2022 Central Europe Cup

International cricket tournament

Cricket tournament

2022 Central Europe CupDates| 8 – 10 July 2022

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Administrator(s)| Czech Cricket Union
Cricket format| Twenty20 International
Host(s)|  Czech Republic
Champions|  Czech Republic (3rd title)
Participants| 3
Matches| 6
Player of the series|  Naveed Ahmed
Most runs|  Sabawoon Davizi (210)
Most wickets|  Naveed Ahmed (6)
Pankaj Malav (6)
Aqib Iqbal (6)

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The 2022 Central Europe Cup was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that was played in Prague between 8 and 10 July 2022.[1] The participating teams were the hosts Czech Republic, along with Austria and Luxembourg – the same sides that competed in the previous edition of the tournament.[2] The tournament was being played in a double round-robin format.[3] This was the eighth edition of the Central Europe Cup, with Austria the defending champions after having won on their debut at the Central Europe Cup in 2021.[4][5]

## Squads

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Austria |  Czech Republic[6] |  Luxembourg[7]

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* Razmal Shigiwal (c)
* Habib Ahmadzai
* Mirza Ahsan
* Abdullah Akbarjan
* Mehar Cheema (wk)
* Itibarshah Deedar
* Aqib Iqbal
* Osman Khan
* Shahil Momin
* Jaweed Sadran
* Umair Tariq
* Mark Simpson-Parker
* Navin Wijesekera
* Sahel Zadran

* Arun Ashokan (c)
* Naveed Ahmed
* Sazib Bhuiyan
* Sonny Clephane
* Sabawoon Davizi
* Tripurari Lal
* Smit Patel
* Divyendra Singh (wk)
* Dylan Steyn
* Ushan Thenannahelage (wk)
* Ritik Tomar
* Kranthi Venkataswamy
* Sameera Waththage
* Sudesh Wickramasekara

* Joost Mees (c, wk)
* Vikram Vijh (vc)
* James Barker
* Timothy Barker (wk)
* William Cope
* Amit Dhingra
* Mohit Dixit
* Shiv Gill
* Pankaj Malav
* Ankush Nanda
* Anoop Orsu
* Anshuman Bhadauria
* Ansh Trivedi
* Girish Venkateswaran

Czech Republic named Vyshakh Jagannivasan and Sharan Ramakrishnan as reserves.[6]

## Points Table

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR

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1  |  Czech Republic | 4  | 3  | 1  | 0  | 12  | 1.020
2  |  Austria | 4  | 3  | 1  | 0  | 12  | 0.860
3  |  Luxembourg | 4  | 0  | 4  | 0  | 0  | −2.037

Source: ESPN Cricinfo[8]

## Fixtures

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8 July 2022
10:00
Scorecard

Luxembourg
119/5 (20 overs)

Austria
123/5 (16.2 overs)

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Shiv Gill 28* (30)
Jaweed Sadran 3/17 (4 overs)

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Razmal Shigiwal 65 (45)
Shiv Gill 2/14 (2 overs)

Austria won by 5 wickets
Scott Page Field, Vinoř Cricket Ground, Prague
Umpires: Richard Eames (Lux) and Chris Tebb (Cze)
Player of the match: Razmal Shigiwal (Aut)

* Austria won the toss and elected to field.

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8 July 2022
15:00
Scorecard

Luxembourg
112/7 (20 overs)

Czech Republic
115/5 (16.3 overs)

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Shiv Gill 27 (32)
Sazib Bhuiyan 3/24 (4 overs)

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Sabawoon Davizi 40 (27)
Pankaj Malav 2/25 (4 overs)

Czech Republic won by 5 wickets
Scott Page Field, Vinoř Cricket Ground, Prague
Umpires: Richard Eames (Lux) and Sunil Gowda (Ger)
Player of the match: Sazib Bhuiyan (Cze)

* Luxembourg won the toss and elected to bat.
* Sonny Clephane, Ushan Thenannahelage (Cze) and Anshuman Bhadauria (Lux) all made their T20I debuts.

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9 July 2022
10:00
Scorecard

Czech Republic
182/6 (20 overs)

Austria
183/6 (19.4 overs)

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Sabawoon Davizi 111* (71)
Abdullah Akbarjan 2/28 (4 overs)
Aqib Iqbal 2/28 (4 overs)

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Mirza Ahsan 57 (28)
Naveed Ahmed 2/22 (4 overs)

Austria won by 4 wickets
Scott Page Field, Vinoř Cricket Ground, Prague
Umpires: Richard Eames (Lux) and Chris Tebb (Cze)
Player of the match: Shahil Momin (Aut)

* Austria won the toss and elected to field.
* Tripurari Lal (Cze) made his T20I debut.

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9 July 2022
15:00
Scorecard

Austria
115/3 (12.1 overs)

Luxembourg
84/4 (10 overs)

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Razmal Shigiwal 48* (23)
Pankaj Malav 2/19 (3 overs)

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Joost Mees 23* (16)
Aqib Iqbal 2/7 (2 overs)

Austria won by 35 runs (DLS method)
Scott Page Field, Vinoř Cricket Ground, Prague
Umpires: Sunil Gowda (Ger) and Chris Tebb (Cze)
Player of the match: Razmal Shigiwal (Aut)

* Luxembourg won the toss and elected to field.
* Luxembourg were set a revised target of 120 runs from 10 overs due to rain.

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10 July 2022
10:00
Scorecard

Czech Republic
209/6 (20 overs)

Luxembourg
173/9 (20 overs)

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Dylan Steyn 64 (44)
Pankaj Malav 2/31 (4 overs)

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James Barker 44 (36)
Arun Ashokan 3/32 (4 overs)

Czech Republic won by 36 runs
Scott Page Field, Vinoř Cricket Ground, Prague
Umpires: Sunil Gowda (Ger) and Chris Tebb (Cze)
Player of the match: Sudesh Wickramasekara (Cze)

* Czech Republic won the toss and elected to bat.
* Kranthi Venkataswamy (Cze) and Ansh Trivedi (Lux) both made their T20I debuts.

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10 July 2022
15:00
Scorecard

Austria
146/8 (20 overs)

Czech Republic
150/4 (18.4 overs)

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Aqib Iqbal 40 (42)
Naveed Ahmed 1/12 (4 overs)

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Sabawoon Davizi 56 (43)
Aqib Iqbal 1/23 (4 overs)

Czech Republic won by 6 wickets
Scott Page Field, Vinoř Cricket Ground, Prague
Umpires: Richard Eames (Lux) and Sunil Gowda (Ger)
Player of the match: Arun Ashokan (Cze)

* Czech Republic won the toss and elected to field.
* Osman Khan (Aut) made his T20I debut.

## References

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1. ^ "The Central Europe Cup 2022 is nearly upon us". Czech Cricket (via Facebook). Retrieved 1 July 2022.
2. ^ "Czech Republic to host 3-nation Central Europe Cup in July 2022". Czarsportz. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
3. ^ "Central Europe Cup 2022". Czech Cricket (via Facebook). Retrieved 2 July 2022.
4. ^ "Austria lift cup on final day". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
5. ^ "Global Game: Scotland, Ireland women return to international arena". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
6. ^ a b "Announcing the Czech Men's National Team Squad for the Central Europe Cup, Prague". Czech Cricket (via Facebook). Retrieved 4 July 2022.
7. ^ "Luxembourg men's national squad for Central European Cup to be organized in Czech Republic from 8-10 July 2022". Luxembourg Cricket Federation (via Facebook). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
8. ^ "Central Europe Cup 2022". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2022.

## External links

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