Belgium women's cricket team in Austria in 2021

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Belgium women's cricket team in Austria in 2021–22
  Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Belgium.svg
  Austria women Belgium women
Dates 25 – 26 September 2021
Captains Gandhali Bapat Nicola Thrupp
Twenty20 International series
Results Austria women won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs Andrea-Mae Zepeda (250) Nicola Thrupp (90)
Most wickets Ashmaan Saifee (2)
Bangalore Chamundaiah (2)
Shweta Sinha (4)

The Belgium women's cricket team toured Austria in September 2021 to play a three-match bilateral Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) series. [1] The matches were played at the Seebarn Cricket Ground in Lower Austria, [2] and were the first official WT20I matches played by Belgium. [3] Austria won the series 3–0. [3]

Contents

Squads

Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
  • Gandhali Bapat (c, wk)
  • Valentina Avdylaj
  • Harjivan Bhullar
  • Bangalore Chamundaiah
  • Harjot Dhaliwal
  • Tugce Kazanci
  • Anisha Nookala
  • Mahadewa Pathirannehelage
  • Priyadharshini Ponraj
  • Komati Reddy
  • Priya Sabu
  • Ashmaan Saifee
  • Jo-Antoinette Stiglitz
  • Raphaela Trobinger
  • Busra Uca
  • Andrea-Mae Zepeda
  • Nicola Thrupp (c)
  • Zara Amanda
  • Anya Beairsto
  • Shraddha Bhandari
  • Shirin Dias
  • Rosemary Lister
  • Jani Mclean
  • Susan Parker
  • Anindita Pramanik (wk)
  • Ananya Singh
  • Shweta Sinha
  • Hinduja Venigalla
  • Nikita Verma

WT20I series

1st WT20I

25 September 2021
10:00
Scorecard
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg
197/2 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
79/3 (20 overs)
Andrea-Mae Zepeda 101 (63)
Anya Beairsto 1/22 (4 overs)
Nicola Thrupp 1/22 (4 overs)
Zara Amanda 14 (52)
Bangalore Chamundaiah 2/23 (4 overs)
Austria won by 118 runs
Seebarn Cricket Ground, Lower Austria
Umpires: Dharminder Pal Rauhia (Aut) and Allala Santosh (Aut)
Player of the match: Andrea-Mae Zepeda (Aut)
  • Belgium won the toss and elected to field.
  • Zara Amanda, Anya Beairsto, Rosemary Lister, Jani Mclean, Susan Parker, Anindita Pramanik, Ananya Singh, Shweta Sinha, Nicola Thrupp, Hinduja Venigalla and Nikita Verma (Bel) all made their WT20I debuts.
  • Andrea-Mae Zepeda became the first player for Austria to score a century in WT20Is. [3]
  • 10 penalty runs were added to Austria's total due to a slow over rate.

2nd WT20I

25 September 2021
14:30
Scorecard
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg
212/4 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
100/3 (20 overs)
Andrea-Mae Zepeda 65 (46)
Shweta Sinha 2/32 (4 overs)
Nicola Thrupp 50* (59)
Austria won by 112 runs
Seebarn Cricket Ground, Lower Austria
Umpires: Dharminder Pal Rauhia (Aut) and Allala Santosh (Aut)
Player of the match: Andrea-Mae Zepeda (Aut)
  • Austria won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Shraddha Bhandari and Shirin Dias (Bel) both made their WT20I debuts.
  • 15 penalty runs were added to Austria's total due to a slow over rate.

3rd WT20I

26 September 2021
10:00
Scorecard
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg
188/2 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
114/5 (20 overs)
Andrea-Mae Zepeda 84* (59)
Shweta Sinha 2/26 (4 overs)
Nicola Thrupp 35* (29)
Ashmaan Saifee 2/17 (2 overs)
Austria won by 74 runs
Seebarn Cricket Ground, Lower Austria
Umpires: Dharminder Pal Rauhia (Aut) and Allala Santosh (Aut)
Player of the match: Andrea-Mae Zepeda (Aut)
  • Austria won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Priyadharshini Ponraj and Raphaela Trobinger (Aut) both made their WT20I debuts.

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References

  1. "On 25th & 26th September 2021, Austria will play three T20Is against Belgium at Seebarn Cricket Ground in Lower Austria". Austrian Cricket Association (via Facebook). Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  2. "Austria Cricket to host Belgium Women Team for T20I series in September". Czarsportz. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 "Global Game: Belgium Women make maiden T20I appearance". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 September 2021.