2018 MCC Tri-Nation Series

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2018 MCC Tri-Nation Series
Date29 July 2018
LocationEngland England
Result   Nepal and  Netherlands shared the series
Teams
MCC    Nepal  Netherlands
Captains
Mahela Jayawardene Paras Khadka Pieter Seelaar
Most runs
Varun Chopra (27) Subash Khakurel (16) Tobias Visée (69)
Most wickets
Mark Watt (1)
Alasdair Evans (1)
Daniel Douthwaite (1)
Matt Coles (1)
Sompal Kami (3) Fred Klaassen (1)
Michael Rippon (1)

2018 MCC Tri-nation series was a cricket tournament that was held on 29 July 2018 at Lord's in England.[1] The series featured Nepal, Netherlands and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), with the matches played as Twenty20 fixtures.[2] The third fixture, between Nepal and the Netherlands, was given full Twenty20 International (T20I) status by the International Cricket Council (ICC).[3]

Rain affected all three matches. The first two fixtures were both reduced to six overs per side.[4] In the third and final match, only 16.4 overs of play was possible, with the game ending in a no result.[5] Nepal and the Netherlands shared the series.[6]

Squads[]

MCC[7]    Nepal[8]  Netherlands[9]

Points table[]

Team P W L T NR Pts NRR
   Nepal 2 1 0 0 1 3 +2.652
 Netherlands 2 1 0 0 1 3 +1.667
MCC 2 0 2 0 0 0 –2.365

T20 series[]

1st T20[]

29 July 2018
10:00
Scorecard
Netherlands 
72/3 (6 overs)
v
MCC
62/2 (6 overs)
Tobias Visée 58* (23)
Mark Watt 1/9 (1 over)
Varun Chopra 27* (17)
Fred Klaassen 1/12 (2 overs)
Netherlands won by 10 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: Ben Debenham (Eng) and Rizwan Akram (Ned)
  • Marylebone Cricket Club won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to six overs per side due to rain.
  • Kashif Ali, Daniel Douthwaite (MCC), Hidde Overdijk and Antonius Staal (Ned) all made their T20 debuts.

2nd T20[]

29 July 2018
13:05
Scorecard
MCC
40/4 (6 overs)
v
   Nepal
41/1 (4.4 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 24* (16)
Sompal Kami 2/8 (2 over)
Subash Khakurel 16* (15)
Daniel Douthwaite 1/7 (1 over)
Nepal won by 9 wickets
Lord's, London
Umpires: Ben Debenham (Eng) and Allan Haggo (Sco)

3rd T20[]

29 July 2018
16:20
Scorecard
Netherlands 
174/4 (16.4 overs)
v
   Nepal
Wesley Barresi 44 (24)
Karan KC 1/17 (1.4 overs)
No result
Lord's, London
Umpires: Rizwan Akram (Ned) and Allan Haggo (Sco)

References[]

  1. ^ "Nepal to face Netherlands and MCC in tri-series at Lord's". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Nepal & Netherlands to play MCC in tournament at Lord's". Lords. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Lord's set to play host to Nepal's first T20I since 2015". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Netherlands, Nepal share honours in rain-hit tri-series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Netherlands' batting cuts loose but rain has the final say". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Weather prevents triangular tournament winner at Lord's". Lords. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Compton added to MCC squad for triangular tournament". Lords. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Nepal spinner Shakti Gauchan to retire after Netherlands tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Selecties Nederlands XI voor Lord's en Nepal". KNCB. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Nepal T20I Caps". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  11. ^ "ICC World XI tour of England at London, May 31 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
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