Swiss cricket team in Luxembourg in 2022

The Switzerland cricket team toured Luxembourg in June 2022 to play two Twenty20 International (T20I) matches at the Pierre Werner Cricket Ground in Walferdange.[1] A friendly match was played the following day after the T20Is.[2][3] The series provided both sides with preparation for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe sub-regional qualifier tournaments.[4][5]

Switzerland cricket team in Luxembourg in 2022
 
  Luxembourg Switzerland
Date 11 June 2022
Captains Joost Mees Faheem Nazir
Twenty20 International series
Results 2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs Timothy Barker (49) Faheem Nazir (75)
Most wickets William Cope (4)
Amit Dhingra (4)
Arjun Vinod (6)

Luxembourg won the first T20I by 18 runs, before Switzerland won the second game by 78 runs, with the series therefore shared 1–1.[6]

Squads

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  Luxembourg[7]    Switzerland[8]
  • Joost Mees (c, wk)
  • James Barker
  • Timothy Barker
  • Anshuman Bhadauria
  • William Cope
  • Amit Dhingra
  • Mohit Dixit
  • Shiv Gill
  • Amit Halbhavi
  • Atif Kamal
  • Pankaj Malav
  • Advyth Manepalli (wk)
  • Ankush Nanda
  • Anoop Orsu
  • Girish Venkateswaran
  • Vikram Vijh
  • Faheem Nazir (c)
  • Noorkhan Ahmedi
  • Aidan Andrews
  • Ahmed Hassan
  • Nicolas Henderson (wk)
  • Bernhar Kruger
  • Aneesh Kumar
  • Asad Mahmood
  • Osama Mahmood
  • Anser Mehmood
  • Ali Nayyer
  • Jai Sinh
  • Idrees Ul Haque (wk)
  • Arjun Vinod
  • Ashwin Vinod

T20I series

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1st T20I

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11 June 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Luxembourg  
133/7 (20 overs)
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   Switzerland
115/7 (20 overs)
Timothy Barker 32 (25)
Arjun Vinod 3/16 (4 overs)
Aidan Andrews 30* (33)
Amit Dhingra 2/26 (4 overs)
Luxembourg won by 18 runs
Pierre Werner Cricket Ground, Walferdange
Umpires: Richard Eames (Lux) and Sri Kolla (Lux)
  • Luxembourg won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Shiv Gill, Anoop Orsu (Lux) and Faheem Nazir (Sui) all made their T20I debuts.

2nd T20I

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11 June 2022
15:00
Scorecard
Switzerland  
158/9 (20 overs)
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  Luxembourg
80 (15.1 overs)
Faheem Nazir 65 (45)
William Cope 3/39 (4 overs)
Timothy Barker 17 (14)
Arjun Vinod 3/17 (4 overs)
Switzerland won by 78 runs
Pierre Werner Cricket Ground, Walferdange
Umpires: Sri Kolla (Lux) and Steve Tripp (Bel)
  • Luxembourg won the toss and elected to field.

References

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  1. ^ "Luxembourg men's national team prepares for World Cup qualifiers". RTL Today. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Luxembourg men's cricket team to host 2 international games, 1 friendly match". Chronicle.lu. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Luxembourg will host Switzerland in 2 international matches on 11th June 2022 at Pierre Werner Cricket Ground in Walferdange". Luxembourg Cricket Federation (via Facebook). Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Luxembourg men's schedule announced for June/July 2022". Czarsportz. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  5. ^ "National team core squad announced for 2022". Cricket Switzerland. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Luxembourg and Switzerland split T20Is". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Squad Announcement!". Luxembourg Cricket Federation (via Facebook). Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  8. ^ "The squad and schedule for the Swiss National Team for Luxembourg has been announced". Cricket Switzerland (via Facebook). Retrieved 10 June 2022.
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