2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Europe

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2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Europe
Dates26 – 29 June 2019
Administrator(s) International Cricket Council
Cricket format Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s)Double round-robin
Host(s) Flag of Spain.svg Spain
ChampionsFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Runners-upFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Participants3
Matches6
Most runs Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sterre Kalis (158)
Most wickets Flag of the Netherlands.svg Heather Siegers (7)
2021

The 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Europe was a cricket tournament that was held in Spain in June 2019. [1] [2] The matches in the tournament were played as Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is), with the top team progressing to both the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier and the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournaments. [3]

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In March 2019, Scotland was confirmed as the host nation for the Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament. [4] Therefore, if Scotland won the Europe Qualifier group, the next highest positioned team would also progress to the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament. [5] [6] On 31 May 2019, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed all of the squads for the tournament. [7]

On 26 June 2019, in the opening fixture of the tournament, Germany played their first ever WT20I match. [8] The following day, the match between Scotland and the Netherlands ended in a tie, with Scotland winning the Super Over. [9] [10] Ahead of the final day of fixtures, all three teams were still in contention to win the qualifier. [11] On the final day of the qualifier, both Scotland and the Netherlands won their match against Germany. Therefore, the Netherlands won the tournament, after finishing ahead of Scotland on net run rate. [12] [13] [14]

Teams

The following teams competed in the tournament: [1]

Points table

PosTeamPldWLTNRPts NRR
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 4310062.899Advanced to qualifying tournament [lower-alpha 1]
2Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 4310062.371
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 404000−5.967
Source: [16]
Notes:
  1. Scotland advance automatically as host of the qualifying tournament [15]

Fixtures

26 June 2019
10:30
Scorecard
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg
37/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
38/2 (6 overs)
Sarah Bryce 19* (16)
Emma Bargna 2/21 (3 overs)
Scotland Women won by 8 wickets
La Manga Club, Murcia
Umpires: Rakbir Hasan (Ita) and Pim van Liemt (Ned)

26 June 2019
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg
123/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
116/8 (20 overs)
Denise van Deventer 35 (33)
Katie McGill 2/9 (2 overs)
Priyanaz Chatterji 26* (26)
Heather Siegers 2/10 (4 overs)
Netherlands Women won by 7 runs
La Manga Club, Murcia
Umpires: Alex Dowdalls (Sco) and Pim van Liemt (Ned)

27 June 2019
10:30
Scorecard
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg
196/3 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
65/7 (20 overs)
Sterre Kalis 126* (76)
Stephanie Frohnmayer 1/28 (4 overs)
Christina Gough 22 (33)
Annemijn van Beuge 2/4 (4 overs)
Netherlands Women won by 131 runs
La Manga Club, Murcia
Umpires: Alex Dowdalls (Sco) and Rakbir Hasan (Ita)

27 June 2019
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg
96 (18.5 overs)
v
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
96/7 (20 overs)
Kathryn Bryce 34 (39)
Caroline de Lange 3/10 (4 overs)
Babette de Leede 27* (26)
Kathryn Bryce 2/4 (3 overs)
Match tied
(Scotland Women won the Super Over)

La Manga Club, Murcia
Umpires: Alex Dowdalls (Sco) and Pim van Liemt (Ned)
  • Netherlands Women won the toss and elected to field.

29 June 2019
10:30
Scorecard
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg
168/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
61/7 (20 overs)
Kathryn Bryce 65 (46)
Christina Gough 3/32 (4 overs)
Christina Gough 17 (22)
Katie McGill 3/13 (4 overs)
Scotland Women won by 107 runs
La Manga Club, Murcia
Umpires: Rakbir Hasan (Ita) and Pim van Liemt (Ned)

29 June 2019
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg
63/9 (20 overs)
v
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
64/1 (7 overs)
Janet Ronalds 22 (38)
Eva Lynch 2/4 (4 overs)
Heather Siegers 36* (26)
Stephanie Frohnmayer 1/19 (2 overs)
Netherlands Women won by 9 wickets
La Manga Club, Murcia
Umpires: Alex Dowdalls (Sco) and Rakbir Hasan (Ita)
  • Germany Women won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Kainat Qureshi (Ger) and Eva Lynch (Ned) both made their WT20I debuts.

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