| Dates | 21 – 23 May 2021 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Czech Cricket Union |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Host(s) |  Czech Republic |
| Champions |  Austria (1st title) |
| Participants | 3 |
| Matches | 6 |
| Most runs | Sabawoon Davizi (162) |
| Most wickets |  Vikram Vijh (6) Paul Taylor (6) |
The 2021 Central Europe Cup was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament played in Prague between 21 and 23 May 2021.[1] The participating teams were the hosts Czech Republic, along with Austria and Luxembourg.[2] Malta were also due to take part, but were forced to withdraw due on 6 May due to COVID-19 restrictions.[3] The tournament was played in a double round-robin format, with all matches hosted at the Vinoř Cricket Ground in Prague.[4]
This was the seventh edition of the Central Europe Cup[5] and the first to have T20I status. These were the first official T20I matches to be played in the Czech Republic since the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full T20I status to all competitive matches between its members from 1 January 2019.[6][7] The 2020 edition would have had T20I status but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8][9] The Czechs were the defending champions having defeated Hungary in the final of the 2019 edition.[10] Austria won the tournament on their debut at the Central Europe Cup,[11] winning three of their four matches.[12]
Squads
| Austria[13] |
Czech Republic[14] |
Luxembourg[15] |
|---|---|---|
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The Czech squad was announced on 21 April 2021 with some notable omissions including all-rounder Honey Gori, fast bowler Kyle Gilham and opening batter Sumit Pokhriyal, due to a lack of availability.[14] On 18 May 2021, The Czech's announced changes to their squad due to players originally selected becoming unavailable; Abul Farhad and Zahid Mahmood were replaced by Sagar Madhireddy and Smit Patel.[16]
Points Table
| Team[17] | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +1.370 |
| Luxembourg |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | –0.015 |
| Czech Republic |
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –1.151 |
Fixtures
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Timothy Barker 60 (42) Paul Taylor 2/19 (4 overs) |
Sabawoon Davizi 57 (33) Vikram Vijh 1/21 (4 overs) |
- Czech Republic won the toss and elected to field.
- Sahil Grover, Smit Patel, Satyajit Sengupta, Ali Waqar (Cze) and Aanand Pandey (Lux) all made their T20I debuts.
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Timothy Barker 35 (32) Razmal Shigiwal 2/28 (4 overs) |
Mark Simpson-Parker 23 (19) Vikram Vijh 2/8 (1.3 overs) |
- Luxembourg won the toss and elected to bat.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
- Rayhaan Ahmed, Zabiullah Ibrahimkhel, Lakmal Kasturiarachchige, Jaweed Sadran, Navin Wijesekera and Sahel Zadran (Aut) all made their T20I debuts.
v |
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Mirza Ahsan 52* (22) Ali Waqar 1/19 (4 overs) |
Naveed Ahmed 21 (26) Jaweed Sadran 2/8 (2.1 overs) |
- Czech Republic won the toss and elected to field.
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Sabawoon Davizi 48 (31) Atif Kamal 3/23 (4 overs) |
Timothy Barker 47 (30) Paul Taylor 2/29 (3 overs) |
- Luxembourg won the toss and elected to field.
v |
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Razmal Shigiwal 70 (49) Vikram Vijh 3/30 (4 overs) |
Joost Mees 42 (31) Bilal Zalmai 1/29 (4 overs) |
- Austria won the toss and elected to bat.
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Sabawoon Davizi 57 (36) Bilal Zalmai 2/26 (4 overs) |
Mark Simpson-Parker 65* (36) Sabawoon Davizi 2/13 (3 overs) |
- Czech Republic won the toss and elected to bat.
- Austria were set a revised target of 159 runs from 17 overs due to rain.
- Imran Asif and Umair Tariq (Aut) both made their T20I debuts.
References
- ↑ "Central European Cup announced for 2021". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ↑ "Czech Republic to host 3-nation Central Europe Cup in May 2021". CzarSportz. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ↑ "Malta withdraw from Central Europe Cup". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ↑ "Central Europe Cup draw". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ↑ "Central Europe Cup". Czech Cricket Union. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ↑ @CzechCricket (21 April 2021). "The first ever T20i matches to be played in the Czech Republic, 3 days, 4 teams, 12 games" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ↑ "Central European Cup Cancelled due to Prague Covid-19 flare-up". Emerging Cricket. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ↑ "Central Europe Cup cancelled". CricketEurope. 5 September 2020. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ↑ "4-nation T20 tournament report". Cricket Switzerland. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ↑ "Austria lift cup on final day". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ↑ "Global Game: Scotland, Ireland women return to international arena". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ↑ "Central Europe Cup squads announced". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- 1 2 "Czechs announce Central Europe Cup squad". CricketEurope. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ↑ "LCF announce the LCF national men's squad for the CE T20 Cup, Prague (21-23 May 2021)". Luxembourg Cricket Federation (via Facebook). Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ↑ @CzechCricket (18 May 2021). "Due to some players originally selected no longer being available, some changes have been made to the Czech Republic squad for the Central Europe Cup" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ "Central Europe Cup 2021". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 May 2021.