2017 Desert T20 Challenge

International cricket tournament

Cricket tournament

2017 Desert T20 ChallengeDates| 14 – 20 January 2017

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Administrator(s)| ICC
Cricket format| Twenty20 International
Twenty20
Tournament format(s)| Round-robin, finals
Host(s)|  UAE
Champions|  Afghanistan
Participants| 8
Matches| 15
Player of the series|  Mohammad Nabi
Most runs|  Mohammad Shahzad (207)
Most wickets|  Jacob Mulder (10)

The 2017 Desert T20 Challenge[1] was an international Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that was held in Dubai and Abu Dhabi from 14 to 20 January 2017.[2][3] The eight Associate Members of the International Cricket Council that have T20I status were scheduled to take part.[2] However, Papua New Guinea declined to participate and were replaced by Namibia (who did not have T20I status at the time).[4] Therefore, matches with Namibia were played as Twenty20 matches.

The fixtures for the tournament were confirmed by the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) in December 2016.[5] The eight teams were split into two groups of four teams, with Afghanistan, Ireland, Namibia and the United Arab Emirates in Group A and Netherlands, Scotland, Oman and Hong Kong in Group B.[5] The semi-finals and final of the tournament took place at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on 20 January.[6]

Afghanistan and Ireland qualified from Group A and Scotland and Oman qualified from Group B for the finals stage of the tournament.[7] Afghanistan beat Ireland by 10 wickets in the final match to win the tournament.[8][9]

## Teams

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* Afghanistan
* Hong Kong
* Ireland
* Namibia
* Netherlands
* Oman
* Scotland
* United Arab Emirates

## Squads

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Afghanistan[10]
Coach: Lalchand Rajput |  Hong Kong[11]
Coach: Simon Cook |  Ireland[12]
Coach: John Bracewell |  Namibia[10]
Coach: Dee Thakur

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* Asghar Stanikzai (c)
* Fareed Ahmad
* Amir Hamza
* Karim Janat
* Rashid Khan
* Nawroz Mangal
* Mohammad Nabi
* Gulbadin Naib
* Naveen-ul-Haq
* Mohammad Shahzad
* Samiullah Shinwari
* Najeeb Tarakai
* Dawlat Zadran
* Najibullah Zadran

* Babar Hayat (c)
* Nadeem Ahmed
* Tanveer Ahmed
* Waqas Barkat
* Christopher Carter
* Kyle Christie
* Aizaz Khan
* Ehsan Khan
* Nizakat Khan
* Waqas Khan
* Cameron McAuslan
* Ehsan Nawaz
* Anshuman Rath
* Shahid Wasif

* William Porterfield (c)
* ~~Andrew Balbirnie~~
* George Dockrell
* Josh Little
* Jacob Mulder
* Andrew McBrine
* Barry McCarthy
* Kevin O'Brien
* Stuart Poynter
* Boyd Rankin
* Paul Stirling
* Greg Thompson
* ~~Stuart Thompson~~
* Lorcan Tucker
* Gary Wilson
* Craig Young

* Sarel Burger (c)
* Stephan Baard
* Christopher Coombe
* Gerhard Erasmus
* Jan Frylinck
* Zane Green
* Jean-Pierre Kotze
* Mika Mutumbe
* Colin Peake
* Bernard Scholtz
* JJ Smit
* Gerrie Snyman
* Louis van der Westhuizen
* Craig Williams

Netherlands[13]
Coach: Chris Adams |  Oman[14]
Coach: Duleep Mendis |  Scotland[15]
Coach: Grant Bradburn |  United Arab Emirates[16]
Coach: Owais Shah

* Peter Borren (c)
* Wesley Barresi
* Ben Cooper
* Vivian Kingma
* Ahsan Malik
* Stephan Myburgh
* Max O'Dowd
* Michael Rippon
* Pieter Seelaar
* Timm van der Gugten
* Roelof van der Merwe
* Paul van Meekeren
* Tobias Visee
* Sikander Zulfiqar

* Sultan Ahmed (c)
* Khawar Ali
* Aqib Ilyas
* Kaleemullah
* Bilal Khan
* Mehran Khan
* Naseem Khushi
* Ajay Lalcheta
* Sufyan Mahmood
* Zeeshan Maqsood
* Mohammad Nadeem
* Khurram Nawaz
* Arun Poulose
* Rajesh Ranpura

* Kyle Coetzer (c)
* Richie Berrington
* Matthew Cross
* Josh Davey
* Con de Lange (vc)
* Michael Leask
* Calum MacLeod
* George Munsey
* Safyaan Sharif
* Chris Sole
* Craig Wallace
* Mark Watt
* Brad Wheal

* Amjad Javed (c)
* Shaiman Anwar
* Imran Haider
* Zahoor Khan
* Rohan Mustafa
* Adnan Mufti
* Mohammad Naveed
* Mohammed Qasim
* Ahmed Raza
* Ghulam Shabber
* Mohammad Shahzad
* Rameez Shahzad
* Muhammed Shanil
* Muhammad Usman

Before the tournament started, both Andrew Balbirnie and Stuart Thompson were ruled out of Ireland's squad due to injury. They were replaced by Stuart Poynter and Lorcan Tucker respectively.[17]

## Fixtures

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### Group A

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Pos | Team

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1  |  Afghanistan | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 6  | 1.419
2  |  Ireland | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 4  | 0.319
3  |  United Arab Emirates | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 2  | −0.552
4  |  Namibia | 3  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 0  | −1.177

Source: [citation needed]

Qualified to Finals

14 January 2017
19.00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Ireland
125/6 (20 overs)

Afghanistan
126/5 (18.4 overs)

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Paul Stirling 25 (24)
Amir Hamza 2/21 (4 overs)

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Najeeb Tarakai 31 (31)
Jacob Mulder 2/23 (4 overs)

Afghanistan won by 5 wickets
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Iftikhar Ali (UAE) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep)
Player of the match: Mohammad Nabi (Afg)

* Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.

* * *

15 January 2017
19.00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Namibia
152/7 (20 overs)

United Arab Emirates
153/4 (20 overs)

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Jean-Pierre Kotze 50 (42)
Mohammad Naveed 3/35 (4 overs)

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Rohan Mustafa 56 (34)
Jan Frylinck 1/34 (4 overs)

United Arab Emirates won by 6 wickets
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani (Afg) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep)
Player of the match: Mohammad Naveed (UAE)

* Namibia won the toss and elected to bat.
* Colin Peake (Namibia) made his T20 debut.

* * *

16 January 2017
19.00 (D/N)
Scorecard

United Arab Emirates
146/7 (20 overs)

Afghanistan
147/5 (18.5 overs)

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Shaiman Anwar 52 (52)
Dawlat Zadran 4/44 (4 overs)

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Samiullah Shinwari 42 (44)
Ahmed Raza 2/18 (4 overs)

Afghanistan won by 5 wickets
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Alex Dowdalls (Sco) and Tabarak Dar (HK)
Player of the match: Dawlat Zadran (Afg)

* Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field.
* Zahoor Khan (UAE) made his T20I debut.

* * *

17 January 2017
14.00
Scorecard

Namibia
146/9 (20 overs)

Ireland
149/5 (19.4 overs)

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Louis van der Westhuizen 50 (25)
Josh Little 2/17 (3 overs)

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Stuart Poynter 38 (26)
Sarel Burger 1/18 (2 overs)

Ireland won by 5 wickets
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Iftikhar Ali (UAE) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep)
Player of the match: Kevin O'Brien (Ire)

* Namibia won the toss and elected to bat.

* * *

18 January 2017
14.00
Scorecard

Ireland
160/6 (20 overs)

United Arab Emirates
136/7 (20 overs)

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Kevin O'Brien 40 (27)
Amjad Javed 2/16 (4 overs)

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Amjad Javed 47* (46)
Boyd Rankin 3/16 (3 overs)

Ireland won by 24 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani (Afg) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep)
Player of the match: Boyd Rankin (Ire)

* Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.

* * *

19 January 2017
14.00
Scorecard

Afghanistan
167/6 (20 overs)

Namibia
103 (19.2 overs)

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Samiullah Shinwari 35 (19)
Bernard Scholtz 3/17 (4 overs)

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Jan Frylinck 28 (21)
Rashid Khan 3/4 (2.2 overs)

Afghanistan won by 64 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Alex Dowdalls (Sco) and Tabarak Dar (HK)
Player of the match: Rashid Khan (Afg)

* Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Naveen-ul-Haq (Afg) made his T20 debut.

### Group B

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Pos | Team

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1  |  Scotland | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 6  | 0.666
2  |  Oman | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 0.890
3  |  Hong Kong | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 2  | −0.005
4  |  Netherlands | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 2  | −1.529

Source: [citation needed]

Qualified to Finals

14 January 2017
14.00
Scorecard

Scotland
189/3 (20 overs)

Hong Kong
165/6 (20 overs)

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Calum MacLeod 60 (34)
Ehsan Khan 2/26 (4 overs)

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Ehsan Khan 42* (22)
Mark Watt 1/20 (4 overs)

Scotland won by 24 runs
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg) and Alan Neill (Ire)
Player of the match: Calum MacLeod (Sco)

* Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.
* Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg) stood in his first T20I as an umpire.
* Richie Berrington and Calum MacLeods' third-wicket partnership of 127 runs was Scotland's highest partnership for any wicket in T20Is.[18]

* * *

15 January 2017
14.00
Scorecard

Oman
146/7 (20 overs)

Netherlands
148/5 (19.2 overs)

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Zeeshan Maqsood 34 (31)
Michael Rippon 1/15 (4 overs)

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Wesley Barresi 48 (50)
Naseem Khushi 2/24 (4 overs)

Netherlands won by 5 wickets
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Alex Dowdalls (Sco) and Tabarak Dar (HK)
Player of the match: Michael Rippon (Ned)

* Oman won the toss and elected to bat.
* Alex Dowdalls (Sco) stood in his first T20I as an umpire.
* Aqib Ilyas, Kaleemullah, Khurram Nawaz, Naseem Khushi and Arun Poulose (Oman) all made their T20I debuts.

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16 January 2017
14.00
Scorecard

Hong Kong
87 (18.3 overs)

Oman
89/3 (11 overs)

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Aizaz Khan 19 (14)
Bilal Khan 3/18 (4 overs)

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Aqib Ilyas 56* (30)
Aizaz Khan 1/18 (3 overs)

Oman won by 7 wickets
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Iftikhar Ali (UAE) and Alan Neill (Ire)
Player of the match: Bilal Khan (Oman)

* Oman won the toss and elected to field.

* * *

17 January 2017
19.00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Scotland
148/7 (20 overs)

Netherlands
141 (19.2 overs)

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Richie Berrington 38 (30)
Roelof van der Merwe 2/26 (4 overs)

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Michael Rippon 42 (40)
Josh Davey 4/34 (4 overs)

Scotland won by 7 runs
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Alan Neill (Ire) and Tabarak Dar (HK)
Player of the match: Josh Davey (Sco)

* Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.

* * *

18 January 2017
19.00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Hong Kong
183/4 (20 overs)

Netherlands
92 (15.3 overs)

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Nizakat Khan 59 (33)
Max O'Dowd 1/15 (2 overs)

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Ben Cooper 22 (19)
Anshuman Rath 3/6 (2 overs)

Hong Kong won by 91 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Alex Dowdalls (Sco) and Alan Neill (Ire)
Player of the match: Anshuman Rath (HK)

* Hong Kong won the toss and elected to bat.

* * *

19 January 2017
19.00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Oman
133 (20 overs)

Scotland
134/3 (19 overs)

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Khurram Nawaz 23 (25)
Safyaan Sharif 3/33 (4 overs)

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Matthew Cross 47 (40)
Zeeshan Maqsood 1/22 (4 overs)

Scotland won by 7 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg) and Iftikhar Ali (UAE)
Player of the match: Matthew Cross (Sco)

* Oman won the toss and elected to bat.
* Chris Sole (Sco) made his T20I debut.

## Finals

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1st Semi-Final
20 January 2017
10.00
Scorecard

Oman
149/8 (20 overs)

Afghanistan
150/2 (18.3 overs)

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Zeeshan Maqsood 33 (36)
Fareed Ahmad 3/35 (4 overs)

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Mohammad Shahzad 80 (60)
Khawar Ali 1/32 (3 overs)

Afghanistan won by 8 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Alex Dowdalls (Sco) and Alan Neill (Ire)
Player of the match: Mohammad Shahzad (Afg)

* Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field.

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2nd Semi-Final
20 January 2017
14.30
Scorecard

Ireland
211/6 (20 overs)

Scotland
113 (15.1 overs)

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Gary Wilson 65* (29)
Con de Lange 2/37 (4 overs)

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Kyle Coetzer 40 (31)
Jacob Mulder 4/16 (4 overs)

Ireland won by 98 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Ahmed Shah Pakteen (Afg) and Buddhi Pradhan (Nep)
Player of the match: Gary Wilson (Ire)

* Scotland won the toss and elected to field.

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Final
20 January 2017
19.30 (D/N)
Scorecard

Ireland
71 (13.2 overs)

Afghanistan
75/0 (7.5 overs)

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Paul Stirling 17 (18)
Mohammad Nabi 4/10 (2.2 overs)

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Mohammad Shahzad 52* (40)

Afghanistan won by 10 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Buddhi Pradhan (Nep) and Tabarak Dar (HK)
Player of the match: Mohammad Nabi (Afg)

* Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
* Nawroz Mangal captained Afghanistan in his final match, with the regular captain Asghar Stanikzai also playing in the match.[19]
* Mohammad Shahzad (Afg) became first person to score two half-centuries in two separate international matches on the same day.[20]

## Statistics

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### Most runs

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Player | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s

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Mohammad Shahzad | 5 | 5 | 207 | 51.75 | 121.76 | 80 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 6
Gary Wilson | 5 | 5 | 155 | 51.66 | 156.56 | 65* | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5
Paul Stirling | 5 | 5 | 152 | 30.40 | 128.81 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5
Calum MacLeod | 4 | 4 | 117 | 39.00 | 131.46 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4
Shaiman Anwar | 3 | 3 | 110 | 36.66 | 100.00 | 66* | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2
Source: ESPN Cricinfo[21]

### Most wickets

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Player | Matches | Innings | Wickets | Overs | Econ. | Ave. | BBI | S/R | 4WI | 5WI

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Jacob Mulder | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 5.66 | 10.20 | 4/16 | 10.80 | 1 | 0
Rashid Khan | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16.2 | 3.61 | 6.55 | 3/4 | 10.80 | 0 | 0
Amir Hamza | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 4.81 | 11.00 | 2/15 | 13.70 | 0 | 0
Mohammad Nabi | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16.2 | 5.69 | 13.28 | 4/10 | 14.00 | 1 | 0
Bilal Khan | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13.5 | 8.45 | 16.71 | 3/18 | 11.80 | 0 | 0
Source: ESPN Cricinfo[22]

## See also

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* ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier

## References

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2. ^ a b "Eight-team Associate T20I tournament slated for January". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
3. ^ "Desert T20 Tournament to be held in UAE in January". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
4. ^ "Namibia to compete in Dubai T20 tournament". The Namibian. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
5. ^ a b "Inaugural Desert T20 Tournament to start January 14th 2017 in the United Arab Emirates". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
6. ^ "Ireland to face Afghanistan in Desert T20 opener in Abu Dhabi on 14 January". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
7. ^ "Unbeaten Afghanistan, Scotland top groups". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 20 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
8. ^ "Nabi, Shahzad demolish Ireland". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
9. ^ "Ireland thrashed by Afghanistan in Desert T20 Challenge final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
10. ^ a b "Desert T20 schedule finally released" (PDF). Cricket Namibia. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
11. ^ "Hong Kong announce squad for Desert T20 tournament in UAE". Cricket Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
12. ^ "Ireland Welcome Back Trio For Desert T20". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
13. ^ "Netherlands announce squads for Hong Kong and Desert T20". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
14. ^ "Oman Cricket expects recalled Sultan to deliver as captain". Times of Oman. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
15. ^ "Coetzer to lead Scots to Desert T20". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
16. ^ "Emirates Cricket Board announce team to represent the UAE in their Inaugural Desert T20 Tournament's first game". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
17. ^ "Double Injury Blow For Ireland Ahead Of Desert T20". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
18. ^ "MacLeod, Berrington trump Hong Kong with record stand". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
19. ^ "Man of the Decade". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
20. ^ "Incredible Shahzad blasts way into history". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
21. ^ "Records / Desert T20 Challenge 2017 / Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
22. ^ "Records / Desert T20 Challenge 2017 / Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. 21 January 2017.

## External links

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* Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

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International cricket in 2016–17

Preceding season: International cricket in 2016

September 2016|

* Australia Women in Sri Lanka
* New Zealand in India
* Afghanistan in Bangladesh
* Ireland in South Africa
* Australia in South Africa
* West Indies vs. Pakistan in United Arab Emirates

October 2016|

* New Zealand Women in South Africa
* England Women in West Indies
* England in Bangladesh
* Oman in United Arab Emirates
* Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe
* World Cricket League Division Four

November 2016|

* Papua New Guinea in Hong Kong
* South Africa in Australia
* England in India
* Pakistan women in New Zealand
* England Women in Sri Lanka
* Zimbabwe Tri-Series
* Pakistan in New Zealand
* West Indies women in India
* South Africa women in Australia
* Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup

December 2016|

* New Zealand in Australia
* Afghanistan in United Arab Emirates
* Sri Lanka in South Africa
* Pakistan in Australia
* ACC Under-19 Asia Cup
* Bangladesh in New Zealand

January 2017|

* South African women in Bangladesh
* Desert T20 Challenge
* United Arab Emirates Tri-Series
* Australia in New Zealand

February 2017|

* Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier
* Bangladesh in India
* Afghanistan in Zimbabwe
* Sri Lanka in Australia
* South Africa in New Zealand
* New Zealand women in Australia
* Australian women in New Zealand
* Australia in India
* 2017 Blind T20 World Cup

March 2017|

* Ireland in United Arab Emirates
* England in West Indies
* Bangladesh in Sri Lanka
* Ireland vs. Afghanistan in India
* Pakistan in West Indies
* Papua New Guinea in United Arab Emirates

Ongoing|

* Intercontinental Cup
* World Cricket League Championship
* Women's Championship

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