2021 Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier

2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier
Dates26 – 30 August 2021
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Host(s)Spain Spain
Champions Scotland
Runners-up Ireland
Participants5
Matches10
Player of the seriesIreland Eimear Richardson
Most runsIreland Gaby Lewis (145)
Most wicketsNetherlands Frederique Overdijk (8)
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The 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier was a cricket tournament that was played in August 2021 in Spain.[1] The matches were played as Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is), with the top team progressing to the 2022 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament.[2] Originally scheduled to take place in Scotland,[2] the tournament was moved to the La Manga Club, Spain, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

France and Turkey were both scheduled to make their debuts at an ICC women's event.[4] However, on 25 August 2021, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that Turkey had withdrawn from the tournament,[5] as they were unable to get approval to travel from the Turkish Sports Ministry.[6]

On the opening day of the tournament, Dutch cricketer Frederique Overdijk became the first bowler, male or female, to take seven wickets in a T20I match.[7] Scotland won the tournament, winning all four of their matches, and progressed to the Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.[8] Ireland finished in second place, after beating the Netherlands in their final match,[9] with Ireland's Eimear Richardson being named the player of the tournament.[10] Ireland may still advance to the Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament via the place available to the highest ranked non-qualified team.[11]

During the tournament, questions were raised about the quality of the pitch at La Manga.[12] This resulted in the ICC moving the European 2022 Under-19 Cricket World Cup qualification matches from La Manga to the Desert Springs Cricket Ground in Almeria.[13]

Squads

The following teams and squads were named for the tournament:[14]

 France[15]  Germany[16]  Ireland[17]  Netherlands[18]  Scotland[19]
  • Emmanuelle Brelivet (c)
  • Jennifer King (vc)
  • Lara Armas
  • Cindy Bretéché
  • Tara Britton
  • Alix Brodin
  • Maëlle Cargouët (wk)
  • Emma Chancé
  • Thea Graham
  • Magali Marchello-Nizia
  • Poppy McGeown
  • Tracy Rodriguez
  • Marie Violleau
  • Irma Vrignaud

On 23 August 2021, Shauna Kavanagh was ruled out of Ireland's squad following a positive test for COVID-19.[20] Amy Hunter was named as her replacement.[21]

Points table

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1  Scotland 4 4 0 0 8 2.842
2  Ireland 4 3 1 0 6 3.743
3  Netherlands 4 2 2 0 4 0.870
4  Germany 4 1 3 0 2 −3.188
5  France 4 0 4 0 0 −5.647
Updated to match(es) played on completed. Source: ESPN Cricinfo[22]

  advanced to the global qualifier

Fixtures

The fixtures for the Europe Qualifier were confirmed on 16 August 2021.[23]

26 August 2021
10:30
Scorecard
Netherlands 
98/5 (20 overs)
v
 Scotland
99/4 (16.3 overs)
Robine Rijke 43 (47)
Katie McGill 1/11 (2 overs)
Sarah Bryce 46 (36)
Caroline de Lange 4/17 (4 overs)
Scotland won by 6 wickets
La Manga Club (Top Ground), Cartagena
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and David McLean (Sco)
Player of the match: Sarah Bryce (Sco)
  • Scotland won the toss and elected to field.
26 August 2021
10:30
Scorecard
Ireland 
196/2 (20 overs)
v
 Germany
32/3 (20 overs)
Gaby Lewis 105* (60)
Bianca Loch 1/21 (3 overs)
Christina Gough 14 (58)
Eimear Richardson 2/5 (3 overs)
Ireland won by 164 runs
La Manga Club (Bottom Ground), Cartagena
Umpires: Alex Dowdalls (Sco) and Adnan Khan (Esp)
Player of the match: Gaby Lewis (Ire)
26 August 2021
15:30
Scorecard
France 
33 (17.3 overs)
v
 Netherlands
34/1 (3.3 overs)
Poppy McGeown 8 (21)
Frederique Overdijk 7/3 (4 overs)
Robine Rijke 21* (12)
Thea Graham 1/11 (2 overs)
Netherlands won by 9 wickets
La Manga Club (Top Ground), Cartagena
Umpires: Alex Dowdalls (Sco) and Mark Jameson (Ger)
Player of the match: Frederique Overdijk (Ned)
27 August 2021
10:30
Scorecard
France 
45 (15 overs)
v
 Germany
46/1 (9.3 overs)
Thea Graham 12 (25)
Bianca Loch 3/12 (4 overs)
Anuradha Doddaballapur 22* (40)
Thea Graham 1/12 (3 overs)
Germany won by 9 wickets
La Manga Club (Bottom Ground), Cartagena
Umpires: Adnan Khan (Esp) and David McLean (Sco)
Player of the match: Bianca Loch (Ger)
  • France won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Lara Armas (Fra) made her WT20I debut.
27 August 2021
10:30
Scorecard
Ireland 
89/9 (20 overs)
v
 Scotland
92/5 (19 overs)
Rebecca Stokell 21 (34)
Katherine Fraser 3/14 (4 overs)
Kathryn Bryce 46* (58)
Ava Canning 2/5 (4 overs)
Scotland won by 5 wickets
La Manga Club (Top Ground), Cartagena
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Adriaan van den Dries (Ned)
Player of the match: Kathryn Bryce (Sco)
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
27 August 2021
15:30
Scorecard
Germany 
71/6 (20 overs)
v
 Netherlands
72/3 (15 overs)
Christina Gough 34 (47)
Eva Lynch 2/7 (3 overs)
Babette de Leede 32 (37)
Anna Healey 1/11 (4 overs)
Netherlands won by 7 wickets
La Manga Club (Bottom Ground), Cartagena
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Mark Jameson (Ger)
Player of the match: Babette de Leede (Ned)
  • Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.
29 August 2021
10:30
Scorecard
Germany 
36 (19 overs)
v
 Scotland
38/0 (5 overs)
Sarah Bryce 23* (21)
Scotland won by 10 wickets
La Manga Club (Top Ground), Cartagena
Umpires: Adriaan van den Dries (Ned) and David McLean (Sco)
Player of the match: Katherine Fraser (Sco)
  • Scotland won the toss and elected to field.
29 August 2021
10:30
Scorecard
France 
24 (16.1 overs)
v
 Ireland
25/0 (2.4 overs)
Tracy Rodriguez 3 (12)
Eimear Richardson 2/0 (2 overs)
Ireland won by 10 wickets
La Manga Club (Bottom Ground), Cartagena
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Adnan Khan (Esp)
Player of the match: Eimear Richardson (Ire)
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
30 August 2021
10:30
Scorecard
Ireland 
111/9 (20 overs)
v
 Netherlands
87/9 (20 overs)
Eimear Richardson 53 (49)
Eva Lynch 4/24 (4 overs)
Robine Rijke 32 (36)
Cara Murray 3/9 (3 overs)
Ireland won by 24 runs
La Manga Club (Top Ground), Cartagena
Umpires: Mark Jameson (Ger) and David McLean (Sco)
Player of the match: Eimear Richardson (Ire)
  • Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.
30 August 2021
10:30
Scorecard
France 
24 (17.4 overs)
v
 Scotland
25/3 (2.2 overs)
Jennifer King 8 (24)
Megan McColl 5/3 (4 overs)
Sarah Bryce 9 (4)
Marie Violleau 2/11 (1 over)
Scotland won by 7 wickets
La Manga Club (Bottom Ground), Cartagena
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Adriaan van den Dries (Ned)
Player of the match: Megan McColl (Sco)

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