The Germany cricket team toured Spain in September 2021 to play a three-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series at the Desert Springs Cricket Ground in Almería.[1] The two sides last met at the same venue in March 2020, when a two-match series was shared 1–1.[2][3] Germany used the series to help with their preparations for the T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier that was played in Spain in October 2021.[4] Germany won the first T20I match, with Spain then winning the remaining matches to win the series 2–1.[5]
German cricket team in Spain in 2021 | |||
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Spain | Germany | ||
Dates | 10 – 11 September 2021 | ||
Captains | Christian Munoz-Mills | Venkatraman Ganesan | |
Twenty20 International series | |||
Results | Spain won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
Most runs | Hamza Dar (120) | Dylan Blignaut (82) | |
Most wickets | Raja Adeel (6) | Elam Bharathi (6) |
Squads
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T20I series
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edit2nd T20I
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Venkatraman Ganesan 30 (28)
Charlie Rumistrzewicz 2/8 (4 overs) |
Awais Ahmed 47 (29)
Elam Bharathi 2/19 (4 overs) |
- Germany won the toss and elected to bat.
- Charlie Rumistrzewicz (Esp) made his T20I debut.
3rd T20I
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Abdul Shakoor 31 (28)
Charlie Rumistrzewicz 3/15 (4 overs) |
- Spain won the toss and elected to field.
References
edit- ^ "Germany and Denmark's Men's squad travel to Desert Springs for T20I series and training camp". Czarsports. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Germany to compete against Spain in T20 Matches at Desert Springs". Desert Springs Resorts. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ @DSCricketSpain (8 March 2020). "Cricket Germany and Cricket Espana win one game each in their T20 ODI games today" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Three ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 European Qualifiers cancelled due to COVID-19". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ "Surprise win for Spain in T20I series". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 12 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ @Cricket_Espana (6 September 2021). "Spanish squad selected for the three match series v Germany at Desert Springs on Sept 10th and 11th" (Tweet) – via Twitter.