2020 Luxembourg T20I Trophy
The 2020 Luxembourg T20I Trophy was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that was played in Luxembourg from 28 to 30 August 2020.[1][2] The participating teams were the hosts Luxembourg, along with Belgium and Czech Republic.[3] The matches were played at the Pierre Werner Cricket Ground in Walferdange.[3] These were the first official T20I matches to be played in Luxembourg since the International Cricket Council announced that all matches played between Associate Members from 1 January 2019 would be eligible for T20I status.[4][5] The series was organised to provide players with some international cricket after the postponement of the 2019 T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier.[6] Belgium won the series with a game to spare, ending with a perfect record of four victories.[7][8]
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Date | 28–30 August 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Luxembourg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Result | Belgium won the series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Points table
Team | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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Belgium | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +2.738 |
Luxembourg | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –0.449 |
Czech Republic | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –2.426 |
Fixtures
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Joost Mees 40 (24) Arun Ashokan 1/12 (2 overs) |
Honey Gori 38 (27) Marcus Cope 3/16 (4 overs) |
- Luxembourg won the toss and elected to bat.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
- Scott Browne, William Cope, Saransh Kushretha, Pankaj Malav, Advyth Manepalli (Lux), Shripal Gajjar and Kyle Gilham (Cze) all made their T20I debuts.
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James Barker 27 (29) Naveed Ahmed 3/10 (1 over) |
Honey Gori 35 (21) Vikram Vijh 2/24 (3.5 overs) |
- Luxembourg won the toss and elected to bat.
- Surya Rengarajan (Cze) made his T20I debut.
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Shaheryar Butt 81* (45) William Cope 2/22 (4 overs) |
Tony Whiteman 36 (22) Khalid Ahmadi 3/14 (4 overs) |
- Belgium won the toss and elected to bat.
- Reinhardt Heyns (Lux), Khalid Ahmadi, Sazzad Hosen, Nemish Mehta, Muhammad Muneeb and Wahidullah Usmani (Bel) all made their T20I debuts.
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Shaheryar Butt 125* (50) Honey Gori 2/22 (4 overs) |
Sudesh Wickramasekara 60 (36) Ashiqullah Said 3/15 (4 overs) |
- Belgium won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shaheryar Butt became the first batsman for Belgium to score a century in T20Is.[12]
- Shaheryar Butt also became the first cricketer to score a fifty and a century in two T20I matches on the same day.[13]
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Wahidullah Usmani 72 (50) Kushalkumar Mendon 1/14 (4 overs) |
Arun Ashokan 23 (30) Saber Zakhil 3/20 (4 overs) |
- Belgium won the toss and elected to bat.
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Saber Zakhil 44 (16) William Cope 4/18 (4 overs) |
Joost Mees 67* (55) Khalid Ahmadi 2/19 (4 overs) |
- Belgium won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shameek Vats (Lux) and Sherul Mehta (Bel) both made their T20I debuts.
References
- "Luxembourg announce a T20I tri-series with Belgium, Czech Republic". Emerging Cricket. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- @LuxembourgCric1 (29 June 2020). "Luxembourg Cricket to host T20 International tournament vs Belgium and Czechia" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- "Luxembourg to host T20I tri-series in August". Cricket Europe. 30 June 2020. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- "Luxembourg set to host official international cricket for the first time". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- "Cricket in Europe's richest country: Interview with Luxembourg team manager Graham Cope". Emerging Cricket. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- "Belgium dominate to claim clean sweep of Luxembourg T20I Trophy". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- "Belgium wins Luxembourg T20I Trophy". Luxembourg Chronicle. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- @CricketBelgium (13 August 2020). "Belgium announced the national squad for #LuxT20iTrophy" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- @CzechCricket (30 July 2020). "Czech national squad: Luxembourg T20I Trophy" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- @LuxembourgCric1 (13 August 2020). "Luxembourg Cricket announces squad for forthcoming ICC-recognised T20i Trophy vs Czechia and Belgium" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- "Czech climb, Belgium soar in Luxembourg T20I Trophy". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- "Pakistani-born Belgian cricketer creates history in T20I". BDcrictime. Retrieved 30 August 2020.