German cricket team in Spain in 2021

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
 
  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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  Spain[6]   Germany
  • Christian Munoz-Mills (c)
  • Raja Adeel
  • Awais Ahmed (wk)
  • Yasir Ali
  • Muhammad Asjed
  • Hamza Dar
  • Zulqarnain Haider
  • Paul Hennessy
  • Kuldeep Lal
  • Atif Mehmood
  • Ravi Panchal
  • Jack Perman
  • Charlie Rumistrzewicz
  • Tom Vine

T20I series

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1st T20I

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10 September 2021
11:00
Scorecard
Spain  
128/7 (20 overs)
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  Germany
132/3 (18.1 overs)
Hamza Dar 39 (33)
Ghulam Ahmadi 2/10 (4 overs)
Talha Khan 51* (44)
Raja Adeel 2/20 (4 overs)
Germany won by 7 wickets
Desert Springs Cricket Ground, Almería
Umpires: Darrin Clark (Esp) and Adnan Khan (Esp)
  • Germany won the toss and elected to field.

2nd T20I

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11 September 2021
10:00
Scorecard
Germany  
115/9 (20 overs)
v
  Spain
116/5 (18.1 overs)
Venkatraman Ganesan 30 (28)
Charlie Rumistrzewicz 2/8 (4 overs)
Awais Ahmed 47 (29)
Elam Bharathi 2/19 (4 overs)
Spain won by 5 wickets
Desert Springs Cricket Ground, Almería
Umpires: Gordon Ashford (Esp) and Adnan Khan (Esp)
Player of the match: Charlie Rumistrzewicz (Esp)
  • Germany won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Charlie Rumistrzewicz (Esp) made his T20I debut.

3rd T20I

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11 September 2021
14:00
Scorecard
Germany  
119/9 (20 overs)
v
  Spain
120/9 (19.4 overs)
Abdul Shakoor 31 (28)
Charlie Rumistrzewicz 3/15 (4 overs)
Hamza Dar 59* (50)
Dylan Blignaut 2/18 (3.4 overs)
Spain won by 1 wicket
Desert Springs Cricket Ground, Almería
Umpires: Gordon Ashford (Esp) and Darrin Clark (Esp)
Player of the match: Hamza Dar (Esp)
  • Spain won the toss and elected to field.

References

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  1. ^ "Germany and Denmark's Men's squad travel to Desert Springs for T20I series and training camp". Czarsports. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Germany to compete against Spain in T20 Matches at Desert Springs". Desert Springs Resorts. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  3. ^ @DSCricketSpain (8 March 2020). "Cricket Germany and Cricket Espana win one game each in their T20 ODI games today" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "Three ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 European Qualifiers cancelled due to COVID-19". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Surprise win for Spain in T20I series". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 12 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  6. ^ @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.
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