2019 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series

The 2019 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series was the third round of the 2019–23 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 cricket tournament and took place in the United Arab Emirates in December 2019.[1] It was a tri-nation series between Scotland, the United Arab Emirates and the United States cricket teams, with the matches played as One Day International (ODI) fixtures.[1] The ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 formed part of the qualification pathway to the 2023 Cricket World Cup.[2][3] The International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed the fixtures for the tri-series in November 2019.[4]

2019 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series
Part of 2019–23 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2
Date8–15 December 2019
LocationUnited Arab Emirates
Teams
 Scotland  United Arab Emirates  United States
Captains
Kyle Coetzer Ahmed Raza Saurabh Netravalkar
Most runs
Calum MacLeod (165) Basil Hameed (126) Aaron Jones (215)
Most wickets
Mark Watt (7) Junaid Siddique (8) Saurabh Netravalkar (10)

The United Arab Emirates named a squad for the opening match of the series that contained six cricketers who had not played in an ODI match before.[5] The UAE were forced to make changes to their side, following a corruption investigation that impacted the team during the 2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier.[6] As a result of the enforced changes, in the opening match the UAE fielded a team with the youngest average age for their national team.[7]

G. S. Lakshmi was named as the match referee for the opening fixture of the series,[8] becoming the first woman to oversee a men's ODI match.[9]

The United States won their first three matches. The third ODI between the UAE and Scotland was washed out.[10]

Squads
 Scotland[11]  United Arab Emirates[12]  United States[13]

Fixtures

1st ODI
8 December 2019
10:00
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates 
202 (45.2 overs)
v
 United States
206/7 (45.2 overs)
Muhammad Usman 59* (71)
Saurabh Netravalkar 5/32 (9.2 overs)
Aaron Jones 95 (114)
Junaid Siddique 3/37 (9 overs)
United States won by 3 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Aaron Jones (USA)

2nd ODI
9 December 2019
10:00
Scorecard
United States 
282/8 (50 overs)
v
 Scotland
247 (47.2 overs)
Monank Patel 82 (102)
Mark Watt 4/42 (10 overs)
Calum MacLeod 86 (102)
Cameron Stevenson 3/43 (9 overs)
United States won by 35 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Iftikhar Ali (UAE) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Monank Patel (USA)
  • United States won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI
11 December 2019
10:00
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pak) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.

4th ODI
12 December 2019
10:00
Scorecard
United States 
213 (49.5 overs)
v
 United Arab Emirates
115 (33 overs)
Aaron Jones 46 (61)
Darius D'Silva 2/20 (7 overs)
Basil Hameed 38 (56)
Ian Holland 3/11 (4 overs)
United States won by 98 runs
ICC Academy Ground, Dubai
Umpires: Iftikhar Ali (UAE) and Ahsan Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Saurabh Netravalkar (USA)
  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.

5th ODI
14 December 2019
10:00
Scorecard
United States 
245/9 (50 overs)
v
 Scotland
246/6 (48.5 overs)
Steven Taylor 56 (81)
Mark Watt 3/33 (10 overs)
Calum MacLeod 62 (73)
Cameron Stevenson 3/67 (10 overs)
Scotland won by 4 wickets
ICC Academy Ground, Dubai
Umpires: Iftikhar Ali (UAE) and Shiju Sam (UAE)
Player of the match: Josh Davey (Sco)
  • Scotland won the toss and elected to field.

6th ODI
15 December 2019
10:00
Scorecard
Scotland 
220 (48.3 overs)
v
 United Arab Emirates
224/3 (43.5 overs)
Kyle Coetzer 95 (106)
Rohan Mustafa 3/35 (9 overs)
Chirag Suri 67 (73)
Dylan Budge 1/21 (5 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 7 wickets
ICC Academy Ground, Dubai
Umpires: Iftikhar Ali (UAE) and Ahsan Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Basil Hameed (UAE)
  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
  • Jonathan Figy (UAE) made his ODI debut.

References
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  2. "Namibia crowned ICC World Cricket League Division 2 champions with victory over Oman". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  3. "Associates pathway to 2023 World Cup undergoes major revamp". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  4. "Fixture schedule for series three of Men's CWC League 2 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  5. "UAE fall short as Aaron Jones leads USA to win in World Cup League Two series opener". The National. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  6. "Cricket in turmoil: Where the UAE stands in bid to make the T20 World Cup". The National. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  7. "Vriitya Aravind skips school to make 'dream' debut as youngest ever UAE team falls short against USA". The National. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  8. "GS Lakshmi set to create history by becoming first woman referee to oversee a men's ODI". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  9. "GS Lakshmi set to become first woman referee to oversee men's ODI". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  10. "Americans triumph in the low-scoring battle of the Uniteds". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  11. "Squad announced for Scotland's second round of Cricket World Cup League Two". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  12. "ECB announce team to represent the UAE in ICC Men's WCL2". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  13. "Team USA Men's Squad Announced for ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 series in UAE". USA Cricket. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  14. "Jones, Netravalkar star to give USA early lift off". CricBuzz. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
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