Swedish cricket team in Finland in 2021
| Sweden cricket team in Finland in 2021 | |||
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| Finland | Sweden | ||
| Dates | 21 – 22 August 2021 | ||
| Captains | Nathan Collins | Abhijit Venkatesh | |
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | 4-match series drawn 2–2 | ||
| Most runs | Nathan Collins (114) | Abhijit Venkatesh (115) | |
| Most wickets | Amjad Sher (8) | Abhijit Venkatesh (7) | |
TheSweden cricket teamtoured Finland in August 2021 to play a four-matchTwenty20 International(T20I) series.[1]The matches were played at theKerava National Cricket GroundinKerava.[2]Sweden travelled to Finland, having played a seriesagainst Denmarkthe previous weekend.[3]The two series were the first international action with the Swedish national team for their coach, former South African international cricketer,Jonty Rhodes.[4]
Finland took a 2–0 lead on the first day, before Sweden won both games on day two to share the series 2–2.[5][6]Nathan Collins was the Finnish skipper while Abhijit Venkatesh captained Sweden.
Squads
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 Sweden[8]
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T20I series
[edit]1st T20I
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Abhijit Venkatesh 54 (41)
Amjad Sher 2/12 (4 overs) |
Nathan Collins 64*(45)
Abhijit Venkatesh 3/13 (3 overs) |
- Sweden won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was reduced to 19 overs per side due to rain.
- Raaz Mohammad, Naveed Shahid and Mahesh Tambe (Fin) all made their T20I debuts.
2nd T20I
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Dipanjan Dey 75*(49)
Amjad Sher 3/14 (4 overs) |
Amjad Sher 37*(15)
Qudratullah Mir Afzail 3/28 (3.5 overs) |
- Sweden won the toss and elected to bat.
3rd T20I
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Aniketh Pusthay 56 (52)
Oktai Gholami 2/23 (4 overs) |
Khalid Zahid 47*(20)
Peter Gallagher 3/29 (3 overs) |
- Sweden won the toss and elected to field.
- Sweden were set a revised target of 110 runs from 15 overs due to rain.
- Adnan Syed (Fin) made his T20I debut.
4th T20I
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Amjad Sher 34 (19)
Liam Karlsson 3/38 (4 overs) |
Abhijit Venkatesh 43 (24)
Aniketh Pusthay 1/4 (1 over) |
- Sweden won the toss and elected to field.
References
[edit]- ^"Swedish men's squad to tour Denmark, Finland and Spain in August/September 2021".Czarsports.Retrieved15 July2021.
- ^"Finland v Sweden T20I Series August 20th to 22nd at the KNCG".Cricket Finland.Retrieved27 July2021.
- ^"High performance news, July 14 2021".Cricket Sweden.Retrieved14 July2021.
- ^"Denmark ramp up qualifier preparation".Cricket Europe.Retrieved18 July2021.
- ^"2-2 mot Finland"[2-2 against Finland].Cricket Sweden(in Swedish).Retrieved25 August2021.
- ^"Finland and Sweden share T20I series".Cricket Europe.Retrieved22 August2021.
- ^"The Finnish men's national cricket squads have been named for both the Finland-Sweden T20I series and the European Cricket Championships".Cricket Finland.Retrieved8 August2021.
- ^"T20 men national squad is ready!".Cricket Sweden.Retrieved22 July2021.