International cricket tournament
Cricket tournament
The 2021 Continental Cup was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament that took place at the Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground in Ilfov County, Romania, in the first week of September 2021.[1] Austria won the previous edition in 2019,[2] but did not return to defend the title in 2021. The participating nations were the hosts Romania, along with Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Luxembourg and Malta.[1] Hungary played their first ever official men's T20I match during the tournament.[3] The teams were split into two groups, with the top two in each group progressing to the semi-finals.
Luxembourg topped Group A to set up a semi-final against Hungary, while Romania earned a semi-final against Malta after winning Group B.[4] Luxembourg and Romania advanced to the final by winning their semi-final matches, while the Czech Republic finished in fifth place after defeating Bulgaria in a play-off.[5] On the last day of the tournament, Romania defeated Luxembourg in the final by 33 runs, before Hungary secured third place with a comfortable eight-wicket win over Malta.[6]
Squads
Group stage
Group A
- Bulgaria won the toss and elected to field.
- Vasil Hristov, Mukul Kadyan, Omar Rassol (Bul) and Amit Halbhavi (Lux) all made their T20I debuts.
- Luxembourg won the toss and elected to field.
- Amit Dhingra (Lux) and Basil George (Mlt) both made their T20I debuts.
- Bulgaria won the toss and elected to bat.
Group B
- Czech Republic won the toss and elected to field.
- Vyshakh Jagannivasan, Kayul Mehta (Cze), Abhijeet Ahuja, Satyadeep Ashwathnarayana, Khaibar Deldar, Abishek Kheterpal, Zeeshan Kukikhel, Nishanta Liyanage, Harshvardhan Mandhyan, Zahir Mohammed, Sandeep Mohandas, Asanka Weligamage and Ali Yalmaz (Hun) all made their T20I debuts.
- Romania won the toss and elected to bat.
- Romania won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mark Fontaine and Sanjay Kumar (Hun) both made their T20I debuts.
- Asif Bevinje became the first bowler for Romania to take a five-wicket haul in men's T20Is.[13]
Playoffs
5th place playoff
- Bulgaria won the toss and elected to bat.
- Akshay Harikumar (Bul) made his T20I debut.
Semi-finals
1st Semi-final
- Hungary won the toss and elected to field.
2nd Semi-final
3rd place playoff
- Hungary won the toss and elected to field.
Final
- Romania won the toss and elected to bat.
References
- ^ a b "Czech Republic men's squad announced for 6-nation Continental Cup in Romania". Czarsportz. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Austria triumphant in 5-nation Continental T20I Cup in Romania". Czarsportz. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ "Two wins for Luxembourg as Continental Cup underway". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ "Continental Cup continues in Romania". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ "Romania win Continental Cup". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Luxembourg and Romania to face off in Continental Cup final". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 5 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ @CzechCricket (27 July 2021). "Czech Men's National Team for the Continental Cup Sep 1 - 6 2021" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Happy to announce the National squad travelling to Romania to compete in intercontinental cup". Hungarian Cricket (via Facebook). Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "Luxembourg men's squad announced for 6-nation Continental Cup T20I event". Czarsportz. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Malta men's squad announced for Continental Cup in Romania". Czarsportz. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "Meet Romania's men's squad participating in the Continental Cricket Cup, at Moara Vlasiei, Romania between 02 and 05 September, 2021". Cricket Romania (via Facebook). Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Continental Cup 2021 Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ "23-year-old bowler spewed 'fire', took 5 wickets for the first time in T20 match". News NCR. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "Global Game: Romania crowned Continental Cup champions with record T20I wins". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
External links
- Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
