The 2024 Netherlands Tri-Nation Series was a cricket tournament that took place in the Netherlands in May 2024.[1] It was a tri-nation series involving Netherlands, Ireland and Scotland men's cricket teams, with the matches played as Twenty20 International (T20I) fixtures.[2] The series used by the teams as preparation ahead of the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[3] In March 2024, the Royal Dutch Cricket Association (KNCB) confirmed the fixtures for the tournament, with all the matches to be played at VRA Cricket Ground.[4] However, on 1 May 2024, the KNCB announced that due to unspecified circumstances the series would be played at Sportpark Westvliet.[5]

Ireland won the series with a game to spare.[6] They went on to defeat Netherlands in the last match to finish the tournament unbeaten.[7]

Squads

 Netherlands[8]  Ireland[9]  Scotland[10]

Graham Hume was ruled out of the tournament due to visa delay, Fionn Hand was added to the squad as his replacement.[11]

Points table

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1  Ireland 4 3 0 1 7 0.149
2  Scotland 4 1 2 1 3 0.426
3  Netherlands 4 1 3 0 2 −0.425
Source: ESPNcricinfo[12]

Fixtures

1st T20I

18 May 2024
17:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Netherlands 
167/8 (20 overs)
v
 Scotland
126 (18.1 overs)
Michael Levitt 43 (31)
Gavin Main 2/26 (4 overs)
Matthew Cross 49 (32)
Vivian Kingma 4/21 (3.1 overs)
Netherlands won by 41 runs
Sportpark Westvliet, Voorburg
Umpires: Nitin Bathi (Ned) and Pim van Liemt (Ned)
Player of the match: Vivian Kingma (Ned)
  • Scotland won the toss and elected to field.
  • Daniel Doram (Ned) made his T20I debut.

2nd T20I

19 May 2024
17:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Ireland 
150/8 (20 overs)
v
 Netherlands
149/8 (20 overs)
Mark Adair 49 (24)
Tim Pringle 3/32 (4 overs)
Tim Pringle 35* (13)
Fionn Hand 3/18 (4 overs)
Ireland won by 1 run
Sportpark Westvliet, Voorburg
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Pim van Liemt (Ned)
Player of the match: Mark Adair (Ire)
  • Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.

3rd T20I

20 May 2024
17:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
Sportpark Westvliet, Voorburg
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Nitin Bathi (Ned)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.

4th T20I

22 May 2024
17:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Scotland 
158/7 (20 overs)
v
 Netherlands
87 (14.5 overs)
George Munsey 72 (44)
Logan van Beek 3/13 (4 overs)
Scott Edwards 29 (25)
Mark Watt 4/12 (3.5 overs)
Scotland won by 71 runs
Sportpark Westvliet, Voorburg
Umpires: Nitin Bathi (Ned) and Pim van Liemt (Ned)
Player of the match: George Munsey (Sco)
  • Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.

5th T20I

23 May 2024
11:00
Scorecard
Scotland 
157/8 (20 overs)
v
 Ireland
158/5 (19.3 overs)
Matthew Cross 35 (30)
Craig Young 3/31 (4 overs)
Andrew Balbirnie 56 (46)
Safyaan Sharif 1/26 (3.3 overs)
Ireland won by 5 wickets
Sportpark Westvliet, Voorburg
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Pim van Liemt (Ned)
Player of the match: Andrew Balbirnie (Ire)
  • Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Ireland win the tri-nation series.

6th T20I

24 May 2024
11:00
Scorecard
Ireland 
161/6 (20 overs)
v
 Netherlands
158/5 (20 overs)
George Dockrell 53* (30)
Logan van Beek 2/26 (4 overs)
Max O'Dowd 60 (41)
Mark Adair 2/21 (4 overs)
Ireland won by 3 runs
Sportpark Westvliet, Voorburg
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Nitin Bathi (Ned)
Player of the match: George Dockrell (Ire)
  • Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.

References

  1. ^ "Netherlands to host Ireland and Scotland in T20I tri-series before World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Netherlands to host Ireland and Scotland for a tri-series ahead of T20 World Cup". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Dutch and Irish provide T20 World Cup warmup for Scots". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Ireland and Scotland take on Netherlands for T20I Tri-Series in May". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Press-release Tri Series Ireland & Scotland". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Ireland defeat Scotland to win T20 tri-series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Ireland beat Dutch in final T20 tri-series game". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Dutch men to T20 World Cup in United States and West Indies". Royal Dutch Cricket Association. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Ireland Men's squads announced for T20 World Cup, Pakistan and Tri-Series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Men's squad named for Netherlands tri-series". Cricket Scotland. 1 May 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Fionn Hand added to squad for Netherlands Tri-series". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Netherlands Tri-Nation T20I Series 2024". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
No tags for this post.