2022 Namibia T20 Tri-Nation Series

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2022 Namibia T20 Tri-Nation Series
Date29 June – 3 July 2022
LocationNamibia
ResultFlag of Namibia.svg  Namibia won the tournament
Teams
Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Captains
Charles Perchard [n 1] Gerhard Erasmus [n 2] Monank Patel
Most runs
Asa Tribe (143) Divan la Cock (143) Monank Patel (217)
Most wickets
Daniel Birrell (5) Ruben Trumpelmann (8) Saurabh Netravalkar (4)

The 2022 Namibia T20 Tri-Nation Series was a Twenty20 cricket tournament that took place in Namibia in late June and early July 2022. [1] [2] The participating teams were the hosts Namibia, along with Jersey and United States, with the visiting teams both using the event as preparation for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier B. [3] The three associations agreed to play the matches without official Twenty20 International status.

Contents

Squads

Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia [4] Flag of the United States.svg  United States [5]

Points table

PosTeamPldWLNRPts NRR
1Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 440081.596
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 422040.552
3Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey 40400−2.130
Source: ESPN Cricinfo [6]

Fixtures

29 June 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Namibia  Flag of Namibia.svg
196/5 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey
131/9 (20 overs)
David Wiese 55* (21)
Daniel Birrell 2/35 (4 overs)
Asa Tribe 72* (57)
Ruben Trumpelmann 3/31 (4 overs)
Namibia won by 65 runs
United Cricket Club Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Esau Heynes (Nam) and Andre Maasz (Nam)
Player of the match: David Wiese (Nam)
  • Jersey won the toss and elected to field.

30 June 2022
10:00
Scorecard
United States  Flag of the United States.svg
194/5 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
197/4 (19 overs)
Monank Patel 50 (30)
Jan Frylinck 2/32 (3 overs)
Gerhard Erasmus 72* (34)
Steven Taylor 1/15 (2 overs)
Namibia won by 6 wickets
United Cricket Club Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Esau Heynes (Nam) and Ewoud Lassen (Nam)
Player of the match: Gerhard Erasmus (Nam)
  • Namibia won the toss and elected to field.

1 July 2022
10:00
Scorecard
United States  Flag of the United States.svg
136 (19.1 overs)
v
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
137/1 (16 overs)
Monank Patel 96* (58)
Jan Frylinck 3/42 (4 overs)
Divan la Cock 80* (48)
Saurabh Netravalkar 1/27 (3 overs)
Namibia won by 9 wickets
United Cricket Club Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Andrew Louw (Nam) and Andre Maasz (Nam)
Player of the match: Divan la Cock (Nam)
  • Namibia won the toss and elected to field.

1 July 2022
14:00
Scorecard
Jersey  Flag of Jersey.svg
167/8 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
169/7 (19 overs)
Asa Tribe 67 (50)
Tangeni Lungameni 3/20 (3 overs)
Stephen Baard 41 (32)
Elliot Miles 2/26 (4 overs)
Namibia won by 3 wickets
United Cricket Club Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Esau Heynes (Nam) and Andrew Louw (Nam)
Player of the match: Ruben Trumpelmann (Nam)
  • Jersey won the toss and elected to bat.

2 July 2022
10:00
Scorecard
United States  Flag of the United States.svg
190/5 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Jersey.svg  Jersey
140/8 (20 overs)
Gajanand Singh 57 (28)
Daniel Birrell 2/41 (4 overs)
Benjamin Ward 60 (39)
Saurabh Netravalkar 2/20 (4 overs)
United States won by 50 runs
United Cricket Club Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Ewoud Lassen (Nam) and Claus Schumacher (Nam)
Player of the match: Gajanand Singh (USA)
  • Jersey won the toss and elected to field.

3 July 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Jersey  Flag of Jersey.svg
172/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
175/3 (15.5 overs)
Ben Stevens 98* (50)
Rusty Theron 3/14 (2 overs)
Aaron Jones 68 (33)
Elliot Miles 1/18 (3 overs)
United States won by 7 wickets
United Cricket Club Ground, Windhoek
Umpires: Ewoud Lassen (Nam) and Claus Schumacher (Nam)
Player of the match: Aaron Jones (USA)
  • United States won the toss and elected to field.

Notes

  1. Dominic Blampied captained Jersey for the 1st, 4th and 6th matches.
  2. JJ Smit captained Namibia for the 4th match.

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