2022_Valletta_Cup
2022 Valletta Cup
International cricket tournament
The 2022 Valletta Cup was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament held in Malta between 10 and 15 May 2022.[1] It was the third edition of the Valletta Cup. The venue for the series was the Marsa Sports Club in Marsa.[2] The participating teams were the hosts Malta along with Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Gibraltar, Hungary and Romania.[3] Malta were the defending champions having defeated Switzerland in the final of the 2021 edition.[4] Bulgaria and Gibraltar returned after finishing the 2021 tournament in third and fourth places, respectively.[2] The Czech Republic and Hungary last featured in the 2019 Valletta Cup, in which the Czechs beat a Hungary XI in the final.[5]
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| Dates | 10 – 15 May 2022 |
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| Administrator(s) | Malta Cricket Association |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and final |
| Host(s) |  Malta |
| Champions |  Romania |
| Runners-up | Malta |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 18 |
| Player of the series | Taranjeet Singh |
| Most runs | Taranjeet Singh (357) |
| Most wickets | Ijaz Hussain (11) |
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In a round-robin game against Bulgaria, Gibraltar put on an unbeaten 213 runs for the first wicket, the fourth highest opening partnerships in men's T20Is.[6] Malta secured a place in the final on day three with a game to spare, after winning their first four matches.[7] Romania reached the final after a rapid run-chase against Gibraltar, and they went on to defeat the hosts by 9 runs in the final.[8][9]
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The Czech Republic also named Kranthi Venkataswamy and Neeraj Tyagi as reserves.[10]
Points table
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Malta |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.014 |
| 2 | Romania |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1.498 |
| 3 |  Czech Republic |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1.237 |
| 4 |  Hungary |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −0.251 |
| 5 |  Gibraltar |
5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | −1.439 |
| 6 |  Bulgaria |
5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | −2.115 |
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Source: ESPNcricinfo[12]
- Advanced to the final
- Advanced to the third-place play-off
- Advanced to the fifth-place play-off
Fixtures
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Avinash Pai 42 (39) Amar Sharma 2/24 (4 overs) |
Basil George 36 (30) Zachary Simpson 2/32 (2.5 overs) |
Malta won by 5 wickets Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Shubh Anand (Hun) and Sandeep Harnal (Can) Player of the match: Basil George (Mlt) |
- Malta won the toss and elected to field.
- Jaison Jerome (Mlt), Samarth Bodha, Mark Gouws, Zachary Simpson and Matthew Whelan (Gib) all made their T20I debuts.
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Basil George 60 (36) Asanka Weligamage 3/45 (4 overs) |
Harshvardhan Mandhyan 41 (25) Waseem Abbas 2/25 (4 overs) |
Malta won by 45 runs Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Sandeep Harnal (Can) and Ruban Sivanadian (Mlt) Player of the match: Bikram Arora (Mlt) |
- Hungary won the toss and elected to field.
- Bhavani Adapaka, Abhishek Ahuja, Ali Farasat and Akramullah Malikzada (Hun) all made their T20I debuts.
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Kieron Ferrary 24 (22) Sandeep Mohandas 2/31 (4 overs) |
Harshvardhan Mandhyan 29 (27) Samarth Bodha 3/26 (3.4 overs) |
Hungary won by 4 wickets Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Shubh Anand (Hun) and Tim Wheeler (Mlt) Player of the match: Harshvardhan Mandhyan (Hun) |
- Hungary won the toss and elected to field.
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Taranjeet Singh 63 (44) Amar Sharma 1/33 (4 overs) |
Basil George 37 (22) Ijaz Hussain 2/25 (3 overs) |
Malta won by 5 wickets Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Shubh Anand (Hun) and Ruban Sivanadian (Mlt) Player of the match: Basil George (Mlt) |
- Malta won the toss and elected to field.
- Gaurav Mishra and Sukhkaran Sahi (Rom) both made their T20I debuts.
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Sabawoon Davizi 98* (61) Kieron Ferrary 1/9 (3 overs) |
Andrew Reyes 44 (41) Sazib Bhuiyan 2/20 (3 overs) |
Czech Republic won by 40 runs Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Shubh Anand (Hun) and Andrew Naudi (Mlt) Player of the match: Sabawoon Davizi (Cze) |
- Czech Republic won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sazib Bhuiyan, Shubhranshu Chaudhary, Divyendra Singh, Dylan Steyn and Ritik Tomar (Cze) all made their T20I debuts.
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Abishek Kheterpal 42 (35) Hristo Lakov 2/15 (4 overs) |
Saim Hussain 54 (43) Bhavani Adapaka 3/29 (4 overs) |
Hungary won by 5 runs Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Sandeep Harnal (Can) and Ruban Sivanadian (Mlt) Player of the match: Abishek Kheterpal (Hun) |
- Bulgaria won the toss and elected to field.
- Saim Hussain, Sandeep Nair (Bul) and Gabor Torok (Hun) all made their T20I debuts.
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Basil George 51 (41) Satyajit Sengupta 3/35 (4 overs) |
Arun Ashokan 30 (17) Amar Sharma 3/24 (3 overs) |
Malta won by 2 runs Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Shubh Anand (Hun) and Sandeep Harnal (Can) Player of the match: Basil George (Mlt) |
- Czech Republic won the toss and elected to field.
- Imran Ameer (Mlt) and Sharan Ramakrishnan (Cze) both made their T20I debuts.
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Sabawoon Davizi 115* (59) Hristo Lakov 2/49 (4 overs) |
Hristo Lakov 61 (51) Naveed Ahmed 3/29 (4 overs) |
Czech Republic won by 88 runs Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Andrew Naudi (Mlt) and Ruban Sivanadian (Mlt) Player of the match: Sabawoon Davizi (Cze) |
- Czech Republic won the toss and elected to bat.
- Dylan Steyn (Cze) scored his first century in T20Is.[13]
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Vasu Saini 47 (32) Harshvardhan Mandhyan 3/30 (4 overs) |
Zahir Mohammed 78 (42) Ijaz Hussain 2/16 (3 overs) |
Hungary won by 6 wickets Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Shubh Anand (Hun) and Andrew Naudi (Mlt) Player of the match: Zahir Mohammed (Hun) |
- Romania won the toss and elected to bat.
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Louis Bruce 99* (63) |
Saim Hussain 64 (31) Samarth Bodha 2/18 (3 overs) |
Gibraltar won by 21 runs Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Shubh Anand (Hun) and Ruban Sivanadian (Mlt) Player of the match: Louis Bruce (Gib) |
- Gibraltar won the toss and elected to bat.
- Karthik Pillai (Bul) and Christian Rocca (Gib) both made their T20I debuts.
- The opening partnership for Gibraltar between Avinash Pai and Louis Bruce was the first time that a team had batted a full 20 overs without losing a wicket in a men's T20I.[14]
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Taranjeet Singh 110 (61) Naveed Ahmed 2/34 (4 overs) |
Arun Ashokan 49 (40) Ijaz Hussain 4/28 (4 overs) |
Romania won by 26 runs Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Sandeep Harnal (Can) and Tim Wheeler (Mlt) Player of the match: Taranjeet Singh (Rom) |
- Romania won the toss and elected to bat.
- Taranjeet Singh (Rom) scored his first century in T20Is.[13]
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Kevin D'Souza 43 (33) Ijaz Hussain 2/22 (4 overs) |
Ramesh Satheesan 86* (43) Delrick Varghese 1/7 (0.4 overs) |
Romania won by 8 wickets Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Shubh Anand (Hun) and Ruban Sivanadian (Mlt) Player of the match: Ramesh Satheesan (Rom) |
- Bulgaria won the toss and elected to bat.
- Senthilvel Karthikeyan (Rom) made his T20I debut.
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Abhishek Ahuja 61 (48) Smit Patel 4/34 (4 overs) |
Sudesh Wickramasekara 63 (41) Bhavani Adapaka 1/38 (3.1 overs) |
Czech Republic won by 7 wickets Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Sandeep Harnal (Can) and Tim Wheeler (Mlt) Player of the match: Arun Ashokan (Cze) |
- Hungary won the toss and elected to bat.
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Avinash Pai 49 (40) Ramesh Satheesan 3/37 (3 overs) |
Taranjeet Singh 84* (35) Richard Cunningham 1/28 (2.2 overs) |
Romania won by 8 wickets Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Ghose Roy (Mlt) and Ruban Sivanadian (Mlt) Player of the match: Ramesh Satheesan (Rom) |
- Gibraltar won the toss and elected to bat.
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Saim Hussain 108* (55) Imran Ameer 2/41 (4 overs) |
Aaftab Alam Khan 71* (38) Hristo Lakov 2/44 (4 overs) |
Malta won by 6 wickets Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Shubh Anand (Hun) and Sandeep Harnal (Can) Player of the match: Saim Hussain (Bul) |
- Bulgaria won the toss and elected to bat.
- Divyes Kumar and Jitesh Patel (Mlt) both made their T20I debuts.
- Saim Hussain (Bul) scored his first century in T20Is.[13]
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Balaji Pai 53* (44) Asad Ali Rehemtulla 2/25 (4 overs) |
Aravinda De Silva 41 (32) Kieron Ferrary 2/30 (4 overs) |
Bulgaria won by 5 wickets Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Shubh Anand (Hun) and Ghose Roy (Mlt) Player of the match: Kevin D'Souza (Bul) |
- Gibraltar won the toss and elected to bat.
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Dylan Steyn 65 (41) Bhavani Adapaka 1/26 (3 overs) |
Abhijeet Ahuja 75 (52) Sazib Bhuiyan 2/29 (4 overs) |
Czech Republic won by 70 runs Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Ghose Roy (Mlt) and Tim Wheeler (Mlt) Player of the match: Dylan Steyn (Cze) |
- Hungary won the toss and elected to field.
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Vasu Saini 60* (42) Waseem Abbas 2/35 (4 overs) |
Imran Ameer 28* (23) Taranjeet Singh 4/20 (4 overs) |
Romania won by 9 runs Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Umpires: Shubh Anand (Hun) and Sandeep Harnal (Can) Player of the match: Taranjeet Singh (Rom) |
- Romania won the toss and elected to bat.
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