Maltese cricket team in Belgium in 2022

Maltese cricket team in Belgium in 2022
 
  Belgium Malta
Dates 11 – 12 June 2022
Captains Sheraz Sheikh Bikram Arora
Twenty20 International series
Results Belgium won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs Aziz Mohammad (137) Varun Thamotharam (60)
Most wickets Khalid Ahmadi (8) Varun Thamotharam (7)

The Malta cricket team toured Belgium in June 2022 to play three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. The series provided both sides with preparation for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe sub-regional qualifier tournaments.[1]

The hosts were on top from the start with an opening partnership of 135 runs in the first game, and they went on to win all three games convincingly.[2]

Squads

 Belgium[3]  Malta
  • Sheraz Sheikh (c)
  • Maqsood Ahmad
  • Khalid Ahmadi
  • Saqlain Ali
  • Waqas Ali
  • Ahmad Khalid Ahmadzai
  • Sajad Ahmadzai
  • Fahim Bhatti
  • Shaheryar Butt (wk)
  • Murid Ekrami
  • Omid Mailk Khel (wk)
  • Aziz Mohammad
  • Muhammad Muneeb
  • Burhan Niaz
  • Rahimi Omid
  • Adnan Razzaq
  • Shagharai Sefat
  • Saber Zakhil
  • Bikram Arora (c)
  • Imran Ameer
  • Ryan Bastiansz
  • Gopal Chaturvedi
  • Basil George
  • Jaison Jerome
  • Aaftab Alam Khan (wk)
  • Zeeshan Khan
  • Bilal Muhammad
  • Jitesh Patel
  • Justin Shaju
  • Amar Sharma
  • Varun Thamotharam

T20I series

1st T20I

11 June 2022
10:00
Scorecard
Belgium 
233/6 (20 overs)
v
 Malta
122/8 (20 overs)
Muhammad Muneeb 73 (47)
Varun Thamotharam 3/32 (3 overs)
Varun Thamotharam 57 (25)
Shagharai Sefat 2/11 (4 overs)
Belgium won by 111 runs
Ghent Oval, Ghent
Umpires: Shashidhar Gunna (Bel) and Jahan Gir Jhan (Bel)
  • Malta won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ahmad Khalid Ahmadzai, Fahim Bhatti and Omid Mailk Khel (Bel) all made their T20I debuts.

2nd T20I

11 June 2022
14:00
Scorecard
Belgium 
196/5 (20 overs)
v
 Malta
112 (19.5 overs)
Aziz Mohammad 46 (33)
Varun Thamotharam 3/33 (4 overs)
Amar Sharma 34* (19)
Khalid Ahmadi 4/38 (4 overs)
Belgium won by 84 runs
Ghent Oval, Ghent
Umpires: Rehman Hussain (Bel) and Jahan Gir Jhan (Bel)
  • Belgium won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sajad Ahmadzai (Bel) and Ryan Bastiansz (Mlt) both made their T20I debuts.

3rd T20I

12 June 2022
09:00
Scorecard
Belgium 
162 (20 overs)
v
 Malta
40 (13.3 overs)
Aziz Mohammad 35 (31)
Bilal Muhammad 4/18 (4 overs)
Basil George 9 (12)
Khalid Ahmadi 4/5 (4 overs)
Belgium won by 122 runs
Royal Brussels Cricket Club, Waterloo
Umpires: Umair Butt (Bel) and Jahan Gir Jhan (Bel)

References

  1. ^ "Cricket Belgium host Malta Men's team for T20I series in July 2022". Czarsportz. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Malta swept in Belgium". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  3. ^ "All the best Red tigers". Belgium Cricket Federation (via Facebook). Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Records, Twenty20 Internationals, Bowling records, Hat-tricks". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 June 2022.