2021 Cyprus T20I Cup
The 2021 Cyprus T20I Cup was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that took place in Cyprus in October 2021.[1] The participating teams were the hosts Cyprus along with Estonia and Isle of Man.[2] On 5 October, Cyprus and Estonia played a two-match bilateral series, which were the first official T20I matches for both sides,[3] before the tri-nation Cyprus T20I Cup began on 6 October.[4] The venue for the matches was the Happy Valley Ground in Episkopi, within the Cypriot district of Limassol.[5]
| Estonian cricket team in Cyprus in 2021–22 | |||
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| Cyprus | Estonia | ||
| Date | 5 October 2021 | ||
| Captains | Michalis Kyriacou | Marko Vaik | |
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Cyprus won the 2-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Gurpratap Singh (54) | Habib Khan (62) | |
| Most wickets | Yasir Mehmood (4) | Ali Masood (4) | |
Cyprus defeated Estonia 2–0 in their bilateral series, before the Isle of Man won the tri-nation tournament with a 100% record.[6] Individual awards were won by Adam McAuley (Isle of Man, batting), Waqar Ali (Cyprus, bowling), Carl Hartmann (Isle of Man, fielding), Ali Masood (Estonia, most valuable player).[6]
Squads
| Cyprus[7] |
Estonia[8] |
 Isle of Man[9] |
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Cyprus named Michalis Kyriacou as captain of an initial squad of 22 players, which was reduced to 16 ahead of the matches.[10]
Bilateral series
1st T20I
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Maidul Islam 49 (37) Tejwinder Singh 3/11 (4 overs) |
Michalis Kyriacou 44* (47) Habib Khan 3/18 (4 overs) |
- Cyprus won the toss and elected to field.
- Waqar Ali, Qasim Anwar, BLCS Kumara, Michalis Kyriacou, Roman Mazumder, Yasir Mehmood, Sachithra Pathirana, Chamal Sadun, Gurpratap Singh, Tejwinder Singh, Neeraj Tiwari (Cyp), Tim Cross, Timothy Filer, Stuart Hook, Maidul Islam, Habib Khan, Ali Masood, Murali Obili, Moshiur Rahman, Ashish Rana, Marko Vaik and Kalle Vislapuu (Est) all made their T20I debuts.
2nd T20I
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Habib Khan 60 (53) Yasir Mehmood 3/32 (4 overs) |
Gurpratap Singh 54 (25) Ali Masood 2/19 (3 overs) |
- Estonia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Scott Austin, Iftekar Jaman (Cyp), Saqib Naveed, Ali Raza, Malcolm Sedgwick, Ashraful Shuvo and Ayush Ummat (Est) all made their T20I debuts.
Tri-nation series
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| Date | 6–8 October 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Cyprus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result | Isle of Man won the tournament | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player of the series | Ali Masood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Points table
| Team[11] | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| Isle of Man |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +2.541 |
| Cyprus |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.719 |
| Estonia |
4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.228 |
Fixtures
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Neeraj Tiwari 33 (37) Joseph Burrows 4/10 (4 overs) |
George Burrows 33 (27) Tejwinder Singh 1/21 (2.5 overs) |
- Cyprus won the toss and elected to bat.
- Zeeshan Sarwar (Cyp), Edward Beard, Conor Smith and Alex Stokoe (IoM) all made their T20I debuts.
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Maidul Islam 43 (47) Conor Smith 3/15 (4 overs) |
Carl Hartmann 34* (28) Ashish Rana 3/14 (3 overs) |
- Estonia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Dollin Jansen (IoM) made his T20I debut.
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Zeeshan Sarwar 46 (25) Matthew Ansell 2/16 (4 overs) |
Adam McAuley 45 (32) Waqar Ali 3/22 (4 overs) |
- Isle of Man won the toss and elected to field.
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Roman Mazumder 53 (38) Ali Masood 3/19 (4 overs) |
Timothy Filer 38 (38) Waqar Ali 4/14 (3.5 overs) |
- Cyprus won the toss and elected to bat.
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Zeeshan Sarwar 61 (39) Timothy Filer 3/18 (4 overs) |
Habib Khan 50 (40) Tejwinder Singh 2/16 (4 overs) |
- Cyprus won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rajwinder Brar and Murtaza Yamin (Cyp) both made their T20I debuts.
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Stuart Hook 23 (21) Jacob Butler 4/12 (4 overs) |
George Burrows 19* (15) Ali Masood 1/25 (3 overs) |
- Isle of Man won the toss and elected to field.
References
- @CricketEstonian (13 September 2021). "Estonia makes its long awaited return to official international cricket in October!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- "International cricket and floodlit matches in Cyprus". Cyprus Mail. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- "Global Game: Preparations for the T20 World Cup heat up". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
- "Cyprus to host Estonia and Isle of Man in T20 Tri-series in October 2021". Czarsportz. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- "Moufflons win 40-over cup to secure first trophy". Cyprus Mail. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- "Isle of Man win historic first T20 internationals in Cyprus". Cyprus Mail. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- "Cyprus prepares for first home T20 cricket internationals". Cyprus Mail. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- @CricketEstonian (14 September 2021). "We are excited to announce the squad for our first official t20i series in almost 10 years!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- "Cricket: Men's Island Squad set for Cyprus". Manx Radio. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- "Limassol Qalandars push for Cyprus cricket semi slot". Cyprus Mail. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- "Cyprus T20 Tri-Series 2021/22 Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
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