The 2022 Namibia Tri-Nation Series was the 17th round of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 cricket tournament, took place in Namibia in November 2022.[1][2] It was a tri-nation series between Namibia, Papua New Guinea and the United States cricket teams, with the matches played as One Day International (ODI) fixtures.[3] The ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 formed part of the qualification pathway to the 2023 Cricket World Cup.[4][5]
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| Date | 19–26 November 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Namibia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player of the series |  Assad Vala | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Originally the series was scheduled to take place in September 2020.[3][6] However, the series was postponed in July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7][8] In December 2020, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the rescheduled dates for the series.[9]
Namibia and the United States each claimed three wins from four games, while Papua New Guinea continued their struggles in the Cricket World Cup League 2 by losing all four of their matches in Windhoek.[10] In the fourth match of the series, Namibia's Tangeni Lungameni took six wickets for thirty-two runs in a victory against Papua New Guinea, setting the best ODI bowling figures for his country in an ODI.[11][12]
Squads
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Fixtures
edit1st ODI
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- Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
2nd ODI
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- United States won the toss and elected to field.
4th ODI
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- Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to bat.
5th ODI
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- United States won the toss and elected to bat.
6th ODI
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- Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
References
edit- ^ "Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 qualifying matches rescheduled". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ "Cricket bonanza in store". The Namibian. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ a b "ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 series announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "Namibia crowned ICC World Cricket League Division 2 champions with victory over Oman". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ "Associates pathway to 2023 World Cup undergoes major revamp". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "Action galore awaits Namibian sports". The Namibian. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ "Two more ICC qualifying events postponed due to Covid-19". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ "Two African ICC qualifying events postponed due to COVID-19". Emerging Cricket. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ "2023 World Cup qualifier details". CricketEurope. Archived from the original on 18 November 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ "Fish Eagles scalp Bald Eagles". The Namibian. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ "Rejuvenated Eagles take on USA". The Namibian. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ "Eagles beat PNG after great comeback". The Namibian. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "2022 Ends off with exciting Castle Lite Series". Cricket Namibia. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ "Kumul Petroleum PNG Barramundis squad announcement". Cricket PNG (via Facebook). 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ "Team USA squad named for final ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 series in Namibia". USA Cricket. November 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ^ "Jaskaran Malhotra dropped from USA ODI squad for Namibia tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
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