2021 Germany Tri-Nation Series

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2021 Germany Tri-Nation Series
Date5–8 August 2021
LocationGermany
ResultFlag of Germany.svg  Germany won the tournament
Teams
Flag of France.svg  France Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Captains
Usman Shahid Venkatraman Ganesan Raza Iqbal
Most runs
Usman Shahidi (96) Harmanjot Singh (152) Sher Sahak (118)
Most wickets
Usman Shahidi (5)
Rahmatullah Mangal (5)		 Sajid Liaqat (9) Raza Iqbal (7)
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The 2021 Germany Tri-Nation Series was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that took place in Germany between 5 and 8 August 2021. [1] [2] It was originally due to be played in May 2021, [3] but was postponed due to a new lockdown in Germany caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. [4]

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The participating teams were the hosts Germany, along with France and Norway. [5] Spain were also scheduled to participate in a quadrangular event, but withdrew on 28 July due to COVID-19-related travel restrictions. [6] The matches were all played at the Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, part of the German Cricket Federation's National Performance Centre in the city of Krefeld. [7] These were the first official T20I matches to be played in Germany since the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full T20I status to all competitive matches between its members from 1 January 2019. [8] [9] [10]

Germany won the tournament, beating Norway by six wickets in the final. [10] [11]

Squads

Flag of France.svg  France Flag of Germany.svg  Germany [12] Flag of Norway.svg  Norway [13]
  • Usman Shahid (c)
  • Jubaid Ahamed
  • Dawood Ahmadzai
  • Virk Ali
  • Noman Amjad
  • Mobashar Ashraf
  • Lingeswaran Canessane
  • Naim Daoudzai
  • Abdulmalik Jabarkhel
  • Ibrahim Jabarkhel
  • Hevit Jackson (wk)
  • Alestin Johnmary
  • Usman Khan
  • Rahmatullah Mangal
  • Mustafa Omer
  • Suventhiran Santhirakumaran
  • Shikdar Yeasin

Round-robin

Points table

Team [14] P W L T NR Pts NRR
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 431006+0.809
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 422004+0.365
Flag of France.svg  France 413002–1.161

Fixtures

5 August 2021
11:00
Scorecard
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg
76 (18.4 overs)
v
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
80/5 (17.1 overs)
Sher Sahak 30 (33)
Ghulam Ahmadi 4/5 (4 overs)
Talha Khan 16 (12)
Raza Iqbal 2/14 (4 overs)
Germany won by 5 wickets
Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Mark Jameson (Ger)
Player of the match: Ghulam Ahmadi (Ger)
  • Germany won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ghulam Ahmadi, Dylan Blignaut (Ger), Kuruge Abeyrathna, Usman Arif, Faizan Mumtaz, Vinay Ravi, Bilal Safdar, Sher Sahak and Ahmadullah Shinwari (Nor) all made their T20I debuts.
5 August 2021
15:30
Scorecard
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg
112/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of France.svg  France
113/6 (19.3 overs)
Waqas Ahmed 32* (36)
Dawood Ahmadzai 2/10 (4 overs)
Suventhiran Santhirakumaran 34 (39)
Raza Iqbal 2/13 (4 overs)
France won by 4 wickets
Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld
Umpires: Jason Flannery (Ger) and Vinay Malhotra (Ger)
Player of the match: Suventhiran Santhirakumaran (Fra)
  • France won the toss and elected to field.
  • Jubaid Ahamed, Dawood Ahmadzai, Virk Ali, Noman Amjad, Mobashar Ashraf, Hevit Jackson, Alestin Johnmary, Usman Khan, Rahmatullah Mangal, Suventhiran Santhirakumaran, Usman Shahid (Fra), Hashir Hussain, Junaid Mehmood and Wahidullah Sahak (Nor) all made their T20I debuts.
6 August 2021
11:00
Scorecard
France  Flag of France.svg
94/9 (18 overs)
v
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
97/8 (12.2 overs)
Usman Khan 25 (25)
Venkatraman Ganesan 2/15 (4 overs)
Harmanjot Singh 68* (34)
Usman Shahid 3/29 (3.2 overs)
Germany won by 2 wickets (DLS method)
Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Vinay Malhotra (Ger)
Player of the match: Harmanjot Singh (Ger)
  • Germany won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain.
  • Israr Khan, Nooruddin Mujadady (Ger) and Mustafa Omer (Fra) all made their T20I debuts.
7 August 2021
11:00
Scorecard
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg
164/3 (20 overs)
v
Flag of France.svg  France
116/8 (20 overs)
Vijayshankar Chikkannaiah 81* (58)
Usman Shahid 1/22 (3 overs)
Virk Ali 52* (51)
Sajid Liaqat 3/34 (4 overs)
Germany won by 48 runs
Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld
Umpires: Mark Jameson (Ger) and Vinay Malhotra (Ger)
Player of the match: Vijayshankar Chikkannaiah (Ger)
  • France won the toss and elected to field.
  • Azmat Ali (Ger), Lingeswaran Canessane and Ibrahim Jabarkhel (Fra) all made their T20I debuts.
7 August 2021
15:30
Scorecard
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg
131/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of France.svg  France
128/8 (20 overs)
Sher Sahak 29 (15)
Usman Khan 3/28 (4 overs)
Usman Shahid 64 (55)
Vinay Ravi 2/23 (4 overs)
Norway won by 3 runs
Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Jason Flannery (Ger)
Player of the match: Sher Sahak (Nor)
  • France won the toss and elected to field.
8 August 2021
11:00
Scorecard
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg
185/7 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
134/6 (20 overs)
Wahidullah Sahak 52 (44)
Ahmadschah Ahmadzai 2/24 (2 overs)
Harmanjot Singh 49 (40)
Wahidullah Sahak 2/24 (4 overs)
Norway won by 51 runs
Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld
Umpires: Jason Flannery (Ger) and Mark Jameson (Ger)
Player of the match: Wahidullah Sahak (Nor)
  • Germany won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ahmadschah Ahmadzai and Husnain Kabeer (Ger) both made their T20I debuts.

Final

8 August 2021
15:30
Scorecard
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg
127/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
96/4 (13.4 overs)
Bilal Safdar 37* (26)
Sajid Liaqat 3/26 (4 overs)
Vijayshankar Chikkannaiah 19 (15)
Raza Iqbal 1/14 (3 overs)
Germany won by 6 wickets (DLS method)
Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Mark Jameson (Ger)
Player of the match: Sahir Naqash (Ger)
  • Norway won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Germany were set a revised target of 94 runs from 14 overs due to rain.

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