The Austria cricket team toured Belgium in July 2021 to play three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches at the Royal Brussels Cricket Club in Waterloo.[1][2] The series was originally due to be held in May 2021,[3] but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
Belgium head coach Corey Rutgers resigned shortly before the series after a selection dispute resulted in ten of the players who toured Malta earlier in July either being dropped or later withdrawing from the squad to face Austria.[5]
Belgium won the series 2–1.[6]
Squads
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T20I series
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Shahil Momin 61 (41)
Shagharai Sefat 3/33 (4 overs) |
Muhammad Muneeb 70* (53)
Sahel Zadran 2/28 (3 overs) |
- Belgium won the toss and elected to field.
- Maqsood Ahmad, Faisal Mehmood, Ali Raza, Shagharai Sefat (Bel), Iqbal Hossain, Shahil Momin and Waqar Zalmai (Aut) all made their T20I debuts.
2nd T20I
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Saber Zakhil 100* (47)
Aqib Iqbal 5/5 (4 overs) |
Razmal Shigiwal 17* (14)
Murid Ekrami 2/18 (3 overs) |
- Austria won the toss and elected to field.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
- Aqib Iqbal became the first bowler for Austria to take a five-wicket haul in T20Is.[7]
- Saber Zakhil (Bel) scored his first century in T20Is.[8]
- Saber Zakhil (Bel) also became the first cricketer batting at number 8 to score a century in T20Is.[9]
- The 132-run partnership between Saber Zakhil and Saqlain Ali in the Belgium innings was a record for the ninth wicket in T20Is.[6]
3rd T20I
editReferences
edit- ^ "More T20Is on the horizon in Europe". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ @CricketBelgium (16 June 2021). "Media Announcement from the BCF Management" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Belgium announces three T20I series". Emerging Cricket. 22 February 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ ""Belgium on the Global and European Cricket Map" by Corey Rutgers". Czarsportz (via YouTube). Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ "Rutgers resigns Belgium role amidst selection turmoil ahead of Austria T20I series". Emerging Cricket. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Remarkable comeback seals series for Belgium". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Global Game: Belgium trump continental rivals Austria with 2-1 T20I series win". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ "From 14/8 to 146/8: Belgium cricket team makes an epic comeback with a heroic century by Saber Zakhil". News Track. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ "Hosts Belgium Make a Comeback For The Ages After Saber Zakhil's Stunning Century In The 2nd T20I". CricFit. 25 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.