2021_Portugal_Tri-Nation_Series

2021 Portugal Tri-Nation Series

2021 Portugal Tri-Nation Series

International cricket tournament

The 2021 Portugal Tri-Nation Series was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that took place in Portugal between 19 and 22 August 2021.[1] The participating teams were the hosts Portugal, along with Gibraltar and Malta.[1] The matches were played at the Gucherre Cricket Ground, in Albergaria, near to the city of Santarém.[2] These were the first official T20I matches to be played in Portugal since the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full T20I status to all competitive matches between its members from 1 January 2019.[3]

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Portugal won the tournament with a perfect record.[4] In the fourth match of the tournament, Maltese pair Bikram Arora and Varun Thamotharam set a new record fourth-wicket partnership in T20Is, when they added an unbeaten 166 runs against Gibraltar.[5]

Squads

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Round-robin

Points table

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Fixtures

19 August 2021
11:00
Scorecard
Malta 
146/8 (20 overs)
v
 Portugal
147/4 (18.1 overs)
Zeeshan Khan 39 (21)
Sirajullah Khadim 2/28 (4 overs)
Azhar Andani 46 (42)
Bilal Muhammad 1/14 (4 overs)
Portugal won by 6 wickets
Gucherre Cricket Ground, Albergaria
Umpires: Naeem Akhtar (Por) and Parth Jounjat (Por)
Player of the match: Amir Zaib (Por)
  • Portugal won the toss and elected to field.
  • Azhar Andani, Anthony Chambers, Sirajullah Khadim, Junaid Khan, Amandeep Singh, Miguel Stoman, Amir Zaib (Por) and Justin Shaju (Mlt) all made their T20I debuts.
20 August 2021
11:00
Scorecard
Gibraltar 
148/5 (20 overs)
v
 Malta
149/2 (17.3 overs)
Louis Bruce 60 (53)
Waseem Abbas 3/29 (4 overs)
Bikram Arora 59* (49)
Adam Orfila 1/20 (3 overs)
Malta won by 8 wickets
Gucherre Cricket Ground, Albergaria
Umpires: Naeem Akhtar (Por) and Sunil Chandiramani (Gib)
Player of the match: Waseem Abbas (Mlt)
  • Malta won the toss and elected to field.
  • Louis Bruce, Charles Harrison, Patrick Hatchman and Joseph Marples (Gib) all made their T20I debuts.

21 August 2021
09:00
Scorecard
Portugal 
217/8 (20 overs)
v
 Gibraltar
121/8 (20 overs)
Azhar Andani 100 (51)
Edmund Packard 3/34 (4 overs)
James Fitzgerald 27 (25)
Junaid Khan 3/24 (4 overs)
Portugal won by 96 runs
Gucherre Cricket Ground, Albergaria
Umpires: Naeem Akhtar (Por) and Sunil Chandiramani (Gib)
Player of the match: Azhar Andani (Por)
  • Gibraltar won the toss and elected to field.
  • Azhar Andani became the first player for Portugal to score a century in T20Is.[10]

21 August 2021
15:00
Scorecard
Malta 
197/3 (20 overs)
v
 Gibraltar
193/2 (20 overs)
Varun Thamotharam 104* (52)
Kenroy Nestor 2/32 (4 overs)
Chris Delany 69* (37)
Bilal Muhammad 1/29 (4 overs)
Malta won by 4 runs
Gucherre Cricket Ground, Albergaria
Umpires: Sunil Chandiramani (Gib) and Parth Jounjat (Por)
Player of the match: Varun Thamotharam (Mlt)
  • Gibraltar won the toss and elected to field.
  • Richard Cunningham (Gib) made his T20I debut.
  • Varun Thamotharam became the first player for Malta to score a century in T20Is.[citation needed]
  • Bikram Arora and Varun Thamotharam (Mlt) set a new record for the highest fourth-wicket partnership (166*) in T20Is.[5]
22 August 2021
09:00
Scorecard
Portugal 
218/6 (20 overs)
v
 Gibraltar
108 (18.3 overs)
Azhar Andani 81 (45)
James Fitzgerald 2/47 (4 overs)
Patrick Hatchman 22 (25)
Sirajullah Khadim 3/16 (4 overs)
Portugal won by 110 runs
Gucherre Cricket Ground, Albergaria
Umpires: Naeem Akhtar (Por) and Parth Jounjat (Por)
Player of the match: Azhar Andani (Por)
  • Gibraltar won the toss and elected to field.
22 August 2021
15:00
Scorecard
Malta 
132/8 (20 overs)
v
 Portugal
136/7 (17.5 overs)
Varun Thamotharam 36 (27)
Sirajullah Khadim 3/24 (4 overs)
Azhar Andani 49 (41)
Waseem Abbas 2/30 (3.5 overs)
Portugal won by 3 wickets
Gucherre Cricket Ground, Albergaria
Umpires: Naeem Akhtar (Por) and Parth Jounjat (Por)
Player of the match: Amir Zaib (Por)
  • Malta won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Rahul Bhardwaj, Arslan Naseem and Zulfiqar Ali Shah (Por) all made their T20I debuts.

References

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  3. [3]
    "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
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    "Portugal sweep tri-series". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  5. [5]
    "Arora, Prasath compile 166 for fourth wicket to upstage previous mark set by Australia". Times of Malta Sports Desk. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  6. [6]
    "Our first international squad announcement since 2019". Gibraltar Cricket (via Facebook). Retrieved 13 August 2021.
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    "Our team is ready for everything!!". Portuguese Cricket Federation (via Facebook). Retrieved 16 August 2021.
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    "Malta vs Portugal at Lisbon, Lisbon". Cricheroes. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
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    "Portugal T20 Tri-Series 2021 Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
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    "Global Game: A busy week for the Associates". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
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