The 2021 Portugal Tri-Nation Series was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that took place in Portugal between 19 and 22 August 2021.[1] The participating teams were the hosts Portugal, along with Gibraltar and Malta.[1] The matches were played at the Gucherre Cricket Ground, in Albergaria, near to the city of Santarém.[2] These were the first official T20I matches to be played in Portugal since the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full T20I status to all competitive matches between its members from 1 January 2019.[3]
Portugal won the tournament with a perfect record.[4] In the fourth match of the tournament, Maltese pair Bikram Arora and Varun Thamotharam set a new record fourth-wicket partnership in T20Is, when they added an unbeaten 166 runs against Gibraltar.[5]
Squads
 Gibraltar[6]
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 Malta[1]
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 Portugal[7]
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Round-robin
Points table
| Team[9] | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| Portugal
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +3.110 |
| Malta
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –0.159 |
| Gibraltar
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4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2.952 |
Fixtures
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Zeeshan Khan 39 (21)
Sirajullah Khadim 2/28 (4 overs) |
Azhar Andani 46 (42)
Bilal Muhammad 1/14 (4 overs) |
- Portugal won the toss and elected to field.
- Azhar Andani, Anthony Chambers, Sirajullah Khadim, Junaid Khan, Amandeep Singh, Miguel Stoman, Amir Zaib (Por) and Justin Shaju (Mlt) all made their T20I debuts.
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Louis Bruce 60 (53)
Waseem Abbas 3/29 (4 overs) |
Bikram Arora 59* (49)
Adam Orfila 1/20 (3 overs) |
- Malta won the toss and elected to field.
- Louis Bruce, Charles Harrison, Patrick Hatchman and Joseph Marples (Gib) all made their T20I debuts.
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Azhar Andani 100 (51)
Edmund Packard 3/34 (4 overs) |
James Fitzgerald 27 (25)
Junaid Khan 3/24 (4 overs) |
- Gibraltar won the toss and elected to field.
- Azhar Andani became the first player for Portugal to score a century in T20Is.[10]
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Varun Thamotharam 104* (52)
Kenroy Nestor 2/32 (4 overs) |
Chris Delany 69* (37)
Bilal Muhammad 1/29 (4 overs) |
- Gibraltar won the toss and elected to field.
- Richard Cunningham (Gib) made his T20I debut.
- Varun Thamotharam became the first player for Malta to score a century in T20Is.[citation needed]
- Bikram Arora and Varun Thamotharam (Mlt) set a new record for the highest fourth-wicket partnership (166*) in T20Is.[5]
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Azhar Andani 81 (45)
James Fitzgerald 2/47 (4 overs) |
Patrick Hatchman 22 (25)
Sirajullah Khadim 3/16 (4 overs) |
- Gibraltar won the toss and elected to field.
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Varun Thamotharam 36 (27)
Sirajullah Khadim 3/24 (4 overs) |
Azhar Andani 49 (41)
Waseem Abbas 2/30 (3.5 overs) |
- Malta won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rahul Bhardwaj, Arslan Naseem and Zulfiqar Ali Shah (Por) all made their T20I debuts.
References
- ^ a b c "Portugal to host Austria and Gibraltar in T20I Tri-series in August 2021". Czarsportz. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "Don't lose sight of this event! Our Home Playing Cricket Team Triangular BGA CUP 2021". Portuguese Cricket Federation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "Portugal sweep tri-series". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Arora, Prasath compile 166 for fourth wicket to upstage previous mark set by Australia". Times of Malta Sports Desk. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ "Our first international squad announcement since 2019". Gibraltar Cricket (via Facebook). Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "Our team is ready for everything!!". Portuguese Cricket Federation (via Facebook). Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ^ "Malta vs Portugal at Lisbon, Lisbon". Cricheroes. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ "Portugal T20 Tri-Series 2021 Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "Global Game: A busy week for the Associates". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
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