Swedish cricket team in Finland in 2021

The Sweden cricket team toured Finland in August 2021 to play a four-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series.[1] The matches were played at the Kerava National Cricket Ground in Kerava.[2] Sweden travelled to Finland, having played a series against Denmark the previous weekend.[3] The two series were the first international action with the Swedish national team for their coach, former South African international cricketer, Jonty Rhodes.[4]

Sweden cricket team in Finland in 2021
 
  Finland Sweden
Dates 21 – 22 August 2021
Captains Nathan Collins Abhijit Venkatesh
Twenty20 International series
Results 4-match series drawn 2–2
Most runs Nathan Collins (114) Abhijit Venkatesh (115)
Most wickets Amjad Sher (8) Abhijit Venkatesh (7)

Finland took a 2–0 lead on the first day, before Sweden won both games on day two to share the series 2–2.[5][6] Nathan Collins was the Finnish skipper while Abhijit Venkatesh captained Sweden.

Squads

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  Finland[7]   Sweden[8]
  • Nathan Collins (c)
  • Hariharan Dandapani
  • Peter Gallagher
  • Raaz Mohammad
  • Aravind Mohan
  • Vanraaj Padhaal
  • Aniketh Pusthay
  • Areeb Quadir
  • Ziaur Rehman
  • Jonathan Scamans (wk)
  • Naveed Shahid
  • Amjad Sher
  • Adnan Syed
  • Mahesh Tambe
  • Abhijit Venkatesh (c)
  • Wynand Boshoff (vc, wk)
  • Qudratullah Mir Afzail
  • Baz Ayubi
  • Dipanjan Dey
  • Oktai Gholami
  • Rahul Gowthaman
  • Humayun Kabir
  • Liam Karlsson
  • Sami Khalil
  • Rahel Khan
  • Hassan Mahmood
  • Lemar Momand
  • Khalid Zahid
  • Imal Zuwak

T20I series

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1st T20I

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21 August 2021
10:30
Scorecard
Sweden  
135/6 (19 overs)
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  Finland
139/6 (17.5 overs)
Abhijit Venkatesh 54 (41)
Amjad Sher 2/12 (4 overs)
Nathan Collins 64* (45)
Abhijit Venkatesh 3/13 (3 overs)
Finland won by 4 wickets
Kerava National Cricket Ground, Kerava
Umpires: Srinidhi Ravindra (Fin) and Jari Schabel (Fin)
  • Sweden won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The match was reduced to 19 overs per side due to rain.
  • Raaz Mohammad, Naveed Shahid and Mahesh Tambe (Fin) all made their T20I debuts.

2nd T20I

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21 August 2021
15:00
Scorecard
Sweden  
141/8 (20 overs)
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  Finland
142/6 (18.5 overs)
Dipanjan Dey 75* (49)
Amjad Sher 3/14 (4 overs)
Amjad Sher 37* (15)
Qudratullah Mir Afzail 3/28 (3.5 overs)
Finland won by 4 wickets
Kerava National Cricket Ground, Kerava
Umpires: Srinidhi Ravindra (Fin) and Sumanta Samanta (Fin)
  • Sweden won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd T20I

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22 August 2021
10:30
Scorecard
Finland  
141/7 (20 overs)
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  Sweden
113/7 (14 overs)
Aniketh Pusthay 56 (52)
Oktai Gholami 2/23 (4 overs)
Khalid Zahid 47* (20)
Peter Gallagher 3/29 (3 overs)
Sweden won by 3 wickets (DLS method)
Kerava National Cricket Ground, Kerava
Umpires: Sumanta Samanta (Fin) and Jari Schabel (Fin)
  • Sweden won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sweden were set a revised target of 110 runs from 15 overs due to rain.
  • Adnan Syed (Fin) made his T20I debut.

4th T20I

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22 August 2021
15:00
Scorecard
Finland  
145/7 (20 overs)
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  Sweden
146/4 (17.1 overs)
Amjad Sher 34 (19)
Liam Karlsson 3/38 (4 overs)
Abhijit Venkatesh 43 (24)
Aniketh Pusthay 1/4 (1 over)
Sweden won by 6 wickets
Kerava National Cricket Ground, Kerava
Umpires: Srinidhi Ravindra (Fin) and Sumanta Samanta (Fin)
  • Sweden won the toss and elected to field.

References

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  1. ^ "Swedish men's squad to tour Denmark, Finland and Spain in August/September 2021". Czarsports. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Finland v Sweden T20I Series August 20th to 22nd at the KNCG". Cricket Finland. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  3. ^ "High performance news, July 14 2021". Cricket Sweden. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Denmark ramp up qualifier preparation". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  5. ^ "2-2 mot Finland" [2-2 against Finland]. Cricket Sweden (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Finland and Sweden share T20I series". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  7. ^ "The Finnish men's national cricket squads have been named for both the Finland-Sweden T20I series and the European Cricket Championships". Cricket Finland. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  8. ^ "T20 men national squad is ready!". Cricket Sweden. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
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