2024 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series (round 2)

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

The 2024 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series was the second round of the 2023–2027 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 cricket tournament took place in the UAE in February and March 2024.[1] The tri-nation series was contested by the men's national teams of UAE, Scotland and Canada.[2] The matches were played as One Day International (ODI) fixtures.[3]

Following the tri-series, UAE and Scotland contested a three-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series.[4] Scotland won the series 2–1.[5]

Tour matches[edit]

Scotland and Canada played warm-up matches against the United Arab Emirates Falcons before the League 2 fixtures.[6]

24 February 2024
10:00
Scorecard
Scotland 
206 (48.1 overs)
v
 United Arab Emirates Falcons
207/7 (40.1 overs)
Scott Currie 45 (51)
Sanchit Sharma 5/40 (10 overs)
Asif Khan 87 (73)
Hamza Tahir 3/41 (8.1 overs)
United Arab Emirates Falcons won by 3 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Giby Alex (Ind) and Suneej Thottathil (UAE)
Player of the match: Sanchit Sharma (UAE Falcons)
  • Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.

25 February 2024
10:00
Scorecard
v
 Canada
245/5 (47.1 overs)
Rahul Chopra 56 (66)
Dillon Heyliger 3/35 (8 overs)
Shreyas Movva 62* (63)
Omid Shafi Rahman 2/42 (8 overs)
Canada won by 5 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Asif Billa (UAE) and Tahseen Zaidi (UAE)
Player of the match: Saad Bin Zafar (Can)
  • United Arab Emirates Falcons won the toss and elected to bat.

26 February 2024
10:30
Scorecard
v
 Scotland
226/8 (47.3 overs)
Chundangapoyil Rizwan 67 (77)
Brad Wheal 3/25 (5 overs)
Michael Leask 92* (92)
Rahul Bhatia 4/26 (7 overs)
Scotland won by 2 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Kashif Billa (UAE) and Waqar Latif (UAE)
Player of the match: Michael Leask (Sco)
  • United Arab Emirates Falcons won the toss and elected to bat.

League 2 series[edit]

2024 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series
Part of 2023–2027 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2
Date28 February – 9 March 2024
Teams
 Canada  Scotland  United Arab Emirates
Captains
Saad Bin Zafar Richie Berrington Muhammad Waseem
Most runs
Harsh Thaker (234) George Munsey (141) Aayan Afzal Khan (95)
Most wickets
Dillon Heyliger (9) Brad Currie (4) Aayan Afzal Khan (5)

Squads[edit]

 Canada  Scotland[6]  United Arab Emirates[7]

On 5 March, Scotland named Oli Hairs as a replacement for the injured Andrew Umeed.[8]

Fixtures[edit]

1st ODI[edit]

28 February 2024
10:00
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates 
194 (47.5 overs)
v
 Canada
198/7 (47.4 overs)
Muhammad Waseem 49 (82)
Kaleem Sana 4/42 (8.5 overs)
Nicholas Kirton 68* (90)
Zahoor Khan 3/37 (9 overs)
Canada won by 3 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Shiju Sam (UAE) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)
Player of the match: Nicholas Kirton (Can)

2nd ODI[edit]

1 March 2024
10:00
Scorecard
Scotland 
215/8 (50 0vers)
v
 Canada
220/3 (40.3 overs)
George Munsey 68 (101)
Nicholas Kirton 2/26 (7 overs)
Pargat Singh 87* (99)
Chris Greaves 1/31 (6.3 overs)
Canada won by 7 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Aasif Iqbal (UAE) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Pargat Singh (Can)

3rd ODI[edit]

3 March 2024
10:00
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates 
132 (45 overs)
v
 Scotland
137/2 (23.4 overs)
Aayan Afzal Khan 45* (70)
Brad Currie 3/21 (9 overs)
Charlie Tear 54* (68)
Basil Hameed 1/15 (2 overs)
Scotland won by 8 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Aasif Iqbal (UAE) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)
Player of the match: Brad Currie (Sco)
  • Scotland won the toss and elected to field.
  • Charlie Tear (Sco) made his ODI debut.

4th ODI[edit]

5 March 2024
10:00
Scorecard
Canada 
241/6 (49.4 overs)
v
 United Arab Emirates
228/8 (46 overs)
Harsh Thaker 111* (113)
Aayan Afzal Khan 2/37 (10 overs)
Vriitya Aravind 51 (83)
Dillon Heyliger 4/47 (10 overs)
Canada won by 8 runs (DLS method)
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Shiju Sam (UAE) and Raveendra Wimalasiri (SL)
Player of the match: Harsh Thaker (Can)
  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
  • United Arab Emirates were set a revised target of 237 runs in 46 overs.
  • Harsh Thaker (Can) scored his first century in ODIs.[9]

5th ODI[edit]

7 March 2024
10:00
Scorecard
Scotland 
197 (47.3 overs)
v
 Canada
200/5 (45.3 overs)
George Munsey 36 (47)
Harsh Thaker 3/41 (10 overs)
Harsh Thaker 105* (150)
Brad Wheal 2/51 (9 overs)
Canada won by 5 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Aasif Iqbal (UAE) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Harsh Thaker (Can)
  • Canada won the toss and elected to field.

6th ODI[edit]

9 March 2024
10:00
Scorecard
v
  • The match was postponed and later abandoned due to a storm that hit the area.[10][11]

United Arab Emirates v Scotland T20I series[edit]

Scottish cricket team in United Arab Emirates in 2023–24
 
  United Arab Emirates Scotland
Dates 11 – 14 March 2024
Captains Muhammad Waseem

Richie Berrington (1st and 3rd T20I)

Matthew Cross (2nd T20I)
Twenty20 International series
Results Scotland won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Muhammad Waseem (75) George Munsey (122)
Most wickets Junaid Siddique (8) Jack Jarvis (7)

Squads[edit]

 United Arab Emirates[12]  Scotland[13]

Fixtures[edit]

1st T20I[edit]

11 March 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Scotland 
147/8 (20 overs)
v
 United Arab Emirates
149/2 (17.4 overs)
George Munsey 75 (49)
Junaid Siddique 4/14 (4 overs)
Muhammad Waseem 68* (43)
Jack Jarvis 1/33 (4 overs)
United Arab Emitates won by 8 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Junaid Siddique (UAE)

2nd T20I[edit]

13 March 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Scotland 
121/8 (20 overs)
v
 United Arab Emirates
112/9 (20 overs)
Matthew Cross 35 (38)
Junaid Siddique 4/18 (4 overs)
Alishan Sharafu 35 (32)
Jack Jarvis 3/21 (3 overs)
Scotland won by 9 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Akbar Ali (UAE) and Aasif Iqbal (UAE)
Player of the match: Jack Jarvis (Sco)

3rd T20I[edit]

14 March 2024
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Scotland 
94 (19.4 overs)
v
 United Arab Emirates
62 (15.2 overs)
George Munsey 21 (18)
Aayan Afzal Khan 3/14 (4 overs)
Akif Raja 28 (25)
Brad Currie 3/7 (4 overs)
Scotland won by 32 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Aasif Iqbal (UAE) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Brad Currie (Sco)
  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
  • Omid Shafi Rahman and Ashwanth Valthapa (UAE) both made their T20I debuts.

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "UAE cricket to host Scotland and Canada for ODI/T20I series in March 2024". Czarsportz. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Lalchand Rajput appointed UAE men's team's head coach". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Nepal to kick off new ICC League 2 cycle at home". Hamro Khelkud. December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Stevie Gilmour to lead Scotland as interim coach for United Arab Emirates tour". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  5. ^ "SCOTLAND DEFEAT UAE TO SECURE SERIES VICTORY". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Scotland men's squads named for UAE tour". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  7. ^ "UAE squad for ICC cricket world cup league 2 tri-series (UAE-Scotland-Canada) announced". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  8. ^ @CricketScotland (4 March 2024). "Oli Hairs will join the squad in UAE immediately to replace Andy Umeed, who will miss the rest of the series with a fractured finger" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ^ "Canada downs U.A.E. for 3rd consecutive victory in ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 play". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Cricket World Cup League 2: Scotland v UAE postponed because of storm in Dubai". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  11. ^ "Scotland vs UAE match abandoned without a toss". ICC. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  12. ^ "UAE's 15-members squad for T20 series against Scotland announced". Emirates Cricket. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  13. ^ "Scotland announce ODI and T20I squads for UAE tour". International Cricket Council. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.

External links[edit]