The 2024 United States Tri-Nation Series was the seventh round of the 2024–2026 Cricket World Cup League 2 cricket tournament that was held in the United States in October and November 2024.[1] The tri-nation series was contested by the men's national teams of Nepal, Scotland and United States.[2][3] The matches were played as One Day International (ODI) fixtures.[4]
Before the start of the League 2 series, United States and Nepal played a three-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Grand Prairie, Dallas.[5] Nepal won the series 3–0.[6]
United States v Nepal T20I series
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| United States | Nepal | ||
| Dates | 17 – 21 October 2024 | ||
| Captains | Monank Patel | Rohit Paudel | |
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| Results | Nepal won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | Saiteja Mukkamalla (117) | Kushal Bhurtel (142) | |
| Most wickets | Jessy Singh (5) | Sompal Kami (5) | |
| Player of the series | Sompal Kami (Nep) | ||
Squads
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Fixtures
edit1st T20I
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- United States won the toss and elected to field.
2nd T20I
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- Nepal won the toss and elected to bat.
- Super Over: USA 2/2, Nepal 3/0
3rd T20I
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- United States won the toss and elected to bat.
Tour matches
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United States A 85/6 (23.1 overs) | |
Kushal Malla 18 (48)
Aarin Nadkarni 4/14 (5 overs) |
Nitish Reddy 29 (39)
Sandeep Lamichhane 4/27 (8.1 overs) |
- United States A won the toss and elected to field.
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United States A 345/3 (48.3 overs) | |
- United States A won the toss and elected to field.
League 2 series
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| Date | 25 October – 4 November 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Squads
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On 18 October, Michael English was added to Scotland's squad after George Munsey was ruled out of the tri-nation series due to a groin injury.[12] Sagar Dhakal and Dev Khanal were named as reserves in Nepal's squad.[13] After the first match of the series, Smit Patel was ruled out of the United States squad and Sanjay Krishnamurthi was added as a replacement.[14] Andries Gous was ruled out of United States' squad during the series due to an injury, and Aaron Jones was added to the squad as a replacement.[15] Karan KC and Bhim Sharki were ruled out of Nepal's squad due to injuries before the final match of the series, and they were replaced by reserves Sagar Dhakal and Dev Khanal in the main squad.[16]
Fixtures
edit1st ODI
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- United States won the toss and elected to field.
3rd ODI
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- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
4th ODI
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- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
6th ODI
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- Scotland won the toss and elected to field.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
References
edit- ^ "USA Cricket to host Scotland and Nepal for ODI Tri-series in October/November 2024". Czarsportz. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ "Nepal to face Scotland, USA in third CWC League 2 series". Cricnepal. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "Media Accreditation Opens for USA- Nepal T20I Bilateral Series & ICC CWC League 2". USA Cricket. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ "Eight-team CWC League 2 begins in Nepal on the road to 2027". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "USA Cricket Announces Ticket Sales for T20 Bilateral Series Against Nepal and ICC CWC League 2". USA Cricket. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ "Nepal clinch historic 3-0 series whitewash against USA". Cricnepal. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ "USA Team Announced for the Stake Stars & Summit Trophy T20i Nepal Series". USA Cricket. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ^ @PeterDellaPenna (20 October 2024). "Nepal won the toss and has chosen to bat first v USA in the second T20I in Texas. USA playing an unchanged XI" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Nepal name final squad for League 2 US Tri-Series". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ "Scotland Men's squad named for ICC CWCL2 series in USA". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ^ "Aaron Jones axed from USA ODI side after choosing club over country". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ @CricketScotland (18 October 2024). "Michael English has been added to the Scotland Men's squad for the ICC CWCL2 series against USA and Nepal" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ @CricketNep (26 October 2024). "The squad is in, the fixtures are out, and we're gearing up the battle! Are you with us?" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ @usacricket (26 October 2024). "Squad Update" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ @PeterDellaPenna (2 November 2024). "Aaron Jones comes out to the middle for USA wearing #42 for the first time in a USA uniform. He's worn #85 his whole career prior to today. He was added back to the squad in place of Andries Gous after initially being dropped for the start of the ODI series" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ @CricketNep (4 November 2024). "Squad Update!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.