2021 Summer T20 Bash
{{short description|International cricket tour}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 2021 Summer T20 Bash
| image =
| caption =
| fromdate = 5
| todate = 10 October 2021
| administrator = Emirates Cricket Board
| cricket format = Twenty20 International
| tournament format =
| host = {{flag|UAE}}
| participants = 5
| matches = 7
| previous_year =
| previous_tournament =
| next_year =
| next_tournament =
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The 2021 Summer T20 Bash was a series of Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket matches played in the United Arab Emirates in October 2021 between Ireland, Namibia, Papua New Guinea, Scotland and the United Arab Emirates.{{cite web|url=http://emiratescricket.com/news/Emirates%20Cricket%20Board%20announces%20%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%CB%9CDafaNews%20Summer%20T20%20Bash%202021%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%E2%84%A2%20Live%20on%20Sony%20Ten%20%20in%20India |title=Emirates Cricket Board announces 'DafaNews Summer T20 Bash 2021' Live on Sony Ten in India |work=Emirates Cricket Board |access-date=23 September 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2021/articles/000013/001316.shtml |title=Scotland to play PNG and Namibia |work=Cricket Europe |access-date=29 September 2021 |archive-date=29 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929140950/https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2021/articles/000013/001316.shtml |url-status=dead }} The UAE played one match against Namibia and three matches against Ireland,{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/ireland-men-to-play-three-t20is-against-uae-in-dubai-ahead-of-the-t20-world |title=Ireland Men to play three T20Is against UAE in Dubai ahead of the T20 World Cup |work=Cricket Ireland |access-date=23 September 2021}} Scotland played one match against Namibia and one against Papua New Guinea,{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketworld.com/dafanews-summer-t20-bash-2021-teams-fixtures-schedule-all-you-need-to-know/73308.htm |title=DafaNews Summer T20 Bash 2021: Teams, Fixtures Schedule - All you need to Know |work=Cricket World |access-date=25 September 2021}} and Papua New Guinea and Namibia played one match against each other.{{cite web|url=https://www.albawaba.com/business/pr/emirates-cricket-board-announces-%E2%80%98dafanews-summer-t20-bash-2021%E2%80%99-live-sony-ten-india |title=Emirates Cricket Board Announces 'Dafanews Summer T20 Bash 2021' Live On Sony Ten In India |work=albawaba |access-date=23 September 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2287210 |title=Global Game: Preparations for the T20 World Cup heat up |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=12 October 2021}} The matches were used as preparation for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/dates-are-revealed-for-irelands-t20-trip-to-united-arab-emirates-40862831.html |title=Dates are revealed for Ireland's T20 trip to United Arab Emirates |work=Belfast Telegraph |access-date=18 September 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2021/articles/000012/001274.shtml |title=Ireland to play UAE in 3 match T20 series |work=Cricket Europe |access-date=18 September 2021 |archive-date=18 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918161621/https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2021/articles/000012/001274.shtml |url-status=dead }}
Two non-T20I twenty-over matches were also played, with Scotland beating Ireland by five wickets,{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/58800958 |title=Men's T20 World Cup: Scotland beat lreland in Dubai warm-up game |work=BBC Sport |access-date=5 October 2021}} and Namibia recording an 84 run victory over Papua New Guinea.{{cite web|url=https://www.namibian.com.na/106031/read/It-was-absolute-carnage-%E2%80%93-De-Bruyn |title=It was absolute carnage – De Bruyn |work=The Namibian |access-date=10 October 2021}}
Squads
Warm-up matches
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 5 October 2021
| time = 12:00
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IRE}}
| team2 = {{cr|SCO}}
| score1 = 176 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Harry Tector 38 (33)
| wickets1 = Safyaan Sharif 2/27 (4 overs)
| score2 = 178/5 (17.5 overs)
| runs2 = George Munsey 67 (25)
| wickets2 = Ben White 2/35 (4 overs)
| result = Scotland won by 5 wickets
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1281511.html Scorecard]
| venue = ICC Academy Ground 2, Dubai
| umpires = Aasif Iqbal (UAE) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
| motm = George Munsey (Sco)
| toss = Scotland won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes =
}}
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{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 6 October 2021
| time = 09:30
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|NAM}}
| team2 = {{cr|PNG}}
| score1 = 249/3 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Gerhard Erasmus 129* (60)
| wickets1 = Nosaina Pokana 2/37 (4 overs)
| score2 = 165/9 (20 overs)
| runs2 = Lega Siaka 33 (23)
| wickets2 = Karl Birkenstock 4/33 (4 overs)
| result = Namibia won by 84 runs
| report = [https://cricclubs.com/UAE/viewScorecard.do?matchId=1233&clubId=15272 Scorecard]
| venue = ICC Academy Ground 2, Dubai
| umpires = Akbar Ali (UAE) and Andrew Louw (Nam)
| motm = Gerhard Erasmus (Nam)
| toss = Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes =
}}
Fixtures
=1st T20I=
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 5 October 2021
| time = 09:30
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|NAM}}
| team2 = {{cr|UAE}}
| score1 = 159/8 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Craig Williams 57 (37)
| wickets1 = Zahoor Khan 4/29 (4 overs)
| score2 = 142/9 (20 overs)
| runs2 = Muhammad Waseem 39 (36)
| wickets2 = Jan Frylinck 6/24 (4 overs)
| result = Namibia won by 17 runs
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1280057.html Scorecard]
| venue = ICC Academy Ground, Dubai
| umpires = Iftikhar Ali (UAE) and Andrew Louw (Nam)
| motm = Jan Frylinck (Nam)
| toss = United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Kashif Daud, Muhammad Waseem (UAE) and Ruben Trumpelmann (Nam) all made their T20I debuts.
- David Wiese also made his T20I debut for Namibia after previously playing twenty T20Is for South Africa, becoming the tenth cricketer to represent two international teams in T20Is.{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/485107.html |title=Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Individual records (captains, players, umpires) / Representing two countries |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=5 October 2021}}
- Jan Frylinck (Nam) took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is.{{cite web|url=https://www.namibian.com.na/105968/read/Frylinck-leads-Namibia-to-victory |title=Frylinck leads Namibia to victory |work=The Namibian |access-date=5 October 2021}}
}}
=2nd T20I=
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 7 October 2021
| time = 09:30
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|UAE}}
| team2 = {{cr|IRE}}
| score1 = 123/7 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Muhammad Usman 35 (32)
| wickets1 = Curtis Campher 3/19 (4 overs)
| score2 = 124/3 (18.5 overs)
| runs2 = Paul Stirling 53 (46)
| wickets2 = Basil Hameed 3/20 (3.5 overs)
| result = Ireland won by 7 wickets
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1280060.html Scorecard]
| venue = ICC Academy Ground, Dubai
| umpires = Akbar Ali (UAE) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
| motm = Curtis Campher (Ire)
| toss = United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Sanchit Sharma (UAE) made his T20I debut.
}}
=3rd T20I=
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 8 October 2021
| time = 09:00
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|UAE}}
| team2 = {{cr|IRE}}
| score1 = 163/4 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Chirag Suri 51 (44)
| wickets1 = Josh Little 1/24 (4 overs)
| score2 = 109 (18.4 overs)
| runs2 = Curtis Campher 22 (16)
| wickets2 = Karthik Meiyappan 4/25 (4 overs)
| result = United Arab Emirates won by 54 runs
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1280061.html Scorecard]
| venue = ICC Academy Ground, Dubai
| umpires = Iftikhar Ali (UAE) and Andrew Louw (Nam)
| motm = Karthik Meiyappan (UAE)
| toss = Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Karthik Meiyappan and Akif Raja (UAE) both made their T20I debuts.
}}
=4th T20I=
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 8 October 2021
| time = 13:30
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PNG}}
| team2 = {{cr|SCO}}
| score1 = 154/5 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Assad Vala 55 (43)
| wickets1 = Hamza Tahir 2/35 (4 overs)
| score2 = 156/2 (17.5 overs)
| runs2 = George Munsey 50 (33)
| wickets2 = Chad Soper 1/23 (2 overs)
| result = Scotland won by 8 wickets
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1280063.html Scorecard]
| venue = ICC Academy Ground, Dubai
| umpires = Akbar Ali (UAE) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
| motm = George Munsey (Sco)
| toss = Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Kabua Morea (PNG) and Chris Greaves (Sco) both made their T20I debuts.
}}
=5th T20I=
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 9 October 2021
| time = 09:30
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SCO}}
| team2 = {{cr|NAM}}
| score1 = 137/8 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Richie Berrington 61 (46)
| wickets1 = Ruben Trumpelmann 2/23 (4 overs)
| score2 = 138/5 (17.4 overs)
| runs2 = Craig Williams 50 (37)
| wickets2 = Mark Watt 2/11 (4 overs)
| result = Namibia won by 5 wickets
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1280058.html Scorecard]
| venue = ICC Academy Ground, Dubai
| umpires = Iftikhar Ali (UAE) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
| motm = Craig Williams (Nam)
| toss = Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes =
}}
=6th T20I=
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 10 October 2021
| time = 09:00
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IRE}}
| team2 = {{cr|UAE}}
| score1 = 134/5 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Kevin O'Brien 54 (45)
| wickets1 = Rohan Mustafa 3/23 (4 overs)
| score2 = 139/3 (16.1 overs)
| runs2 = Muhammad Waseem 107* (62)
| wickets2 = Craig Young 2/29 (4 overs)
| result = United Arab Emirates won by 7 wickets
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1280062.html Scorecard]
| venue = ICC Academy Ground, Dubai
| umpires = Akbar Ali (UAE) and Andrew Louw (Nam)
| motm = Muhammad Waseem (UAE)
| toss = United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Muhammad Waseem (UAE) scored his first century in T20Is.{{cite web|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/cricket/2021/10/10/mohammed-waseem-announces-arrival-as-uae-complete-turnaround-against-ireland/ |title=Mohammed Waseem announces arrival as UAE complete turnaround against Ireland |work=The National |access-date=10 October 2021}}
}}
=7th T20I=
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 10 October 2021
| time = 13:30
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|NAM}}
| team2 = {{cr|PNG}}
| score1 = 174/6 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Craig Williams 57 (43)
| wickets1 = Assad Vala 2/10 (2 overs)
| score2 = 160/6 (20 overs)
| runs2 = Tony Ura 69 (43)
| wickets2 = JJ Smit 2/24 (4 overs)
| result = Namibia won by 14 runs
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1280059.html Scorecard]
| venue = ICC Academy Ground, Dubai
| umpires = Iftikhar Ali (UAE) and Aasif Iqbal (UAE)
| motm = JJ Smit (Nam)
| toss = Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Michael van Lingen (Nam) made his T20I debut.
}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/ireland-in-united-arab-emirates-t20is-2021-22-1280055 Ireland tour of the UAE Series home at ESPN Cricinfo]
- [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/namibia-in-united-arab-emirates-2021-22-1280048 Namibia tour of the UAE Series home at ESPN Cricinfo]
- [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/papua-new-guinea-v-scotland-t20i-match-2021-22-1280056 PNG v Scotland Series home at ESPN Cricinfo]
- [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/namibia-v-scotland-t20i-match-2021-22-1280051 Namibia v Scotland Series home at ESPN Cricinfo]
- [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/namibia-v-papua-new-guinea-t20i-match-2021-22-1280053 Namibia v PNG Series home at ESPN Cricinfo]
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