2019–20 Ireland Tri-Nation Series

2019–20 Ireland Tri-Nation Series
Date15–20 September 2019
LocationIreland
Result Ireland won the series
Player of the seriesScotland George Munsey
Teams
 Ireland  Netherlands  Scotland
Captains
Gary Wilson Pieter Seelaar Kyle Coetzer[n 1]
Most runs
Andrew Balbirnie (129) Pieter Seelaar (104) George Munsey (194)
Most wickets
George Dockrell (4) Shane Snater (5) Hamza Tahir (7)

The 2019–20 Ireland Tri-Nation Series was a cricket tournament that was held in September 2019 in Ireland.[1][2] It was a tri-nation series that featured Ireland, the Netherlands and Scotland, with all the matches played as Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).[3] The series was arranged after the planned first edition of the Euro T20 Slam was cancelled.[4][5] The matches were used by all the teams as part of their preparation for the 2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament.[6] Both Cricket Scotland and the KNCB thanked Cricket Ireland for agreeing to host the tournament, following the cancellation of the Euro T20 Slam.[7][8]

The fifth match of the series saw Scotland beat the Netherlands by six wickets. The result meant that the Netherlands were knocked out of contention of winning the series.[9] Ireland beat Scotland by one run in the sixth and final match, to win the series.[10] Scotland's George Munsey was named as the player of the series for his batting, which included a century against the Netherlands in the second match.[11]

Squads

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 Ireland[12]  Netherlands[13]  Scotland[14]

Jacob Mulder was ruled out of Ireland's squad due to injury and was replaced by Simi Singh.[15]

Points table

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Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1  Ireland 4 2 1 0 1 10 0.247
2  Scotland 4 2 2 0 0 8 1.335
3  Netherlands 4 1 2 0 1 6 −2.031
Source: [16]

Matches

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1st match

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15 September 2019
13:30
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
The Village, Malahide
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and David McLean (Sco)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.

2nd match

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16 September 2019
13:30
Scorecard
Scotland 
252/3 (20 overs)
v
 Netherlands
194/7 (20 overs)
George Munsey 127* (56)
Shane Snater 3/42 (4 overs)
Pieter Seelaar 96* (49)
Alasdair Evans 2/19 (4 overs)
Scotland won by 58 runs
The Village, Malahide
Umpires: David McLean (Sco) and Alan Neill (Ire)
Player of the match: George Munsey (Sco)

3rd match

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17 September 2019
13:30
Scorecard
Scotland 
193/7 (20 overs)
v
 Ireland
194/6 (17.4 overs)
Calum MacLeod 72 (42)
Boyd Rankin 3/29 (4 overs)
Andrew Balbirnie 64 (32)
Mark Watt 3/38 (4 overs)
Ireland won by 4 wickets
The Village, Malahide
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Alan Neill (Ire)

4th match

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18 September 2019
13:30
Scorecard
Ireland 
181/7 (20 overs)
v
 Netherlands
183/4 (19.1 overs)
Harry Tector 60 (40)
Brandon Glover 2/19 (4 overs)
Ben Cooper 91* (56)
George Dockrell 3/23 (3.1 overs)
Netherlands won by 6 wickets
The Village, Malahide
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and David McLean (Sco)
Player of the match: Ben Cooper (Ned)
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Ben Cooper and Max O'Dowd scored the joint-highest partnership for any wicket for the Netherlands in T20Is.[19]
  • This was the Netherlands' highest successful run chase against Ireland in T20Is.[19]

5th match

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19 September 2019
13:30
Scorecard
Netherlands 
123 (20 overs)
v
 Scotland
126/4 (13.2 overs)
Bas de Leede 30 (36)
Hamza Tahir 4/30 (4 overs)
Richie Berrington 27* (19)
Paul van Meekeren 2/32 (4 overs)
Scotland won by 6 wickets
The Village, Malahide
Umpires: David McLean (Sco) and Alan Neill (Ire)

6th match

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20 September 2019
13:30
Scorecard
Ireland 
186/9 (20 overs)
v
 Scotland
185/6 (20 overs)
Kevin O'Brien 63 (45)
Tom Sole 2/26 (4 overs)
Richie Berrington 76 (43)
Mark Adair 2/30 (4 overs)
Ireland won by 1 run
The Village, Malahide
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Alan Neill (Ire)
  • Scotland won the toss and elected to field.

Notes

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  1. ^ Richie Berrington captained Scotland for the 6th match.

References

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  1. ^ "Ireland to host Scotland, Netherlands in T20I tri-series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland to contest tri-series in September". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  3. ^ "New T20 International Tri-Series announced for Ireland, free entry to all games". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  4. ^ "T20 Festival a complete wipeout". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Ireland hopeful of tri-series with Scotland and Netherlands". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  7. ^ "T20I tri-series announced for Scotland, Ireland and Netherlands". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  8. ^ "New Tri-Nations T20 Tournament announced". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Archived from the original on 30 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Hamza four-for puts Scotland in pole position ahead of tri-series finale". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Twenty20 tri-series: Ireland clinch series with single-run win over Scotland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  11. ^ "Ireland in dramatic 1-run last-ball win over Scotland to claim GS Holding T20I Tri-Series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  12. ^ "White excited by the talented and dynamic squad selected for T20I Tri-Series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  13. ^ "Ryan Campbell announces squad for T20 World Cup Qualifier". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  14. ^ "Squads announced for T20I Tri-Series in Ireland and ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  15. ^ "T20 tri-series: Ireland v Netherlands opener at Malahide rained off". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  16. ^ "Ireland Tri-Nation T20I Series Table - 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  17. ^ "George Munsey slams 2nd fastest T20I ton, falls short of record jointly held by Rohit Sharma, David Miller". Times Now News. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  18. ^ a b "George Munsey's mind-boggling hundred sets records ablaze". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  19. ^ a b "Record O'Dowd-Cooper stand helps Netherlands smash highest chase". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
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