2022 Spain Tri-Nation Series

The 2022 Spain Tri-Nation Series was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that was held in Spain from 29 April to 1 May 2022.[1] The event was the first international series of the 2022 European summer season.[2] The participating teams were the hosts Spain, along with Guernsey and Norway.[3] The series was played at the Desert Springs Cricket Ground in Almería.[4] All competing nations used the event as preparation for the 2022–23 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier subregional tournaments.[5]

2022 Spain Tri-Nation Series
Date29 April – 1 May 2022
LocationSpain
Result Spain won the tournament
Player of the seriesSpain Lorne Burns
Teams
 Guernsey  Norway  Spain
Captains
Josh Butler Khizer Ahmed Christian Munoz-Mills[n 1]
Most runs
Josh Butler (93) Sher Sahak (99) Josh Trembeath-Moro (93)
Most wickets
Luke Bichard (7) Wahidullah Sahak (4) Lorne Burns (9)

Norway recovered from a slow start to beat Guernsey by 37 runs in the opening game.[6] Day two saw both Spain and Guernsey defeat Norway, before the hosts beat Guernsey to end the day on top of the table.[7] Spain were well beaten by Guernsey on the final morning,[8] but followed this with a comfortable victory over Norway to claim the series.[9]

Squads

 Guernsey[10]  Norway[11]  Spain[12]
  • Christian Munoz-Mills (c)
  • Lorne Burns (vc)
  • Raja Adeel
  • Awais Ahmed (wk)
  • Yasir Ali
  • Mohammad Atif
  • Hamza Dar
  • Daniel Doyle-Calle
  • Zulqarnain Haider
  • Mohammad Kamran
  • Guarang Mayhavhenshi
  • Ravi Panchal
  • Charlie Rumistrzewicz
  • Josh Trembeath-Moro
  • Tom Vine

Points Table

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1  Spain 4 3 1 0 6 1.597
2  Guernsey 4 2 2 0 4 −0.678
3  Norway 4 1 3 0 2 −0.916
Source: ESPN Cricinfo[13]

Fixtures

29 April 2022
15:00
Scorecard
Norway 
137/7 (20 overs)
v
 Guernsey
100/7 (20 overs)
Sher Sahak 70* (29)
Luke Bichard 2/14 (4 overs)
Josh Butler 17 (28)
Raza Iqbal 2/18 (4 overs)
Norway won by 37 runs
Desert Springs Cricket Ground, Almería
Umpires: Gordon Ashford (Esp) and Andrew Elliott (Eng)
Player of the match: Sher Sahak (Nor)
  • Norway won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Declan Martel, Oliver Nightingale (Gue) and Ali Saleem (Nor) all made their T20I debuts.

30 April 2022
09:00
Scorecard
Spain 
129/5 (20 overs)
v
 Norway
78/9 (20 overs)
Yasir Ali 44 (39)
Vinay Ravi 2/10 (4 overs)
Walid Ghauri 23 (28)
Yasir Ali 2/12 (3 overs)
Spain won by 51 runs
Desert Springs Cricket Ground, Almería
Umpires: Gordon Ashford (Esp) and Andrew Elliott (Eng)
Player of the match: Yasir Ali (Esp)
  • Spain won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Lorne Burns, Daniel Doyle-Calle, Mohammad Kamran and Josh Trembeath-Moro (Esp) all made their T20I debuts.

30 April 2022
13:00
Scorecard
Norway 
120/7 (20 overs)
v
 Guernsey
126/2 (18 overs)
Khizer Ahmed 37 (36)
Luke Bichard 3/28 (4 overs)
Tom Nightingale 46* (48)
Abdullah Sheikh 1/19 (4 overs)
Guernsey won by 8 wickets
Desert Springs Cricket Ground, Almería
Umpires: Gordon Ashford (Esp) and Andrew Elliott (Eng)
Player of the match: Tom Nightingale (Gue)
  • Norway won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Aminullah Tanha (Nor) made his T20I debut.

30 April 2022
17:00
Scorecard
Guernsey 
78 (18 overs)
v
 Spain
80/2 (12.2 overs)
Josh Butler 16 (19)
Lorne Burns 5/11 (4 overs)
Awais Ahmed 42 (29)
Matthew Stokes 1/9 (2 overs)
Spain won by 8 wickets
Desert Springs Cricket Ground, Almería
Umpires: Darrin Clark (Esp) and Andrew Elliott (Eng)
Player of the match: Lorne Burns (Esp)

1 May 2022
10:30
Scorecard
Spain 
107 (20 overs)
v
 Guernsey
111/2 (18 overs)
Josh Trembeath-Moro 28 (29)
Luke Bichard 2/14 (3 overs)
Isaac Damarell 38* (45)
Raja Adeel 1/12 (3 overs)
Guernsey won by 8 wickets
Desert Springs Cricket Ground, Almería
Umpires: Darrin Clark (Esp) and Andrew Elliott (Eng)
Player of the match: Matthew Stokes (Gue)
  • Spain won the toss and elected to bat.

1 May 2022
14:30
Scorecard
Spain 
125/8 (20 overs)
v
 Norway
84 (18.5 overs)
Daniel Doyle-Calle 38 (34)
Bilal Safdar 3/17 (4 overs)
Ali Saleem 19 (22)
Yasir Ali 3/18 (2.5 overs)
Spain won by 41 runs
Desert Springs Cricket Ground, Almería
Umpires: Darrin Clark (Esp) and Andrew Elliott (Eng)
Player of the match: Daniel Doyle-Calle (Esp)
  • Spain won the toss and elected to bat.

Notes

  1. Lorne Burns captained Spain in their remaining matches after Christian Munoz-Mills retired hurt during the second T20I of the series.

References

  1. "Guernsey to play T20 ranking tournament in Spain". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  2. "European international summer underway in Spain". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  3. "Spain trip opens busy international summer". Guernsey Press. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  4. "Cricket Espana to host triangular series At Desert Springs". Cricket España. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  5. "Cricket Espana to host men's T20I tri-series with Norway and Guernsey in April/May 2022". Czarsportz. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  6. "Guernsey lose to Norway by 37 runs in T20 series opener". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  7. "Guernsey beat Norway but suffer Spain loss in Twenty20 international series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  8. "Two successful revenge missions for Guernsey at Desert Springs". Guernsey Press. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  9. "Spain lift tri-series title on final day". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  10. "Guernsey's men set for international return in Spain". Guernsey Press. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  11. "Team Norge Spain tri series". Norwegian Cricket Board (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  12. "Spanish squad named for the tri-series with Guernsey and Norway". Cricket España. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  13. "Spain Triangular T20I Series 2022". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  14. "Spain out in front after day two". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
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