2018 MCC Tri-Nation Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 29 July 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Result | Nepal and Netherlands shared the series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2018 MCC Tri-nation series was a cricket tournament that was held on 29 July 2018 at Lord's in England. [1] The series featured Nepal, Netherlands and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), with the matches played as Twenty20 fixtures. [2] The third fixture, between Nepal and the Netherlands, was given full Twenty20 International (T20I) status by the International Cricket Council (ICC). [3]
Rain affected all three matches. The first two fixtures were both reduced to six overs per side. [4] In the third and final match, only 16.4 overs of play was possible, with the game ending in a no result. [5] Nepal and the Netherlands shared the series. [6]
MCC [7] | Nepal [8] | Netherlands [9] |
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Team | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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Nepal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +2.652 |
Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +1.667 |
MCC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2.365 |
v | MCC 62/2 (6 overs) | |
MCC 40/4 (6 overs) | v | |
v | ||
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