German women's cricket team in Austria in 2020

The Germany women's cricket team toured Austria in August 2020 to play a five-match bilateral Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) series.[1][2] The matches were played at the Seebarn Cricket Ground in the Seebarn subdivision of Harmannsdorf, Lower Austria.[1]

Germany women's cricket team in Austria in 2020
 
  Austria women Germany women
Dates 12 – 15 August 2020
Captains Andrea-Mae Zepeda Anuradha Doddaballapur
Twenty20 International series
Results Germany women won the 5-match series 5–0
Most runs Andrea-Mae Zepeda (77) Christina Gough (239)
Most wickets Soujanya Chamundaiah (2) Emma Bargna (10)

The series was the first women's international cricket to be played since the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Final on 8 March 2020,[3] following widespread disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] Austria had last played a match in a quadrangular series in France in August 2019,[5] and Germany had last played an international match during their visit to Oman in February 2020.[6]

Germany won the series 5–0, breaking a number of records along the way.[7][8] In match two of the series, the unbeaten opening partnership of 191 between Christina Gough and Janet Ronalds meant that Germany set a WT20I record for the most runs scored in an innings without losing a wicket.[7] The same pair broke this record again in match four, with Germany's innings finishing on 198/0, before German captain Anuradha Doddaballapur became the first player to take four wickets in consecutive deliveries in WT20I cricket.[7]

Squads

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  Austria[9]   Germany[10]
  • Andrea-Mae Zepeda (c)
  • Ayse Atis
  • Albulena Avdylaj
  • Rezarta Avdylaj
  • Valentina Avdylaj
  • Harjivan Bhullar
  • Bangalore Chamundaiah
  • Harjot Dhaliwal (wk)
  • Sylvia Kailath
  • Tugce Kazanci
  • Anisha Nookala
  • Derya Ortasulak
  • Priya Sabu
  • Ashmaan Saifee
  • Jo-Antoinette Stiglitz (vc)
  • Raphaela Trobinger
  • Büsra Uca

WT20I series

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1st WT20I

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12 August 2020
11:00
Scorecard
Germany  
165/2 (20 overs)
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  Austria
83 (19 overs)
Christina Gough 72 (62)
Rezarta Avdylaj 1/17 (2 overs)
Andrea-Mae Zepeda 35* (48)
Emma Bargna 3/13 (4 overs)
Germany won by 82 runs
Seebarn Cricket Ground, Lower Austria
Umpires: Rajinder Kumar (Aut) and Praveen Kumar Swamidas (Aut)
Player of the match: Christina Gough (Ger)
  • Austria won the toss and elected to field.
  • Jo-Antoinette Stiglitz (Aut), Asmita Kohli and Sharanya Sadarangani (Ger) all made their WT20I debuts.

2nd WT20I

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13 August 2020
10:00
Scorecard
Germany  
191/0 (20 overs)
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  Austria
53 (13 overs)
Janet Ronalds 105* (74)
Jo-Antoinette Stiglitz 17 (28)
Emma Bargna 5/9 (4 overs)
Germany won by 138 runs
Seebarn Cricket Ground, Lower Austria
Umpires: Rajinder Kumar (Aut) and Dharminder Pal Rauhia (Aut)
Player of the match: Janet Ronalds (Ger)

3rd WT20I

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13 August 2020
14:30
Scorecard
Austria  
54 (17.5 overs)
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  Germany
55/0 (8.1 overs)
Harjivan Bhullar 9 (25)
Anne Bierwisch 3/5 (3 overs)
Germany won by 10 wickets
Seebarn Cricket Ground, Lower Austria
Umpires: Rajinder Kumar (Aut) and Dharminder Pal Rauhia (Aut)
Player of the match: Anne Bierwisch (Ger)
  • Austria won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Bangalore Chamundaiah (Aut) and Lena Skatulla (Ger) both made their WT20I debuts.
  • Anne Bierwisch (Ger) took the eighteenth hat-trick in WT20Is.[7]

4th WT20I

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14 August 2020
11:00
Scorecard
Germany  
198/0 (20 overs)
v
  Austria
61/9 (20 overs)
Germany won by 137 runs
Seebarn Cricket Ground, Lower Austria
Umpires: Rajinder Kumar (Aut) and Dharminder Pal Rauhia (Aut)
Player of the match: Christina Gough (Ger)

5th WT20I

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15 August 2020
09:00
Scorecard
Germany  
129/3 (20 overs)
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  Austria
50/8 (20 overs)
Karthika Vijayaraghavan 36* (34)
Bangalore Chamundaiah 2/15 (3 overs)
Busra Uca 17 (38)
Anne Bierwisch 4/7 (4 overs)
Germany won by 79 runs
Seebarn Cricket Ground, Lower Austria
Umpires: Rajinder Kumar (Aut) and Dharminder Pal Rauhia (Aut)
Player of the match: Anne Bierwisch (Ger)
  • Germany won the toss and elected to bat.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Austria Women vs Germany Women T20I Series 2020: Full schedule, squads, match timings and live streaming details". Sportskeeda. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Frauen Nationalmannschaft fährt gut vorbereitet nach Wien" [Women's national team is well prepared for Vienna]. German Cricket Board (in German). Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Women's cricket in Germany 2020 with Monika Loveday". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Germany Women's team to tour Austria for 5 Match T20I series from 12-15th August". Female Cricket. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Women's international cricket returns with Austria v Germany T20I series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Women's T20 International cricket returns for the first time since International Women's Day". International Cricket Council. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Record-breaking Germany complete whitewash of Austria". International Cricket Council. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Anne Bierwisch stars with the ball as Germany whitewash Austria 5-0". Women's CricZone. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  9. ^ "The Austrian Women's National team is facing the German Women's National team in a bilateral T20I series from 12th to 15th August in Seebarn, Austria". Austrian Women's Cricket (via Facebook). 8 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  10. ^ "International women's cricket restarts: Germany v Austria T20I series announced". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  11. ^ a b "Ronalds, Bargna smash records as Germany beat Austria by 138 runs". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Anuradha Doddaballapur becomes first bowler to take four wickets from four consecutive deliveries in women's T20I". CricketNext (News18). 14 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
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