2022–23 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier
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The 2022–23 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier was a cricket tournament that formed part of the qualification process for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[1][2] In May 2022, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed all the fixtures and venues for the three sub-regional Qualifiers.[3]
The sub-regional phase of European qualification for the previous T20 World Cup was eventually cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] As a result, only four teams had the opportunity to qualify from a regional finals event.[5] Jersey and Germany progressed from that event and thereby gained a bye through the sub-regional stage in the process for the 2024 T20 World Cup.[6]
In this cycle, twenty-eight countries from the European region competed in the sub-regional phase of the tournament, divided into three events being played in June and July 2022.[7] Qualifier C was the first event played,[8] which took place in Belgium between 28 June and 4 July 2022.[9] Qualifiers A and B followed, with both of them hosted in Finland between 12 and 31 July 2022.[10]
The winner of each sub-regional qualifier progressed to the regional final.[3] Denmark became the first team to advance to the regional final, after they beat Portugal by nine wickets in the final of sub-regional Qualifier C.[11] Italy were the second team to progress to the regional final, when they beat the Isle of Man by seven wickets in the final of sub-regional Qualifier A.[12][13] Austria were the last team to qualify from the sub-regional matches, after beating Norway in the final of the sub-regional Qualifier B.[14][15]
Scotland and Ireland enter the regional final as they had failed to qualify directly for the 2024 T20 World Cup.[16][17] The regional final was played in Edinburgh, Scotland in July 2023.[18] On 27 July 2023, Ireland secured qualification for the T20 World Cup when their fifth game at the regional final was abandoned due to rain.[19] Later the same day, Scotland also qualified after a fifth consecutive victory.[20][21] Scotland defeated Ireland by 8 runs in the last game to win the tournament.[22]
Teams
[edit]| Stage | Teams | |||||
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| Regional Final | Direct qualifiers |  Ireland[a] |  Scotland[a] |  Germany[b] |  Jersey[b] | |
| Sub-regional qualifiers |  Italy |  Austria |  Denmark | |||
| Qualifier A | Group 1 |  Croatia |  Finland |  Greece | Italy |  Sweden |
| Group 2 |  Cyprus |  Isle of Man |  Romania |  Serbia |  Turkey | |
| Qualifier B | Group 1 | Austria |  Bulgaria |  Guernsey |  Luxembourg |  Slovenia |
| Group 2 |  Czechia |  Estonia |  France |  Norway |  Switzerland | |
| Qualifier C | Group 1 |  Belgium | Denmark |  Gibraltar |  Hungary | |
| Group 2 |  Israel |  Malta |  Portugal |  Spain | ||
- ^ a b Received a bye after competing in the 2022 T20 World Cup
- ^ a b Received a bye after competing in the 2022 global qualifiers
Qualifier A
[edit]| Dates | 12 – 19 July 2022 |
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| Administrator(s) | European Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Group round-robin and final |
| Host(s) | Finland |
| Champions | Italy |
| Runners-up | Isle of Man |
| Participants | 10 |
| Matches | 24 |
| Most runs | George Burrows (210) |
| Most wickets | Zaker Taqawi (11) |
Squads
[edit]| Croatia[23] | Cyprus | Finland[24] | Greece[25] | Isle of Man[26] |
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| Italy[27] | Romania[28] | Serbia[29] | Sweden[30] | Turkey |
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Group stage
[edit]Group 1
[edit]Points table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Italy | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4.517 | Advanced to the final |
| 2 | Finland | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1.008 | Advanced to the 3rd place playoff |
| 3 | Sweden | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.848 | Advanced to the 5th place playoff |
| 4 | Croatia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | −3.733 | Advanced to the 7th place playoff |
| 5 | Greece | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | −2.648 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[31]
Fixtures
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Spiridon Bogdos 19 (38) Crishan Kalugamage 3/11 (4 overs) | Anthony Mosca 34* (33) Alexandros Karvelas 1/13 (2 overs) |
- Italy won the toss and elected to field.
- Christodoulos Bogdanos, Spiridon Bogdos, Gerasimos Fatouros, Andreas Gasteratos, Alexandros Karvelas, Aristides Karvelas, Panagiotis Magafas (Gre), Marcus Campopiano, Ali Hasan, Crishan Kalugamage, Bashar Khan, Harry Manenti, Anthony Mosca and Justin Mosca (Ita) all made their T20I debuts.
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Jonathan Scamans 22 (18) Liam Karlsson 4/20 (4 overs) | Abhijit Venkatesh 35 (43) Raaz Mohammad 3/17 (4 overs) |
- Sweden won the toss and elected to field.
- Matthew Jenkinson (Fin) and Waqas Haider (Swe) both made their T20I debuts.
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Christopher Turkich 15 (41) Zaker Taqawi 5/17 (4 overs) | Umar Nawaz 29 (20) John Vujnovich 2/26 (2 overs) |
- Sweden won the toss end elected to field.
- Sohail Ahmad, Wasal Bitis, Jeffrey Grzinic, Boro Jerkovic, Aman Maheshwari, Daniel Marsic, Jason Newton, Christopher Turkich, Daniel Turkich, Sheldon Valjalo and John Vujnovich (Cro) all made their T20I debuts.
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Aravind Mohan 61 (56) Harry Manenti 2/30 (4 overs) | Marcus Campopiano 50 (33) Peter Gallagher 2/28 (4 overs) |
- Italy won the toss and elected to field.
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Marcus Campopiano 62 (49) Abhijit Venkatesh 3/32 (4 overs) | Waqas Haider 19 (6) Harry Manenti 4/29 (4 overs) |
- Sweden won the toss and elected to field.
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Daniel Turkich 29 (29) Gerasimos Fatouros 1/13 (4 overs) | Panagiotis Magafas 30 (32) Boro Jerkovic 3/19 (3 overs) |
- Greece won the toss and elected to field.
- Nikola Davidovic (Cro) made his T20I debut.
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Nathan Collins 45 (36) Georgios Galanis 2/16 (3 overs) | Gerasimos Fatouros 50 (28) Peter Gallagher 3/33 (4 overs) |
- Greece won the toss and elected to field.
- Ilias Bardis (Gre) made his T20I debut.
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Anthony Mosca 78 (49) Daniel Turkich 2/27 (4 overs) |
- Italy won the toss and elected to bat.
- Naseem Khan (Cro) made his T20I debut.
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Hamid Mahmood 69 (58) Ali Abdulla Popalzae 3/21 (3 overs) | Alexandros Karvelas 24 (24) Ankit Dubey 3/10 (3 overs) |
- Greece won the toss and elected to field.
- Ali Abdulla Popalzae (Gre) and Ankit Dubey (Swe) both made their T20I debuts.
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Daniel Marsic 22 (42) Raaz Mohammad 2/9 (4 overs) | Vanraaj Padhaal 23* (22) Daniel Turkich 3/7 (4 overs) |
- Croatia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mate Jukic (Cro) made his T20I debut.
Group 2
[edit]Points table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Isle of Man | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3.238 | Advanced to the final |
| 2 | Cyprus | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.451 | Advanced to the 3rd place playoff |
| 3 | Romania | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.136 | Advanced to the 5th place playoff |
| 4 | Serbia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −0.826 | Advanced to the 7th place playoff |
| 5 | Turkey | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | −3.754 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[32]
Fixtures
[edit]v | ||
Shoaib Ahmed 25 (23) Joseph Burrows 4/16 (4 overs) | George Burrows 69* (45) Chamal Sadun 1/12 (2 overs) |
- Isle of Man won the toss and elected to field.
- Shoaib Ahmed, Ruwan Arachchilage, Riyaz Kajalwala, Akila Kalugala (Cyp) and Kieran Cawte (IoM) all made their T20I debuts.
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Vasu Saini 52* (44) Ali Turkmen 1/17 (4 overs) | Ilyas Ataullah 26* (18) Shantanu Vashisht 2/10 (4 overs) |
- Turkey won the toss and elected to field.
- Manmeet Koli, Rohit Kumar (Rom), Gokhan Alta, Ilyas Ataullah, Cagri Bayraktar, Zafer Durmaz, Shamsullah Ehsan, Ishak Elec, Emin Kuyumcu, Romeo Nath, Mecit Ozturk and Ali Turkmen (Tur) all made their T20I debuts.
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Scott Austin 34 (29) Satvik Nadigotla 3/30 (4 overs) | Vasu Saini 27 (26) Gurpratap Singh 3/26 (4 overs) |
- Romania won the toss and elected to field.
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George Burrows 60 (46) Ayo Mene-Ejegi 4/30 (4 overs) | Simo Ivetic 29 (35) Matthew Ansell 2/10 (4 overs) |
- Serbia won the toss and elected to field.
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Romeo Nath 20 (34) Nicholas Johns-Wickberg 3/6 (4 overs) | Simo Ivetic 21 (32) Hasan Cakir 1/5 (1 over) |
- Serbia won the toss and elected to field.
- Hasan Cakir (Tur) made his T20I debut.
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Vasu Saini 31 (26) Jacob Butler 2/19 (3 overs) | Nathan Knights 69 (31) Vasu Saini 2/4 (2 overs) |
- Isle of Man won the toss and elected to field.
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Sivakumar Periyalwar 35* (33) Vukasin Zimonjic 3/26 (4 overs) | Simo Ivetic 27 (38) Taranjeet Singh 4/17 (4 overs) |
- Romania won the toss and elected to bat.
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Roman Mazumder 36 (17) Ilyas Ataullah 2/13 (2 overs) | Cagri Bayraktar 11 (9) Chamal Sadun 4/1 (1.3 overs) |
- Cyprus won the toss and elected to bat.
- Muhammad Farooq, Syed Hussain (Cyp) and Deniz Mutu (Tur) all made their T20I debuts.
- Chamal Sadun became the first player for Cyprus to take a hat-trick in men's T20Is.[33]
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Roman Mazumder 27 (26) Matija Sarenac 3/29 (4 overs) | Alexander Dizija 68 (61) Tejwinder Singh 2/23 (4 overs) |
- Cyprus won the toss and elected to bat.
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George Burrows 54 (35) Ishak Elec 4/31 (4 overs) | Gokhan Alta 28 (27) Chris Langford 3/10 (4 overs) |
- Isle of Man won the toss and elected to bat.
Play-offs
[edit]7th place play-off
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Simo Ivetic 29 (50) Nikola Davidovic 3/22 (4 overs) | John Vujnovich 20 (41) Nicholas Johns-Wickberg 3/15 (3 overs) |
- Serbia won the toss and elected to bat.
5th place play-off
[edit]v | ||
Gaurav Mishra 24 (17) Zaker Taqawi 3/13 (4 overs) | Hamid Mahmood 51* (43) Taranjeet Singh 1/18 (3 overs) |
- Romania won the toss and elected to bat.
3rd place play-off
[edit]v | ||
Atif Rasheed 43 (26) Gurpratap Singh 4/35 (4 overs) | Chamal Sadun 52* (50) Mahesh Tambe 3/21 (4 overs) |
- Finland won the toss and elected to bat.
Final
[edit]v | ||
Carl Hartmann 30 (30) Harry Manenti 3/14 (4 overs) | Marcus Campopiano 35* (21) Joseph Burrows 2/28 (3 overs) |
- Italy won the toss and elected to field.
- Josh Clough (IoM) made his T20I debut.
Qualifier B
[edit]| Dates | 24 – 31 July 2022 |
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| Administrator(s) | European Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Group round-robin and final |
| Host(s) | Finland |
| Champions | Austria |
| Runners-up | Norway |
| Participants | 10 |
| Matches | 24 |
| Player of the series | Gustav Mckeon |
| Most runs | Gustav Mckeon (377) |
| Most wickets | Sahel Zadran (12) |
Squads
[edit]| Austria[28] | Bulgaria[34] | Czech Republic[35] | Estonia[36] | France[37] |
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| Guernsey[38] | Luxembourg[39] | Norway[40] | Slovenia[41] | Switzerland[42] |
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Group stage
[edit]Group 1
[edit]Points table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Austria | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4.249 | Advanced to the final |
| 2 | Guernsey | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2.200 | Advanced to the 3rd place playoff |
| 3 | Luxembourg | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −0.391 | Advanced to the 5th place playoff |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | −3.341 | Advanced to the 7th place playoff |
| 5 | Slovenia | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | −3.457 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[43]
Fixtures
[edit]v | ||
Iqbal Hossain 34 (16) Saransh Kushretha 3/20 (4 overs) | Timothy Barker 32 (34) Sahel Zadran 3/7 (3 overs) |
- Luxembourg won the toss and elected to field.
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Tom Nightingale 40 (24) Asad Ali Rehemtulla 4/24 (4 overs) | Hristo Lakov 28 (32) Adam Martel 3/17 (4 overs) |
- Bulgaria won the toss and elected to field.
- Bulgaria were set a revised target of 131 runs in 19 overs due to rain.
- Rohit Dhiman (Bul) and Adam Martel (Gue) both made their T20I debuts.
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Mirza Ahsan 70* (33) Awais Ikram 2/34 (3 overs) | Muhammad Siddiqui 18 (12) Sahel Zadran 5/13 (3.1 overs) |
- Slovenia won the toss and elected to field.
- Shahid Arshad, Awais Ikram, Mazhar Khan, Sudhakar Koppolu, Taher Muhammad, Mark Oman, Primoz Pustoslemsek, Ayyaz Qureshi, Muhammad Siddiqui, Ramanjot Singh and Nilesh Ujawe (Svn) all made their T20I debuts.
- Sahel Zadran (Aut) took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is.[44]
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Matthew Stokes 35 (31) Saransh Kushretha 2/18 (4 overs) | Shiv Gill 47 (38) William Peatfield 3/22 (4 overs) |
- Luxembourg won the toss and elected to field.
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Luke Le Tissier 37 (28) Sahel Zadran 1/20 (4 overs) | Razmal Shigiwal 42 (29) William Peatfield 3/22 (4 overs) |
- Guernsey won the toss and elected to bat.
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Muhammad Siddiqui 48 (33) Asad Ali Rehemtulla 3/32 (4 overs) | Aravinda De Silva 55 (49) Nilesh Ujawe 2/12 (4 overs) |
- Bulgaria won the toss and elected to field.
- Waqar Khan (Svn) made his T20I debut.
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Shiv Gill 45 (38) Kevin D'Souza 2/29 (4 overs) | Omar Rassol 32 (16) William Cope 1/6 (1 over) |
- Luxembourg won the toss and elected to bat.
- Bulgaria were set a revised target of 95 runs in 9 overs due to rain.
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Ramanjot Singh 18 (17) Matthew Stokes 2/11 (3 overs) | Luke Le Tissier 29 (9) Primoz Pustoslemsek 1/15 (1.3 overs) |
- Guernsey won the toss and elected to field.
- Bhagwant Sandhu (Svn) made his T20I debut.
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Armaan Randhawa 78* (45) Mukul Kadyan 2/26 (4 overs) | Hristo Lakov 14* (17) Aqib Iqbal 3/10 (3 overs) |
- Austria won the toss and elected to bat.
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Timothy Barker 36 (23) Muhammad Siddiqui 3/21 (4 overs) | Ramanjot Singh 46 (42) Atif Kamal 3/15 (3 overs) |
- Luxembourg won the toss and elected to bat.
- Dileep Pallekonda (Svn) made his T20I debut.
Group 2
[edit]Points table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Norway | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3.197 | Advanced to the final |
| 2 | France | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1.132 | Advanced to the 3rd place playoff |
| 3 | Switzerland | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −0.006 | Advanced to the 5th place playoff |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −1.417 | Advanced to the 7th place playoff |
| 5 | Estonia | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | −2.417 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[45]
Fixtures
[edit]v | ||
Ali Masood 44 (38) Raza Iqbal 3/29 (4 overs) | Raza Iqbal 64* (37) |
- Estonia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Aditya Paul (Est), Muhammad Butt, Qamar Mushtaque and Ibrahim Rahimi (Nor) all made their T20I debuts.
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Gustav Mckeon 76 (54) Sameera Waththage 1/14 (3 overs) | Dylan Steyn 22 (17) Zain Ahmad 2/13 (3 overs) |
- Czech Republic won the toss and elected to field.
- Zain Ahmad, Rohullah Mangal, Gustav Mckeon and Abdul Rahman (Fra) all made their T20I debuts.
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Raza Iqbal 53 (43) Sameera Waththage 2/38 (4 overs) | Sabawoon Davizi 23 (32) Muhammad Butt 5/8 (4 overs) |
- Norway won the toss and elected to bat.
- Muhammad Butt became the first player for Norway to take a five-wicket haul in men's T20Is.[44]
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Gustav Mckeon 109 (61) Ali Nayyer 2/26 (3 overs) | Faheem Nazir 67 (46) Zain Ahmad 4/20 (4 overs) |
- France won the toss and elected to bat.
- Abdulmalik Jabarkhel (Fra), Kenardo Fletcher, Sathya Narayanan and Jai Sinh (Sui) all made their T20I debuts.
- Gustav Mckeon became the first player for France to score a century in men's T20Is,[46] and also the youngest player to score a century in men's T20Is (18 years and 280 days).[47]
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Faheem Nazir 107* (68) Habib Khan 2/21 (4 overs) | Ali Masood 69* (56) Faheem Nazir 2/28 (4 overs) |
- Switzerland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Azeem Nazir (Sui) made his T20I debut.
- Faheem Nazir became the first player for Switzerland to score a century in men's T20Is.[46]
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Gustav Mckeon 101 (53) Usman Arif 2/13 (2 overs) | Kuruge Abeyrathna 45 (37) Noman Amjad 3/24 (4 overs) |
- France won the toss and elected to bat.
- Gustav Mckeon (Fra) became the first player to score back-to-back centuries in men's T20Is.[48]
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Ali Saleem 53* (37) Aneesh Kumar 2/10 (4 overs) | Faheem Nazir 12 (9) Ahmadullah Shinwari 1/15 (3 overs) |
- Norway won the toss and elected to bat.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
- Rhys Saunders (Nor) made his T20I debut.
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Sabawoon Davizi 47 (36) Habib Khan 4/16 (4 overs) | Arslan Amjad 27 (26) Sudesh Wickramasekara 4/14 (3 overs) |
- Czech Republic won the toss and elected to bat.
- Abul Farhad (Cze) and Ramesh Tanna (Est) both made their T20I debuts.
- Sudesh Wickramasekara became the first player for Czech Republic to take a hat-trick in men's T20Is.[33]
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Faheem Nazir 113 (67) Arun Ashokan 3/32 (4 overs) | Sazib Bhuiyan 51 (25) Kenardo Fletcher 1/27 (3.4 overs) |
- Switzerland won the toss and elected to bat.
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Gustav Mckeon 87 (51) Habib Khan 3/31 (4 overs) | Habib Khan 37 (23) Gustav Mckeon 1/7 (1 over) |
- France won the toss and elected to bat.
- Estonia were set a revised target of 150 runs in 16 overs due to rain.
- Habib Khan became the first player for Estonia to take a hat-trick in men's T20Is.[33]
Play-offs
[edit]7th place play-off
[edit]v | ||
Saim Hussain 39 (42) Sudesh Wickramasekara 5/15 (3.1 overs) | Dylan Steyn 34 (44) Prakash Mishra 2/25 (4 overs) |
- Bulgaria won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sudesh Wickramasekara became the first player for Czech Republic to take a five-wicket haul in men's T20Is.[44]
5th place play-off
[edit]v | ||
Shiv Gill 23 (26) Jai Sinh 5/23 (4 overs) | Azeem Nazir 36 (40) Pankaj Malav 3/22 (4 overs) |
- Luxembourg won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jai Sinh became the first player for Switzerland to take a five-wicket haul in men's T20Is.[44]
3rd place play-off
[edit]v | ||
Isaac Damarell 51 (45) Ibrahim Jabarkhel 2/12 (2 overs) | Noman Amjad 27 (21) Luke Bichard 4/20 (4 overs) |
- Guernsey won the toss and elected to bat.
Final
[edit]v | ||
Raza Iqbal 19 (17) Sahel Zadran 3/10 (2.4 overs) | Iqbal Hossain 66 (36) Qamar Mushtaque 1/10 (2 overs) |
- Norway won the toss and elected to bat.
- Austria were set a revised target of 77 runs in 14 overs due to rain.
Qualifier C
[edit]| Dates | 28 June – 4 July 2022 |
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| Administrator(s) | European Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Group round-robin and playoffs |
| Host(s) | Belgium |
| Champions | Denmark |
| Runners-up | Portugal |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches | 20 |
| Player of the series | Taranjit Bharaj |
| Most runs | Nicolaj Laegsgaard (189) |
| Most wickets | Nicolaj Laegsgaard (9) |
Squads
[edit]| Belgium | Denmark[49] | Gibraltar[50] | Hungary[51] |
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| Israel[28] | Malta | Portugal[28] | Spain[52] |
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On 22 June 2022, Saud Munir replaced Amjad Khan in the Denmark squad due to work commitments.[53]
Group stage
[edit]Group 1
[edit]Points table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Belgium | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.445 | Advanced to the semi-finals |
| 2 | Denmark | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3.467 | |
| 3 | Gibraltar | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −3.560 | Advanced to the 5th place semi-finals |
| 4 | Hungary | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −1.617 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[54]
Fixtures
[edit]v | ||
Avinash Pai 76* (58) Shagharai Sefat 2/31 (4 overs) | Aziz Mohammad 72 (29) Samarth Bodha 1/3 (1 over) |
- Belgium won the toss and elected to field.
- Iain Latin and Kayron Stagno (Gib) both made their T20I debuts.
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Taranjit Bharaj 63 (33) Harshvardhan Mandhyan 2/32 (4 overs) | Khaibar Deldar 24 (17) Nicolaj Laegsgaard 3/21 (3 overs) |
- Denmark won the toss and elected to bat.
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Nicolaj Laegsgaard 91 (42) James Fitzgerald 2/30 (3 overs) | Philip Raikes 35 (35) Hamid Shah 2/5 (2 overs) |
- Denmark won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ian Farrell (Gib) made his T20I debut.
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Satyadeep Ashwathnarayana 52 (37) Sajad Ahmadzai 3/22 (4 overs) | Saber Zakhil 37 (25) Mark Fontaine 2/15 (2 overs) |
- Hungary won the toss and elected to bat.
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Sandeep Mohandas 26* (20) Iain Latin 4/25 (4 overs) | Avinash Pai 46 (46) Zeeshan Kukikhel 2/18 (4 overs) |
- Gibraltar won the toss and elected to field.
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Saber Zakhil 27 (18) Nicolaj Laegsgaard 2/25 (4 overs) | Hamid Shah 58 (48) Ahmad Khalid Ahmadzai 3/30 (4 overs) |
- Denmark won the toss and elected to field.
- Saud Munir (Den) made his T20I debut.
Group 2
[edit]Points table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.682 | Advanced to the semi-finals |
| 2 | Portugal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −0.281 | |
| 3 | Malta | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.111 | Advanced to the 5th place semi-finals |
| 4 | Israel | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −1.889 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[55]
Fixtures
[edit]v | ||
Basil George 36 (23) Mohammad Kamran 2/20 (4 overs) | Yasir Ali 65* (61) Bikram Arora 1/14 (2 overs) |
- Spain won the toss and elected to field.
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Kuldeep Gholiya 39 (29) Niv Nagavkar 2/19 (3 overs) | Michael Cohen 27* (29) Amandeep Singh 3/11 (4 overs) |
- Israel won the toss and elected to field.
- Abraham Amado, Shailesh Bangera, Michael Cohen, Josh Evans, Eitamar Kahamker, Niv Nagavkar, Yair Nagavkar, Eliezar Samson, Gabriel Schachat, Eshkol Solomon, Elan Talker (Isr), Syed Maisam Ali and Kuldeep Gholiya (Por) all made their T20I debuts.
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Amir Zaib 37 (33) Varun Thamotharam 3/25 (3 overs) | Varun Thamotharam 57 (41) Najjam Shahzad 3/25 (4 overs) |
- Portugal won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sharn Gomes (Por) made his T20I debut.
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Eshkol Solomon 25 (26) Yasir Ali 2/12 (2 overs) | Hamza Dar 39* (27) Eliezar Samson 1/12 (2 overs) |
- Israel won the toss and elected to bat.
- Tomer Kahamker (Isr) and Mohammad Atif (Esp) both made their T20I debuts.
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Kuldeep Gholiya 19 (20) Yasir Ali 3/8 (4 overs) | Daniel Doyle-Calle 28 (18) Najjam Shahzad 1/11 (2 overs) |
- Portugal won the toss and elected to bat.
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Heinrich Gericke 48 (26) Josh Evans 3/22 (4 overs) | Yogev Nagavkar 39 (41) Varun Thamotharam 3/22 (4 overs) |
- Israel won the toss and elected to field.
- Levi Kamarlekar and Yogev Nagavkar (Isr) both made their T20I debuts.
Consolation play-offs
[edit]Following a car accident on 1 July 2022 that involved three match officials, the ICC rescheduled the consolation play-off matches.[56]
5th place semi-finals
[edit]7th place play-off
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Gabriel Schachat 66 (53) Harshvardhan Mandhyan 2/24 (4 overs) | Asanka Weligamage 45 (33) Tomer Kahamker 3/10 (2 overs) |
- Hungary won the toss and elected to field.
5th place play-off
[edit]v | ||
Louis Bruce 55 (47) Bilal Muhammad 2/24 (4 overs) | Basil George 93* (44) Mark Gouws 1/16 (2 overs) |
- Gibraltar won the toss and elected to bat.
Play-offs
[edit]| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| A1 | Belgium | 113 (18.4 overs) | |||||||
| B2 | Portugal | 114/2 (16.1 overs) | |||||||
| SF1W | Portugal | 110/9 (20 overs) | |||||||
| SF2W | Denmark | 111/1 (13.1 overs) | |||||||
| B1 | Denmark | 154/7 (20 overs) | |||||||
| A2 | Spain | 113 (16.1 overs) | |||||||
Semi-finals
[edit]v | ||
Muhammad Muneeb 40 (35) Syed Maisam Ali 4/25 (3.4 overs) |
- Belgium won the toss and elected to bat.
3rd place play-off
[edit]v | ||
Lorne Burns 47 (39) Khalid Ahmadi 3/19 (4 overs) | Ali Raza 50 (29) Zulqarnain Haider 2/26 (4 overs) |
- Spain won the toss and elected to bat.
Final
[edit]v | ||
Francoise Stoman 28 (41) Nicolaj Laegsgaard 2/11 (4 overs) |
- Portugal won the toss and elected to bat.
Regional Final
[edit] | |
| Dates | 20 – 28 July 2023 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | European Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
| Host(s) | Scotland |
| Champions | Scotland |
| Runners-up | Ireland |
| Participants | 7 |
| Matches | 21 |
| Player of the series | Richie Berrington |
| Most runs | Ollie Hairs (248) Richie Berrington (248) |
| Most wickets | Brad Currie (12) Mark Adair (12) |
Squads
[edit]The following squads were named ahead of the tournament:[58]
Gareth Delany was ruled out of Ireland's squad due to a broken wrist, and he was replaced by Theo van Woerkom.[66] Chris Sole was ruled out of Scotland's squad due to injury, and he was replaced by Adrian Neill.[67] Denmark's captain Hamid Shah missed the team's first four matches, and Taranjit Bharaj took over as captain while Shah was absent; Shah returned for the remaining games.[68] After the tournament began, Vijayshankar Chikkannaiah was replaced in Germany's squad by Talha Khan due to injury.[69] Ahead of Germany's last two matches of the tournament, Abdul Shakoor was replaced by Matt Montgomery after sustaining an injury.[70] Patrick Gouge was added to Jersey's squad ahead of their last game of the tournament, in place of Benjamin Ward, who was struck by a ball in the previous game.[71]
Points table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scotland | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4.110 | Qualified for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup |
| 2 | Ireland | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2.716 | |
| 3 | Italy | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −0.965 | |
| 4 | Jersey | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.431 | |
| 5 | Germany | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −0.440 | |
| 6 | Denmark | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | −0.894 | |
| 7 | Austria | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | −5.885 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[72]
Fixtures
[edit]v | ||
- Italy won the toss and elected to field.
- Stefano di Bartolomeo, Ben Manenti and Syed Naqvi (Ita) all made their T20I debuts.
v | ||
- Germany won the toss and elected to field.
- Germany were set a revised target of 138 runs in 11 overs due to rain.
- Brad Currie and Brandon McMullen (Sco) both made their T20I debuts.
v | ||
- Austria won the toss and elected to bat.
v | ||
- Jersey won the toss and elected to field.
v | ||
Taranjit Bharaj 43 (37) Ghulam Ahmadi 2/18 (4 overs) | Joshua van Heerden 42 (33) Abdullah Mahmood 3/22 (4 overs) |
- Germany won the toss and elected to field.
v | ||
- Italy won the toss and elected to field.
- Ollie Hairs (Sco) scored his first century in T20Is.[73]
- Gavin Main (Sco) took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is.[44]
v | ||
Armaan Randhawa 28 (45) Nicolaj Laegsgaard 4/19 (4 overs) |
- Denmark won the toss and elected to field.
v | ||
- Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
v | ||
- Denmark won the toss and elected to field.
- Eshan Karimi (Den) made his T20I debut.
v | ||
George Munsey 132 (61) Abdullah Akbarjan 2/22 (4 overs) | Jaweed Sadran 15 (14) Michael Leask 3/11 (4 overs) |
- Austria won the toss and elected to field.
- Tomas Mackintosh (Sco) made his T20I debut.
- George Munsey achieved the highest individual score for Scotland in men's T20Is.[74]
v | ||
- Germany won the toss and elected to field.
v | ||
- Denmark won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain.
v | ||
Joshua van Heerden 35 (21) Stefano di Bartolomeo 5/14 (4 overs) |
- Italy won the toss and elected to field.
- Matt Montgomery (Ger) made his T20I debut.
- Stefano di Bartolomeo became the first player for Italy to take a five-wicket haul in men's T20Is.[44]
v | ||
- Denmark won the toss and elected to field.
- Patrick Gouge (Jer) made his T20I debut.
- Nicolaj Laegsgaard (Den) took his first hat-trick in T20Is.[33]
v | ||
- Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
- Brad Currie (Sco) took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is.[75]
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