Dates | 10 – 15 May 2022 |
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Administrator(s) | Malta Cricket Association |
Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and final |
Host(s) | Malta |
Champions | Romania |
Runners-up | Malta |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 18 |
Player of the series | Taranjeet Singh |
Most runs | Taranjeet Singh (357) |
Most wickets | Ijaz Hussain (11) |
The 2022 Valletta Cup was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament held in Malta between 10 and 15 May 2022. [1] It was the third edition of the Valletta Cup. The venue for the series was the Marsa Sports Club in Marsa. [2] The participating teams were the hosts Malta along with Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Gibraltar, Hungary and Romania. [3] Malta were the defending champions having defeated Switzerland in the final of the 2021 edition. [4] Bulgaria and Gibraltar returned after finishing the 2021 tournament in third and fourth places, respectively. [2] The Czech Republic and Hungary last featured in the 2019 Valletta Cup, in which the Czechs beat a Hungary XI in the final. [5]
In a round-robin game against Bulgaria, Gibraltar put on an unbeaten 213 runs for the first wicket, the fourth highest opening partnerships in men's T20Is. [6] Malta secured a place in the final on day three with a game to spare, after winning their first four matches. [7] Romania reached the final after a rapid run-chase against Gibraltar, and they went on to defeat the hosts by 9 runs in the final. [8] [9]
Bulgaria | Czech Republic [10] | Gibraltar [11] | Hungary | Malta | Romania |
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The Czech Republic also named Kranthi Venkataswamy and Neeraj Tyagi as reserves. [10]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Malta | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.014 |
2 | Romania | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1.498 |
3 | Czech Republic | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1.237 |
4 | Hungary | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −0.251 |
5 | Gibraltar | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | −1.439 |
6 | Bulgaria | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | −2.115 |
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Avinash Pai 42 (39)
Amar Sharma 2/24 (4 overs) |
Basil George 36 (30)
Zachary Simpson 2/32 (2.5 overs) |
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Basil George 60 (36)
Asanka Weligamage 3/45 (4 overs) |
Harshvardhan Mandhyan 41 (25)
Waseem Abbas 2/25 (4 overs) |
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Kieron Ferrary 24 (22)
Sandeep Mohandas 2/31 (4 overs) |
Harshvardhan Mandhyan 29 (27)
Samarth Bodha 3/26 (3.4 overs) |
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Taranjeet Singh 63 (44)
Amar Sharma 1/33 (4 overs) |
Basil George 37 (22)
Ijaz Hussain 2/25 (3 overs) |
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Sabawoon Davizi 98
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Kieron Ferrary 1/9 (3 overs) |
Andrew Reyes 44 (41)
Sazib Bhuiyan 2/20 (3 overs) |
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Abishek Kheterpal 42 (35)
Hristo Lakov 2/15 (4 overs) |
Saim Hussain 54 (43)
Bhavani Adapaka 3/29 (4 overs) |
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Basil George 51 (41)
Satyajit Sengupta 3/35 (4 overs) |
Arun Ashokan 30 (17)
Amar Sharma 3/24 (3 overs) |
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Sabawoon Davizi 115
* (59)
Hristo Lakov 2/49 (4 overs) |
Hristo Lakov 61 (51)
Naveed Ahmed 3/29 (4 overs) |
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Vasu Saini 47 (32)
Harshvardhan Mandhyan 3/30 (4 overs) |
Zahir Mohammed 78 (42)
Ijaz Hussain 2/16 (3 overs) |
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Louis Bruce 99
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Saim Hussain 64 (31)
Samarth Bodha 2/18 (3 overs) |
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Taranjeet Singh 110 (61)
Naveed Ahmed 2/34 (4 overs) |
Arun Ashokan 49 (40)
Ijaz Hussain 4/28 (4 overs) |
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Kevin D'Souza 43 (33)
Ijaz Hussain 2/22 (4 overs) |
Ramesh Satheesan 86
* (43)
Delrick Varghese 1/7 (0.4 overs) |
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Abhishek Ahuja 61 (48)
Smit Patel 4/34 (4 overs) |
Sudesh Wickramasekara 63 (41)
Bhavani Adapaka 1/38 (3.1 overs) |
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Avinash Pai 49 (40)
Ramesh Satheesan 3/37 (3 overs) |
Taranjeet Singh 84
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Richard Cunningham 1/28 (2.2 overs) |
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Saim Hussain 108
* (55)
Imran Ameer 2/41 (4 overs) |
Aaftab Alam Khan 71
* (38)
Hristo Lakov 2/44 (4 overs) |
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Balaji Pai 53
* (44)
Asad Ali Rehemtulla 2/25 (4 overs) |
Aravinda De Silva 41 (32)
Kieron Ferrary 2/30 (4 overs) |
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Dylan Steyn 65 (41)
Bhavani Adapaka 1/26 (3 overs) |
Abhijeet Ahuja 75 (52)
Sazib Bhuiyan 2/29 (4 overs) |
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Vasu Saini 60
* (42)
Waseem Abbas 2/35 (4 overs) |
Imran Ameer 28
* (23)
Taranjeet Singh 4/20 (4 overs) |
Dates | 10 – 15 May 2022 |
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Administrator(s) | Malta Cricket Association |
Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and final |
Host(s) | Malta |
Champions | Romania |
Runners-up | Malta |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 18 |
Player of the series | Taranjeet Singh |
Most runs | Taranjeet Singh (357) |
Most wickets | Ijaz Hussain (11) |
The 2022 Valletta Cup was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament held in Malta between 10 and 15 May 2022. [1] It was the third edition of the Valletta Cup. The venue for the series was the Marsa Sports Club in Marsa. [2] The participating teams were the hosts Malta along with Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Gibraltar, Hungary and Romania. [3] Malta were the defending champions having defeated Switzerland in the final of the 2021 edition. [4] Bulgaria and Gibraltar returned after finishing the 2021 tournament in third and fourth places, respectively. [2] The Czech Republic and Hungary last featured in the 2019 Valletta Cup, in which the Czechs beat a Hungary XI in the final. [5]
In a round-robin game against Bulgaria, Gibraltar put on an unbeaten 213 runs for the first wicket, the fourth highest opening partnerships in men's T20Is. [6] Malta secured a place in the final on day three with a game to spare, after winning their first four matches. [7] Romania reached the final after a rapid run-chase against Gibraltar, and they went on to defeat the hosts by 9 runs in the final. [8] [9]
Bulgaria | Czech Republic [10] | Gibraltar [11] | Hungary | Malta | Romania |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
The Czech Republic also named Kranthi Venkataswamy and Neeraj Tyagi as reserves. [10]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Malta | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.014 |
2 | Romania | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1.498 |
3 | Czech Republic | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1.237 |
4 | Hungary | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −0.251 |
5 | Gibraltar | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | −1.439 |
6 | Bulgaria | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | −2.115 |
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Avinash Pai 42 (39)
Amar Sharma 2/24 (4 overs) |
Basil George 36 (30)
Zachary Simpson 2/32 (2.5 overs) |
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Basil George 60 (36)
Asanka Weligamage 3/45 (4 overs) |
Harshvardhan Mandhyan 41 (25)
Waseem Abbas 2/25 (4 overs) |
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Kieron Ferrary 24 (22)
Sandeep Mohandas 2/31 (4 overs) |
Harshvardhan Mandhyan 29 (27)
Samarth Bodha 3/26 (3.4 overs) |
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Taranjeet Singh 63 (44)
Amar Sharma 1/33 (4 overs) |
Basil George 37 (22)
Ijaz Hussain 2/25 (3 overs) |
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Sabawoon Davizi 98
* (61)
Kieron Ferrary 1/9 (3 overs) |
Andrew Reyes 44 (41)
Sazib Bhuiyan 2/20 (3 overs) |
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Abishek Kheterpal 42 (35)
Hristo Lakov 2/15 (4 overs) |
Saim Hussain 54 (43)
Bhavani Adapaka 3/29 (4 overs) |
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Basil George 51 (41)
Satyajit Sengupta 3/35 (4 overs) |
Arun Ashokan 30 (17)
Amar Sharma 3/24 (3 overs) |
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Sabawoon Davizi 115
* (59)
Hristo Lakov 2/49 (4 overs) |
Hristo Lakov 61 (51)
Naveed Ahmed 3/29 (4 overs) |
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Vasu Saini 47 (32)
Harshvardhan Mandhyan 3/30 (4 overs) |
Zahir Mohammed 78 (42)
Ijaz Hussain 2/16 (3 overs) |
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Louis Bruce 99
* (63)
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Saim Hussain 64 (31)
Samarth Bodha 2/18 (3 overs) |
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Taranjeet Singh 110 (61)
Naveed Ahmed 2/34 (4 overs) |
Arun Ashokan 49 (40)
Ijaz Hussain 4/28 (4 overs) |
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Kevin D'Souza 43 (33)
Ijaz Hussain 2/22 (4 overs) |
Ramesh Satheesan 86
* (43)
Delrick Varghese 1/7 (0.4 overs) |
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Abhishek Ahuja 61 (48)
Smit Patel 4/34 (4 overs) |
Sudesh Wickramasekara 63 (41)
Bhavani Adapaka 1/38 (3.1 overs) |
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Avinash Pai 49 (40)
Ramesh Satheesan 3/37 (3 overs) |
Taranjeet Singh 84
* (35)
Richard Cunningham 1/28 (2.2 overs) |
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Saim Hussain 108
* (55)
Imran Ameer 2/41 (4 overs) |
Aaftab Alam Khan 71
* (38)
Hristo Lakov 2/44 (4 overs) |
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Balaji Pai 53
* (44)
Asad Ali Rehemtulla 2/25 (4 overs) |
Aravinda De Silva 41 (32)
Kieron Ferrary 2/30 (4 overs) |
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Dylan Steyn 65 (41)
Bhavani Adapaka 1/26 (3 overs) |
Abhijeet Ahuja 75 (52)
Sazib Bhuiyan 2/29 (4 overs) |
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Vasu Saini 60
* (42)
Waseem Abbas 2/35 (4 overs) |
Imran Ameer 28
* (23)
Taranjeet Singh 4/20 (4 overs) |