German women's cricket team in Austria in 2020#3rd WT20I
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{{Infobox cricket tour
| series_name = Germany women's cricket team in Austria in 2020
| team1_image = Flag of Austria.svg
| team1_name = Austria women
| team2_image = Flag of Germany.svg
| team2_name = Germany women
| from_date = 12
| to_date = 15 August 2020
| team1_captain = Andrea-Mae Zepeda
| team2_captain = Anuradha Doddaballapur
| no_of_twenty20s = 5
| team1_twenty20s_won = 0
| team2_twenty20s_won = 5
| team1_twenty20s_most_runs = Andrea-Mae Zepeda (77)
| team2_twenty20s_most_runs = Christina Gough (239)
| team1_twenty20s_most_wickets = Soujanya Chamundaiah (2)
| team2_twenty20s_most_wickets = Emma Bargna (10)
| player_of_twenty20_series =
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The Germany women's cricket team toured Austria in August 2020 to play a five-match bilateral Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) series.{{cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/austria-women-vs-germany-women-t20i-series-2020-full-schedule-squads-match-timings-live-streaming-details |title=Austria Women vs Germany Women T20I Series 2020: Full schedule, squads, match timings and live streaming details |work=Sportskeeda |date=10 August 2020 |access-date=11 August 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.de/8858-2/ |title=Frauen Nationalmannschaft fährt gut vorbereitet nach Wien |work=German Cricket Board|access-date=3 August 2020 |language=German |trans-title=Women's national team is well prepared for Vienna}} The matches were played at the Seebarn Cricket Ground in the Seebarn subdivision of Harmannsdorf, Lower Austria.
The series was the first women's international cricket to be played since the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Final on 8 March 2020,{{cite web|url=https://emergingcricket.com/insight/womens-cricket-in-germany-2020-with-monika-loveday/ |title=Women’s cricket in Germany 2020 with Monika Loveday |work=Emerging Cricket |access-date=30 January 2021}} following widespread disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web|url=https://femalecricket.com/women-cricket-news/14037-germany-womens-team-to-tour-austria-for-5-match-t20i-series-from-12-15th-august.html |title=Germany Women’s team to tour Austria for 5 Match T20I series from 12-15th August |work=Female Cricket |date=12 August 2020 |access-date=12 August 2020}} Austria had last played a match in a quadrangular series in France in August 2019,{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29644626/women-international-cricket-returns-austria-v-germany-t20i-series |title=Women's international cricket returns with Austria v Germany T20I series |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=12 August 2020}} and Germany had last played an international match during their visit to Oman in February 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1752021 |title=Women's T20 International cricket returns for the first time since International Women's Day |work=International Cricket Council |date=15 August 2020| access-date=12 August 2020}}
Germany won the series 5–0, breaking a number of records along the way.{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1753846 |title=Record-breaking Germany complete whitewash of Austria |work=International Cricket Council |date=15 August 2020|access-date=15 August 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.womenscriczone.com/anne-bierwisch-stars-with-the-ball-as-germany-whitewash-austria-5-0 |title=Anne Bierwisch stars with the ball as Germany whitewash Austria 5-0 |work=Women's CricZone |date=15 August 2020|access-date=15 August 2020}} In match two of the series, the unbeaten opening partnership of 191 between Christina Gough and Janet Ronalds meant that Germany set a WT20I record for the most runs scored in an innings without losing a wicket. The same pair broke this record again in match four, with Germany's innings finishing on 198/0, before German captain Anuradha Doddaballapur became the first player to take four wickets in consecutive deliveries in WT20I cricket.
Squads
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WT20I series
=1st WT20I=
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 12 August 2020
| time = 11:00
| daynight =
| team1 = {{crw-rt|GER}}
| team2 = {{crw|AUT}}
| score1 = 165/2 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Christina Gough 72 (62)
| wickets1 = Rezarta Avdylaj 1/17 (2 overs)
| score2 = 83 (19 overs)
| runs2 = Andrea-Mae Zepeda 35* (48)
| wickets2 = Emma Bargna 3/13 (4 overs)
| result = Germany won by 82 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1229204.html Scorecard]
| venue = Seebarn Cricket Ground, Lower Austria
| umpires = Rajinder Kumar (Aut) and Praveen Kumar Swamidas (Aut)
| motm = Christina Gough (Ger)
| toss = Austria won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = Jo-Antoinette Stiglitz (Aut), Asmita Kohli and Sharanya Sadarangani (Ger) all made their WT20I debuts.
}}
=2nd WT20I=
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 13 August 2020
| time = 10:00
| daynight =
| team1 = {{crw-rt|GER}}
| team2 = {{crw|AUT}}
| score1 = 191/0 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Janet Ronalds 105* (74)
| wickets1 =
| score2 = 53 (13 overs)
| runs2 = Jo-Antoinette Stiglitz 17 (28)
| wickets2 = Emma Bargna 5/9 (4 overs)
| result = Germany won by 138 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1229205.html Scorecard]
| venue = Seebarn Cricket Ground, Lower Austria
| umpires = Rajinder Kumar (Aut) and Dharminder Pal Rauhia (Aut)
| motm = Janet Ronalds (Ger)
| toss = Germany won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Claire Pfalzner-Gibbon (Ger) made her WT20I debut.
- Janet Ronalds became the first cricketer for Germany to score a century in WT20Is.{{cite web|url=https://emergingcricket.com/news/ronalds-bargna-smash-records-as-germany-beat-austria-by-138-runs/ |title=Ronalds, Bargna smash records as Germany beat Austria by 138 runs |work=Emerging Cricket |access-date=13 August 2020}}
- Emma Bargna became the first cricketer for Germany to take a five-wicket haul in WT20Is.
}}
=3rd WT20I=
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 13 August 2020
| time = 14:30
| daynight =
| team1 = {{crw-rt|AUT}}
| team2 = {{crw|GER}}
| score1 = 54 (17.5 overs)
| runs1 = Harjivan Bhullar 9 (25)
| wickets1 = Anne Bierwisch 3/5 (3 overs)
| score2 = 55/0 (8.1 overs)
| runs2 = Sharanya Sadarangani 25* (30)
| wickets2 =
| result = Germany won by 10 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1229206.html Scorecard]
| venue = Seebarn Cricket Ground, Lower Austria
| umpires = Rajinder Kumar (Aut) and Dharminder Pal Rauhia (Aut)
| motm = Anne Bierwisch (Ger)
| toss = Austria won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Bangalore Chamundaiah (Aut) and Lena Skatulla (Ger) both made their WT20I debuts.
- Anne Bierwisch (Ger) took the eighteenth hat-trick in WT20Is.
}}
=4th WT20I=
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 14 August 2020
| time = 11:00
| daynight =
| team1 = {{crw-rt|GER}}
| team2 = {{crw|AUT}}
| score1 = 198/0 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Christina Gough 101* (70)
| wickets1 =
| score2 = 61/9 (20 overs)
| runs2 = Andrea-Mae Zepeda 25 (48)
| wickets2 = Anuradha Doddaballapur 5/1 (3 overs)
| result = Germany won by 137 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1229207.html Scorecard]
| venue = Seebarn Cricket Ground, Lower Austria
| umpires = Rajinder Kumar (Aut) and Dharminder Pal Rauhia (Aut)
| motm = Christina Gough (Ger)
| toss = Germany won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Christina Gough (Ger) scored her first century in WT20Is.
- Germany's score of 198/0 was a highest score without the loss of a wicket in WT20Is, beating the 191/0 set by Germany in match two of the series the previous day.
- Anuradha Doddaballapur (Ger) took the nineteenth hat-trick and also her first five-wicket haul in WT20Is. This was the first instance of a player taking four wickets in consecutive deliveries in WT20Is.{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/anuradha-doddaballapur-becomes-first-bowler-to-take-four-wickets-from-four-consecutive-deliveries-in-womens-t20i-2787619.html |title=Anuradha Doddaballapur becomes first bowler to take four wickets from four consecutive deliveries in women's T20I |work=CricketNext (News18) |date=14 August 2020|access-date=14 August 2020}}
}}
=5th WT20I=
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 15 August 2020
| time = 09:00
| daynight =
| team1 = {{crw-rt|GER}}
| team2 = {{crw|AUT}}
| score1 = 129/3 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Karthika Vijayaraghavan 36* (34)
| wickets1 = Bangalore Chamundaiah 2/15 (3 overs)
| score2 = 50/8 (20 overs)
| runs2 = Busra Uca 17 (38)
| wickets2 = Anne Bierwisch 4/7 (4 overs)
| result = Germany won by 79 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1229208.html Scorecard]
| venue = Seebarn Cricket Ground, Lower Austria
| umpires = Rajinder Kumar (Aut) and Dharminder Pal Rauhia (Aut)
| motm = Anne Bierwisch (Ger)
| toss = Germany won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
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References
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External links
- [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/1229202.html Series home at ESPN Cricinfo]
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