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]
| Dates | 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) |
Squads
edit| Austria | Czech Republic[6] | Luxembourg[7] |
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Czech Republic named Vyshakh Jagannivasan and Sharan Ramakrishnan as reserves.[6]
Points Table
edit| 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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Shiv Gill 28* (30)
Jaweed Sadran 3/17 (4 overs) |
Razmal Shigiwal 65 (45)
Shiv Gill 2/14 (2 overs) |
- Austria won the toss and elected to field.
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Shiv Gill 27 (32)
Sazib Bhuiyan 3/24 (4 overs) |
Sabawoon Davizi 40 (27)
Pankaj Malav 2/25 (4 overs) |
- 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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Mirza Ahsan 57 (28)
Naveed Ahmed 2/22 (4 overs) |
- Austria won the toss and elected to field.
- Tripurari Lal (Cze) made his T20I debut.
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Razmal Shigiwal 48* (23)
Pankaj Malav 2/19 (3 overs) |
Joost Mees 23* (16)
Aqib Iqbal 2/7 (2 overs) |
- 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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Dylan Steyn 64 (44)
Pankaj Malav 2/31 (4 overs) |
James Barker 44 (36)
Arun Ashokan 3/32 (4 overs) |
- 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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Aqib Iqbal 40 (42)
Naveed Ahmed 1/12 (4 overs) |
Sabawoon Davizi 56 (43)
Aqib Iqbal 1/23 (4 overs) |
- Czech Republic won the toss and elected to field.
- Osman Khan (Aut) made his T20I debut.
References
edit- ^ "The Central Europe Cup 2022 is nearly upon us". Czech Cricket (via Facebook). Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Czech Republic to host 3-nation Central Europe Cup in July 2022". Czarsportz. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "Central Europe Cup 2022". Czech Cricket (via Facebook). Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ "Austria lift cup on final day". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Global Game: Scotland, Ireland women return to international arena". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Announcing the Czech Men's National Team Squad for the Central Europe Cup, Prague". Czech Cricket (via Facebook). Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Central Europe Cup 2022". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2022.