| Dates | 21 – 24 October 2021 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Malta Cricket Association |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Host(s) |  Malta |
| Champions | Malta |
| Runners-up |  Switzerland |
| Participants | 4 |
| Matches | 8 |
| Player of the series |  Avinash Pai |
| Most runs | Louis Bruce (222) |
| Most wickets | Ashwin Vinod (9) |
The 2021 Valletta Cup was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament held in Malta between 21 and 24 October 2021. [1] It was the second edition of the Valletta Cup. The matches were played at the Marsa Sports Club in Marsa. [2] The participating teams were the hosts Malta along with Bulgaria, Gibraltar and Switzerland. [1]
Contents
- Squads
- Valletta Cup
- Points table
- Fixtures
- Third-place play-off
- Final
- Bilateral series
- 1st T20I
- 2nd T20I
- References
- External links
This was the first international tournament for Switzerland since the introduction of global T20I status in January 2019, [3] and their re-admittance to the International Cricket Council (ICC) in July 2021. [1] Cricket Switzerland (previously known as the Swiss Cricket Association), had been suspended by the ICC in 2012 due to non-compliance following the formation of a second organization also claiming to oversee cricket in the country. [4] They were one of three nations to gain Associate membership after the ICC's annual general meeting in July 2021. [5] [6]
Switzerland finished on top of the round-robin stage with three wins. [7] Malta defeated Switzerland in the final, [8] after Bulgaria defeated Gibraltar in the third-place playoff. [9] After the tournament, Malta and Gibraltar played a rain-affected two-match bilateral T20I series that was shared after one game was lost to the weather and the other finished as a DLS method tie. [10]
