2019 Iberia Cup
{{short description|International cricket tournament}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox cricket series
| series = 2019 Iberia Cup
| date = 25–27 October 2019
| place = {{flag|Spain}}
| image =
| result = {{cr|ESP}} won the series
| player of series =
| team1 = {{cr|GIB}}
| team2 = {{cr|POR}}
| team3 = {{cr|ESP}}
| captain1 = Matthew Hunter
| captain2 = Paolo Buccimazza
| captain3 = Christian Munoz-Mills
| runs1 = Avanish Pai (124)
| runs2 = Najjam Shahzad (126)
| runs3 = Faran Afzal (121)
| wickets1 = Avanish Pai (6)
| wickets2 = Tariq Aziz (6)
| wickets3 = Yasir Ali (4)
}}
The 2019 Iberia Cup was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament held in Spain between 25 and 27 October 2019.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/1201664.html |title=2019 Iberia Cup - Fixtures and Results |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=23 September 2019}} The participating teams were the hosts Spain,{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2019/08/02/actualidad/1564744125_715896.html|title=La Roja del críquet habla panyabí|last=Segura|first=Cristian|date=2019-08-03|work=El País|access-date=2019-10-28|language=es|issn=1134-6582}} along with Gibraltar and Portugal.{{cite web |url=https://www.chronicle.gi/cricket-gibraltar-prepares-for-big-weekend/ |title=Cricket - Gibraltar prepares for big weekend |work=Gibraltar Chronicle |accessdate=3 September 2020 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.cricketspain.es/news.php?id=2040 |title=Iberia Cup Revived |work=Cricket España |accessdate=26 September 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The teams competed for the Iberian Cup, which was contested in the 1990s, and was last played in 2008 as a double match series between Spain and Gibraltar.{{Cite web|last=Admin|first=Czarsportzauto|date=2019-10-19|title=Spain to host 3-nation (T20I) Iberia Cup in Oct 2019 - Czarsportz|url=https://czarsportzauto.com/spain-to-host-3-nation-t20i-iberia-cup-in-oct-2019/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-02|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502113234/https://czarsportzauto.com/spain-to-host-3-nation-t20i-iberia-cup-in-oct-2019/ |archive-date=2 May 2021 }} Gibraltar and Portugal played their first matches with T20I status during the tournament, following the decision of the International Cricket Council (ICC) to grant full Twenty20 International status to all its members from 1 January 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/672322|title=All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status|work=International Cricket Council|date=26 April 2018|accessdate=2 August 2019}} Spain won the series with a 100% record.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/160814589890/posts/10156918832044891/|title=Congratulations to España for their tournament victory|work=Gibraltar Cricket (via Facebook)|accessdate=27 October 2019}}
Squads
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| {{cr|GIB}}{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/160814589890/posts/10156890735474891/ |title=Gibraltar Cricket squad announcement for the Iberian Cup |work=Gibraltar Cricket (via Facebook) |accessdate=18 October 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.emergingcricket.com/news/iberia-cup-to-be-live-streamed-in-2019/ |title=Iberia Cup to be live-streamed in 2019 |work=Emerging Cricket |accessdate=23 October 2019}} |
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Points table
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| style="width:175px;"|Team
! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr | P | Played}} ! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr | W | Won}} ! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr | L | Lost}} ! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr | T | Tied}} ! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr | NR | No result}} ! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr | Pts | Points}} ! style="width:65px;"|{{Abbr | NRR | Net run rate}} | ||||||
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| style="text-align:left" |{{cr|ESP}} (C)
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +1.627 |
| style="text-align:left" |{{cr|POR}}
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –0.595 |
| style="text-align:left" |{{cr|GIB}}
| 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –0.969 |
Fixtures
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 25 October 2019
| time = 15:00
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|POR}}
| team2 = {{cr|ESP}}
| score1 = 87/7 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Najjam Shahzad 27* (31)
| wickets1 = Faran Afzal 2/14 (4 overs)
| score2 = 89/2 (14.2 overs)
| runs2 = Paul Hennessy 38 (30)
| wickets2 = Tariq Aziz 2/26 (4 overs)
| result = Spain won by 8 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1201668.html Scorecard]
| venue = La Manga Club Bottom Ground, Cartagena
| umpires = Sunil Chandiramani (Gib) and Adnan Khan (Esp)
| motm =
| toss = Spain won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Raja Adeel (Esp), Arslan Ahmed, Tariq Aziz, Paolo Buccimazza, Aamer Ikram, Imran Khan, Mien Mehmood, Fakhrul Mohon, Ali Naqi, Zohaib Sarwar, Najjam Shahzad and Francoise Stoman (Por) all made their T20I debuts.
}}
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{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 26 October 2019
| time = 08:45
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|GIB}}
| team2 = {{cr|POR}}
| score1 = 113/6 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Avinash Pai 52 (52)
| wickets1 = Paolo Buccimazza 2/18 (4 overs)
| score2 = 116/4 (18.3 overs)
| runs2 = Zohaib Sarwar 33* (21)
| wickets2 = Avinash Pai 2/18 (4 overs)
| result = Portugal won by 6 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1201669.html Scorecard]
| venue = La Manga Club Bottom Ground, Cartagena
| umpires = Gordon Ashford (Esp) and Adnan Khan (Esp)
| motm =
| toss = Gibraltar won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Mark Bacarese, Luke Collado, Chris Delany, James Fitzgerald, Julian Freyone, Mark Garratt, Richard Hatchman, Matthew Hunter, Kenroy Nestor, Edmund Packard and Avinash Pai (Gib) all made their T20I debuts.
}}
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{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 26 October 2019
| time = 12:15
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|GIB}}
| team2 = {{cr|ESP}}
| score1 = 98/6 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Edmund Packard 26 (33)
| wickets1 = Yasir Ali 2/16 (3 overs)
| score2 = 99/2 (15 overs)
| runs2 = Faran Afzal 59* (43)
| wickets2 = Edmund Packard 1/8 (2 overs)
| result = Spain won by 8 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1201670.html Scorecard]
| venue = La Manga Club Bottom Ground, Cartagena
| umpires = Sunil Chandiramani (Gib) and Adnan Khan (Esp)
| motm =
| toss = Spain won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Jack Perman (Esp) and Tim Caruana (Gib) both made their T20I debuts.
}}
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{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 26 October 2019
| time = 15:15
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|ESP}}
| team2 = {{cr|POR}}
| score1 = 143/6 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Faran Afzal 41 (38)
| wickets1 = Tariq Aziz 3/20 (4 overs)
| score2 = 114 (17.4 overs)
| runs2 = Najjam Shahzad 46 (31)
| wickets2 = Paul Hennessy 2/12 (2 overs)
| result = Spain won by 29 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1201671.html Scorecard]
| venue = La Manga Club Bottom Ground, Cartagena
| umpires = Gordon Ashford (Esp) and Adnan Khan (Esp)
| motm =
| toss = Portugal won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Nadim Hussain Naureen (Esp) and Sukhwinder Singh (Por) both made their T20I debuts.
}}
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{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 27 October 2019
| time = 10:00
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|GIB}}
| team2 = {{cr|POR}}
| score1 = 107/7 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Avinash Pai 35 (45)
| wickets1 = Najjam Shahzad 2/16 (4 overs)
| score2 = 110/6 (19.2 overs)
| runs2 = Najjam Shahzad 53* (35)
| wickets2 = Avinash Pai 3/14 (4 overs)
| result = Portugal won by 4 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1201672.html Scorecard]
| venue = La Manga Club Bottom Ground, Cartagena
| umpires = Gordon Ashford (Esp) and Sunil Chandiramani (Gib)
| motm =
| toss = Portugal won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes =
}}
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{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 27 October 2019
| time = 14:00
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|GIB}}
| team2 = {{cr|ESP}}
| score1 = 95 (19.5 overs)
| runs1 = Matthew Hunter 27 (33)
| wickets1 = Yasir Ali 2/11 (3 overs)
| score2 = 96/4 (15.5 overs)
| runs2 = Yasir Ali 42* (33)
| wickets2 = Matthew Hunter 1/8 (2 overs)
| result = Spain won by 6 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1201673.html Scorecard]
| venue = La Manga Club Bottom Ground, Cartagena
| umpires = Sunil Chandiramani (Gib) and Adnan Khan (Esp)
| motm =
| toss = Spain won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Nikhil Advani and Adam Orfila (Gib) both made their T20I debuts.
}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/_/id/19568/season/2019/iberia-cup Series home at ESPN Cricinfo]
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