2019 Valletta Cup

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2019 Valletta Cup
Dates17 – 20 October 2019
Administrator(s) Malta Cricket Association
Cricket format Twenty20 International, Twenty20
Host(s)Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
ChampionsFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Runners-upFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary XI
Participants4
Matches9
Player of the series Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Sabawoon Davizi
Most runs Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Sabawoon Davizi (253)
Most wickets Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Kushalkumar Mendon (11)
2021

The 2019 Valletta Cup, the inaugural edition of the Valletta Cup, was a Twenty20 cricket tournament held in Malta between 17 and 20 October 2019. [1] [2] [3] The participating teams were the hosts Malta along with Czech Republic, Iceland and a Hungary XI. Matches played between Malta and the Czech Republic had official Twenty20 International (T20I) status, but because Iceland were not an Associate Member of the ICC and the selected Hungarian squad was not an official national side, matches involving either of these teams did not have T20I status. The matches were played at Marsa Sports Club in Marsa. The Hungarian XI won all of their round-robin matches and their semi-final, but were beaten by the Czech Republic in the final. [4]

Contents

Squads

Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic [5] Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary XI [6] Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland [7] Flag of Malta.svg  Malta [8]
  • Edward Knowles (c)
  • Hilal Ahmad (wk)
  • Naveed Ahmed
  • Arun Ashokan
  • Shaun Dalton
  • Sabawoon Davizi
  • Kyle Gilham
  • Honey Gori
  • Siddarth Goud
  • Vojtech Hasa
  • Arshad Hayat
  • Kushalkumar Mendon
  • Shoumyadeep Rakshit
  • Paul Taylor
  • Sudesh Wickramasekara
  • Abhijeet Ahuja (c)
  • Abhishek Ahuja
  • Shehroz Ali
  • Satyadeep Ashwathnarayana
  • Maaz Bhaiji
  • Habib Deldar
  • Khaibar Deldar
  • Steffan Gooch
  • Ali Haider
  • Abhishek Kheterpal
  • Zeeshan Kukikhel
  • Nishanta Liyanage
  • Harshvardhan Mandhyan
  • Akramullah Malikzada
  • Sufiyan Mohammed
  • Zahir Mohammed
  • Nolan Williams (c)
  • Dushan Bandara
  • Lakmal Bandara
  • Keenan Botha
  • Abhi Chauhan
  • Leslie D'Cunha
  • Yougeshwar Deonarain
  • Brendon Fernando
  • Sammy Gill
  • Kit Harris
  • Sadun Lankathilaka
  • Lee Nelson (wk)
  • Jakob Robertson
  • Prabhath Weerasooriya
  • Bikram Arora (c)
  • Waseem Abbas
  • Sujesh Appu
  • Samuel Aquilina (wk)
  • Sean Byrne
  • Gopal Chaturvedi
  • Michael Goonetilleke
  • Jurg Hirschi
  • Sumair Khan
  • Nowell Khosla
  • Alex Meears
  • Haroon Mughal
  • Suhrid Roy
  • Ravinder Singh
  • Aneesh Tomy

Round robin

Points table

Team [9] P W L T NR Pts NRR
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary XI 330006+1.086
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 321004+1.327
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 312002–0.295
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 303000–2.186

Fixtures

17 October 2019
13:30
Scorecard
Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svg
107/5 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
110/3 (18 overs)
Lee Nelson 49 (40)
Ravinder Singh 3/9 (3 overs)
Bikram Arora 30* (33)
Prabhath Weerasooriya 2/20 (4 overs)
Malta won by 7 wickets
Marsa Sports Club, Marsa
Umpires: Frankie Spiteri (Mlt) and Les White (Mlt)
  • Iceland won the toss and elected to bat.

18 October 2019
08:00
Scorecard
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
148/5 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
136 (18.2 overs)
Sabawoon Davizi 91 (65)
Jurg Hirschi 2/18 (4 overs)
Haroon Mughal 31 (23)
Kushalkumar Mendon 3/19 (2 overs)
Czech Republic won by 12 runs
Marsa Sports Club, Marsa
Umpires: Les White (Mlt) and Ruben Sivanadian (Mlt)
  • Czech Republic won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Waseem Abbas, Sean Byrne, Gopal Chaturvedi, Michael Goonetilleke, Ravinder Singh (Mlt), Arun Ashokan, Sabawoon Davizi and Siddarth Goud (Cze) all made their T20I debuts.

18 October 2019
11:30
Scorecard
Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svg
108/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary XI
109/5 (15.4 overs)
Keenan Botha 27 (33)
Habib Deldar 2/16 (4 overs)
Zahir Mohammed 56 (26)
Prabhath Weerasooriya 4/22 (4 overs)
Hungary XI won by 5 wickets
Marsa Sports Club, Marsa
Umpires: Les White (Mlt) and Ruben Sivanadian (Mlt)
  • Iceland won the toss and elected to bat.

18 October 2019
15:00
Scorecard
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
155/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
72/7 (20 overs)
Hilal Ahmad 47* (29)
Keenan Botha 4/19 (4 overs)
Lakmal Bandara 21 (28)
Kushalkumar Mendon 3/3 (2 overs)
Czech Republic won by 83 runs
Marsa Sports Club, Marsa
Umpires: Frankie Spiteri (Mlt) and Ruben Sivanadian (Mlt)
  • Czech Republic won the toss and elected to bat.

19 October 2019
10:00
Scorecard
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
100/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary XI
101/3 (17.2 overs)
Edward Knowles 30* (28)
Abhishek Kheterpal 3/13 (4 overs)
Abhishek Ahuja 32* (34)
Paul Taylor 2/24 (4 overs)
Hungary XI won by 7 wickets
Marsa Sports Club, Marsa
Umpires: Subhas Roy (Mlt) and Ruben Sivanadian (Mlt)
  • Hungary XI won the toss and elected to field.

19 October 2019
13:30
Scorecard
Malta  Flag of Malta.svg
94 (16.1 overs)
v
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary XI
98/5 (17.2 overs)
Nowell Khosla 46 (36)
Harshvardhan Mandhyan 4/11 (4 overs)
Ali Haider 25* (35)
Jurg Hirschi 2/8 (2 overs)
Hungary XI won by 5 wickets
Marsa Sports Club, Marsa
Umpires: Ghose Roy (Mlt) and Les White (Mlt)
  • Malta won the toss and elected to bat.

Knockouts

Semi-finals

20 October 2019
08:00
Scorecard
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
204/4 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta
122 (15.5 overs)
Sabawoon Davizi 101 (68)
Sujesh Appu 1/26 (3 overs)
Gopal Chaturvedi 24 (11)
Sabawoon Davizi 4/15 (3 overs)
Czech Republic won by 82 runs
Marsa Sports Club, Marsa
Umpires: Ruben Sivanadian (Mlt) and Les White (Mlt)
  • Czech Republic won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Suhrid Roy (Mlt) made his T20I debut.
  • Sabawoon Davizi (Cze) scored his first century in T20Is.

20 October 2019
11:30
Scorecard
Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svg
125/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary XI
126/1 (15.3 overs)
Yougeshwar Deonarain 61 (45)
Abhishek Kheterpal 2/24 (4 overs)
Zeeshan Kukikhel 55 (25)
Keenan Botha 1/8 (3 overs)
Hungary XI won by 9 wickets
Marsa Sports Club, Marsa
Umpires: Ghose Roy (Mlt) and Ruben Sivanadian (Mlt)
  • Hungary XI won the toss and elected to field.

Final

20 October 2019
15:00
Scorecard
Hungary XI  Flag of Hungary.svg
91 (17.2 overs)
v
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
97/2 (11.4 overs)
Zeeshan Kukikhel 28 (29)
Naveed Ahmed 4/14 (4 overs)
Sabawoon Davizi 57* (40)
Habib Deldar 1/14 (2 overs)
Czech Republic won by 8 wickets
Marsa Sports Club, Marsa
Umpires: Subhas Roy (Mlt) and Ruben Sivanadian (Mlt)
  • Czech Republic won the toss and elected to field.

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