2019–20 Ireland Tri-Nation Series
The 2019–20 Ireland Tri-Nation Series was a cricket tournament that was held in September 2019 in Ireland.[1][2] It was a tri-nation series that featured Ireland, the Netherlands and Scotland, with all the matches played as Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).[3] The series was arranged after the planned first edition of the Euro T20 Slam was cancelled.[4][5] The matches were used by all the teams as part of their preparation for the 2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament.[6] Both Cricket Scotland and the KNCB thanked Cricket Ireland for agreeing to host the tournament, following the cancellation of the Euro T20 Slam.[7][8]
| 2019–20 Ireland Tri-Nation Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 15–20 September 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result |  Ireland won the series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player of the series |  George Munsey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The fifth match of the series saw Scotland beat the Netherlands by six wickets. The result meant that the Netherlands were knocked out of contention of winning the series.[9] Ireland beat Scotland by one run in the sixth and final match, to win the series.[10] Scotland's George Munsey was named as the player of the series for his batting, which included a century against the Netherlands in the second match.[11]
Squads
| Ireland[12] |
 Netherlands[13] |
Scotland[14] |
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Jacob Mulder was ruled out of Ireland's squad due to injury and was replaced by Simi Singh.[15]
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Ireland |
4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0.247 |
| 2 | Scotland |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.335 |
| 3 | Netherlands |
4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | −2.031 |
Matches
1st match
2nd match
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- Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.
- Ollie Hairs (Sco) and Clayton Floyd (Ned) both made their T20I debuts.
- George Munsey (Sco) scored his first century in T20Is, and the second-fastest century in T20I cricket, coming from 41 balls.[17]
- George Munsey and Kyle Coetzer scored the highest partnership for any wicket for Scotland in T20Is, and the third-highest partnership overall, with 200 runs.[18]
- This was Scotland's highest total in T20Is.[18]
3rd match
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- Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.
- David Delany and Harry Tector (Ire) both made their T20I debuts.
4th match
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ben Cooper and Max O'Dowd scored the joint-highest partnership for any wicket for the Netherlands in T20Is.[19]
- This was the Netherlands' highest successful run chase against Ireland in T20Is.[19]
5th match
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- Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.
- Vikramjit Singh (Ned) and Tom Sole (Sco) both made their T20I debuts.
6th match
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- Scotland won the toss and elected to field.
Notes
- Richie Berrington captained Scotland for the 6th match.
References
- "Ireland to host Scotland, Netherlands in T20I tri-series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- "Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland to contest tri-series in September". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- "New T20 International Tri-Series announced for Ireland, free entry to all games". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- "T20 Festival a complete wipeout". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- "Ireland hopeful of tri-series with Scotland and Netherlands". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- "T20I tri-series announced for Scotland, Ireland and Netherlands". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- "New Tri-Nations T20 Tournament announced". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Archived from the original on 30 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- "Hamza four-for puts Scotland in pole position ahead of tri-series finale". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- "Twenty20 tri-series: Ireland clinch series with single-run win over Scotland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- "Ireland in dramatic 1-run last-ball win over Scotland to claim GS Holding T20I Tri-Series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- "White excited by the talented and dynamic squad selected for T20I Tri-Series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- "Ryan Campbell announces squad for T20 World Cup Qualifier". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- "Squads announced for T20I Tri-Series in Ireland and ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- "T20 tri-series: Ireland v Netherlands opener at Malahide rained off". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- "Ireland Tri-Nation T20I Series Table - 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- "George Munsey slams 2nd fastest T20I ton, falls short of record jointly held by Rohit Sharma, David Miller". Times Now News. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- "George Munsey's mind-boggling hundred sets records ablaze". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- "Record O'Dowd-Cooper stand helps Netherlands smash highest chase". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 September 2019.