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Swedish cricket team in Denmark in 2021

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Sweden cricket team in Denmark in 2021
 
  Denmark Sweden
Dates 14 – 15 August 2021
Captains Frederik Klokker Abhijit Venkatesh
Twenty20 International series
Results Denmark won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Taranjit Bharaj (118) Abhijit Venkatesh (59)
Most wickets Lucky Ali (5)
Delawar Khan (5)		 Hassan Mehmood (10)

The Sweden cricket team toured Denmark to play a three-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series at the Svanholm Park in Brøndby.[1][2] The series formed part of Denmark's preparation for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier, together with a tour of the Netherlands later in August to face Netherlands A.[3] This series was the first international action with the Sweden national team for their coach, former South African international cricketer Jonty Rhodes.[4] Denmark won the series 2–1.[5] Sweden followed the series with another in Finland.[6]

Squads

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 Denmark[7]  Sweden[2]
  • Abhijit Venkatesh (c)
  • Wynand Boshoff (vc, wk)
  • Qudratullah Mir Afzail
  • Baz Ayubi
  • Dipanjan Dey
  • Oktai Gholami
  • Rahul Gowthaman
  • Humayun Kabir
  • Liam Karlsson
  • Sami Khalil
  • Rahel Khan
  • Hassan Mahmood
  • Lemar Momand
  • Khalid Zahid
  • Imal Zuwak

T20I series

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1st T20I

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14 August 2021
10:30
Scorecard
Denmark 
111 (19.5 overs)
v
 Sweden
103/6 (20 overs)
Hamid Shah 25 (21)
Hassan Mahmood 5/14 (3.5 overs)
Abhijit Venkatesh 27 (31)
Delawar Khan 3/17 (4 overs)
Denmark won by 8 runs
Svanholm Park, Brøndby
Umpires: Allan From (Den) and Jesper Jensen (Den)
Player of the match: Hassan Mahmood (Swe)
  • Sweden won the toss and elected to field.
  • Frederik Klokker (Den), Wynand Boshoff, Dipanjan Dey, Oktai Gholami, Humayun Kabir, Liam Karlsson, Rahel Khan, Hassan Mahmood, Lemar Momand, Abhijit Venkatesh, Khalid Zahid and Imal Zuwak (Swe) all made their T20I debuts.
  • Hassan Mahmood became the first bowler for Sweden to take a five-wicket haul in T20Is.[8]

2nd T20I

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14 August 2021
14:30
Scorecard
Denmark 
135/4 (20 overs)
v
 Sweden
137/7 (20 overs)
Hamid Shah 66 (56)
Hassan Mahmood 2/14 (3 overs)
Wynand Boshoff 32 (30)
Lucky Ali 3/15 (4 overs)
Sweden won by 3 wickets
Svanholm Park, Brøndby
Umpires: Allan From (Den) and Jesper Jensen (Den)
Player of the match: Hamid Shah (Den)
  • Sweden won the toss and elected to field.
  • Surya Anand (Den), Qudratullah Mir Afzail and Rahul Gowthaman (Swe) all made their T20I debuts.

3rd T20I

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15 August 2021
13:00
Scorecard
Sweden 
122/9 (20 overs)
v
 Denmark
127/4 (19.1 overs)
Rahel Khan 35 (27)
Omar Hayat 3/23 (4 overs)
Taranjit Bharaj 63* (46)
Hassan Mahmood 3/25 (3.1 overs)
Denmark won by 6 wickets
Svanholm Park, Brøndby
Umpires: Allan From (Den) and Munib Haq (Den)
Player of the match: Taranjit Bharaj (Den)
  • Denmark won the toss and elected to field.
  • Baz Ayubi (Swe) made his T20I debut.

References

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  1. ^ "Swedish men's squad to tour Denmark, Finland and Spain in August/September 2021". Czarsports. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "T20 Men National Squad is ready!". Cricket Sweden. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Landsholdsspillerne i gang for alvor". Dansk Cricket. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Denmark ramp up qualifier preparation". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Denmark win T20I series against Sweden". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  6. ^ "High Performance News, July 14 2021". Cricket Sweden. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Svenskerne kommer – igen!" [The Swedes are coming - again!]. Danish Cricket Association (in Danish). Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Global Game: Action-packed Associate cricket week". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
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