2022 Scotland Tri-Nation Series (round 14)

2022 Scotland Tri-Nation Series
Part of 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2
Date	10–17 July 2022
Location	Scotland
Teams  Namibia    Nepal  Scotland Captains Gerhard Erasmus Sandeep Lamichhane Richie Berrington Most runs Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton (145) Aasif Sheikh (159) Calum MacLeod (186) Most wickets Bernard Scholtz (7) Sandeep Lamichhane (11) Gavin Main (9) Hamza Tahir (9)

The 2022 Scotland Tri-Nation Series was the 14th round of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 cricket tournament that took place in Scotland in July 2022.[1][2] It was a tri-nation series between Namibia, Nepal and the Scotland cricket teams,[3] with the matches played as One Day International (ODI) fixtures.[4] The ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 formed part of the qualification pathway to the 2023 Cricket World Cup.[5][6]

After being originally scheduled to take place in Scotland in 2020,[7] the series was rescheduled to take place in Spain in July 2021.[8][9] However, in June 2021, the series was postponed by a year, after the Namibian team were unable to travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10] The rescheduled fixtures were announced in May 2022, with all the matches played at Titwood in Glasgow and the Cambusdoon New Ground in Ayr.[11]

Background

Originally the series was scheduled to take place in July 2020.[4][12] Four matches were scheduled to be played in Glasgow at Titwood, the home ground of Clydesdale Cricket Club, with the other two fixtures being played at The Grange Club in Edinburgh.[13] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all cricket facilities in Scotland were closed until 1 July 2020.[14] On 10 June 2020, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that the tournament had been postponed due to the pandemic.[15][16] In December 2020, the ICC announced the rescheduled dates for the series.[17]

After being rescheduled to take place in Scotland in July 2021,[7] the tri-series was later moved to Spain,[18] due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[19] In June 2021, the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) named a twenty-man preliminary squad for the series.[20] On 24 June 2021, the series was postponed to July 2022, due to restrictions imposed in Namibia arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.[21]

Squads

Namibia[22]	Nepal[23]	Scotland[24]
Gerhard Erasmus (c) Pikky Ya France Jan Frylinck Zane Green (wk) Divan la Cock Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton Lo-handre Louwrens Tangeni Lungameni Bernard Scholtz Ben Shikongo JJ Smit Ruben Trumpelmann David Wiese Craig Williams	Sandeep Lamichhane (c) Rohit Paudel (vc) Basir Ahamad Dipendra Singh Airee Mohammad Aadil Alam Binod Bhandari (wk) Kushal Bhurtel Sompal Kami Karan KC Dev Khanal Kishore Mahato Pawan Sarraf Aarif Sheikh Aasif Sheikh (wk)	Richie Berrington (c) Matthew Cross (vc, wk) Dylan Budge Kyle Coetzer Alasdair Evans Chris Greaves Michael Leask Calum MacLeod Gavin Main Christopher McBride George Munsey Adrian Neill Safyaan Sharif Chris Sole Hamza Tahir Mark Watt

On the day prior to the start of the series, Scotland named Alasdair Evans and Chris Greaves in their squad, replacing Dylan Budge and Chris Sole.[25]

Fixtures

1st ODI

10 July 2022 11:00 Scorecard

Scotland  258/6 (50 overs)	v	Namibia 181 (43 overs)
George Munsey 71* (108) Gerhard Erasmus 3/56 (10 overs)		Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton 50 (58) Safyaan Sharif 5/35 (9 overs)

Scotland won by 77 runs Titwood, Glasgow Umpires: David McLean (Sco) and Shiju Sam (UAE) Player of the match: Safyaan Sharif (Sco)

• Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
• Divan la Cock (Nam) made his ODI debut.

2nd ODI

11 July 2022 11:00 Scorecard

Namibia  220 (47.3 overs)	v	Nepal 180 (46.5 overs)
Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton 60 (70) Sandeep Lamichhane 4/54 (10 overs)		Aarif Sheikh 50* (84) David Wiese 2/24 (6.5 overs)

Namibia won by 40 runs Cambusdoon New Ground, Ayr Umpires: Allan Haggo (Sco) and Ryan Milne (Sco) Player of the match: Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton (Nam)

• Namibia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Basir Ahamad (Nep) made his ODI debut.

3rd ODI

13 July 2022 11:00 Scorecard

Scotland  144 (42.5 overs)	v	Nepal 146/5 (25.1 overs)
Gavin Main 64* (59) Mohammad Aadil Alam 3/31 (10 overs)		Aasif Sheikh 71 (62) Gavin Main 3/46 (8 overs)

Nepal won by 5 wickets Titwood, Glasgow Umpires: Allan Haggo (Sco) and Shiju Sam (UAE) Player of the match: Aasif Sheikh (Nep)

• Nepal won the toss and elected to field.

4th ODI

14 July 2022 11:00 Scorecard

Namibia  215/7 (50 overs)	v	Scotland 219/7 (48.5 overs)
Jan Frylinck 60* (48) Hamza Tahir 3/38 (10 overs) Gavin Main 3/38 (10 overs)		Calum MacLeod 59 (93) Ruben Trumpelmann 3/41 (9.5 overs)

Scotland won by 3 wickets Titwood, Glasgow Umpires: Ryan Milne (Sco) and Shiju Sam (UAE) Player of the match: Chris Greaves (Sco)

• Scotland won the toss and elected to field.

5th ODI

16 July 2022 11:00 Scorecard

Namibia  199 (49.2 overs)	v	Nepal 136 (37.5 overs)
Gerhard Erasmus 53 (70) Sandeep Lamichhane 4/29 (10 overs)		Dipendra Singh Airee 38 (55) Bernard Scholtz 5/22 (9.5 overs)

Namibia won by 63 runs Cambusdoon New Ground, Ayr Umpires: Allan Haggo (Sco) and David McLean (Sco) Player of the match: Bernard Scholtz (Nam)

• Namibia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Bernard Scholtz (Nam) took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs.[26]

6th ODI

17 July 2022 11:00 Scorecard

Nepal    128 (35.5 overs)	v	Scotland 130/2 (19 overs)
Aasif Sheikh 40 (58) Hamza Tahir 4/26 (7.5 overs)		Calum MacLeod 64 (29) Sompal Kami 1/26 (3 overs)

Scotland won by 8 wickets Titwood, Glasgow Umpires: Ryan Milne (Sco) and Shiju Sam (UAE) Player of the match: Calum MacLeod (Sco)

• Scotland won the toss and elected to field.
• Kishore Mahato (Nep) made his ODI debut.

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External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo