired hurt during the second T20I of the series.

References

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  1. ^ "Guernsey to play T20 ranking tournament in Spain". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  2. ^ "European international summer underway in Spain". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Spain trip opens busy international summer". Guernsey Press. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Cricket Espana to host triangular series At Desert Springs". Cricket España. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Cricket Espana to host men's T20I tri-series with Norway and Guernsey in April/May 2022". Czarsportz. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Guernsey lose to Norway by 37 runs in T20 series opener". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Guernsey beat Norway but suffer Spain loss in Twenty20 international series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Two successful revenge missions for Guernsey at Desert Springs". Guernsey Press. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Spain lift tri-series title on final day". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Guernsey's men set for international return in Spain". Guernsey Press. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Team Norge Spain tri series". Norwegian Cricket Board (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  12. ^ "Spanish squad named for the tri-series with Guernsey and Norway". Cricket España. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  13. ^ "Spain Triangular T20I Series 2022". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  14. ^ "Spain out in front after day two". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
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