2022 European Cricket League – Wikipedia
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Cricket tournament
Dates | 7 February 2022 | – 19 March 2022
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Administrator(s) | European Cricket League |
Cricket format | T10 |
Tournament format(s) | Round robin and knockout |
Host(s) | Spain |
Champions | Pak I Care Badalona (1st title) |
Runners-up | Tunbridge Wells |
Participants | 30 |
Player of the series | Muhammad Babar |
Most runs | Chris Williams (477) |
Most wickets | Muhammad Babar (23) |
The 2022 European Cricket League is a T10 cricket competition. It will be the second edition of the European Cricket League and held at the Cartama Oval in Málaga, Spain. It was postponed from 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.[1]
Background[edit]
The European Cricket League was founded in 2019 by German cricketer Daniel Weston intended as a way to develop cricket in emerging nations in Europe as a cricket equivalent to football’s UEFA Champions League.[2][3] In 2020, it was announced the European Cricket League expanded from 8 teams to include the national club champions of 30 European countries.[2] This came after Weston signed agreements with several European cricket boards to ensure their domestic champions would be invited.[4]
The host for the 2021 and 2022 editions was announced as Spain.[5] The Cartama Oval in Málaga was chosen as the host city ahead of La Manga, Murcia, who were due to host in 2021.[3] It was announced the 2022 edition would run from 7 February 2022 to 25 March.[6]
Participants[edit]
The following teams were invited to take part as champions of their domestic leagues.[7] The draw was made according to International Cricket Council seedings with England’s ECB National Club Twenty20 champions Tunbridge Wells entering as top seeds.[3] Jersey’s Farmers expressed concern about the scheduling of the tournament due to the Jersey national cricket team’s participation in the 2019–2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League and qualifiers for the 2022 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, as well as their players needing to use leave from their jobs to play.[8] The reigning European Cricket League champions VOC Rotterdam were also invited back to participate.[9]
It was announced that, due to issues with getting visas, that Petersburg Sporting would not be taking part in their group. They would be replaced by the Calpe Giants of Gibraltar.[10]
Group stage[edit]
The Group Stage is to be played across the first 5 weeks of the tournament, with each Group lasting a week. Each week starts with a 3-day round-robin tournament, from which the top 3 progress to a Super 3 playoff. The bottom two teams face off in an eliminator, with the winner going on to play the team who finished 4th. The winner of that game then plays the 3rd place team from the Super 3 playoff, while the Top 2 from that playoff play each other in the first Qualifier. The loser of that game and the winner of the third eliminator then play in the second qualifier. The winners of the Qualifiers then play in the group final to decide the overall Group Winner.
Group A[edit]
Round robin[edit]
Super Three[edit]
Team | Status | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tunbridge Wells | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +2.550 | Advance to Qualifier 1 |
Austrian Cricket Tigers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +0.292 | |
Dreux | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -2.891 | Advance to Eliminator 3 |
Source: European Cricket Network |
Eliminators[edit]
Helsinki Titans
118/8 (10 overs) |
v |
Star CC
118/6 (10 overs) |
Ahad Qureshi 50 (18) |
Jatin Madan 49 (20) |
- Star CC won the toss and elected to Bat
Svanholm
43/0 (4.2 overs) |
v |
Star CC
44 (8.3 overs) |
Wahab Hashimi 23* (12) |
Shiv Karan Gill 23 (16) |
- Star CC won the toss and elected to Bat
Dreux
101/8 (10 overs) |
v |
Svanholm
80/8 (10 overs) |
Kamran Ahmadzai 26 (9) |
Hamid Shah 21 (14) |
- Svanholm won the toss and elected to Bowl
Qualifiers and Final[edit]
Tunbridge Wells
141/4 (10 overs) |
v |
Austrian Cricket Tigers
113/8 (10 overs) |
Alex Williams 58 (25) |
Imran Asif 33 (19) |
- Austrian Cricket Tigers won the toss and elected to Bowl
Austrian Cricket Tigers
83/9 (10 overs) |
v |
Dreux
86/3 (6.4 overs) |
Ahsan Yousuf 21 (8) |
Hamza Niaz 28 (11) |
- Austrian Cricket Tigers won the toss and elected to Bat
Tunbridge Wells
128/5 (10 overs) |
v |
Dreux
101/8 (10 overs) |
Dave Smith 28 (12) |
- Tunbridge Wells won the toss and elected to Bat
Group B[edit]
Round robin[edit]
Super Three[edit]
Team | Status | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brigade | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.644 | Advance to Qualifier 1 |
Royal Tigers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +0.623 | |
Griffins | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1.381 | Advance to Eliminator 3 |
Source: European Cricket Network |
Eliminators[edit]
Indo-Bulgarian
149/1 (10 overs) |
v |
Zagreb Sokol
111/1 (10 overs) |
Jamie Batten 54* (28) |
Dan Lazarides 47* (29) |
- Zagreb Sokol won the toss and elected to Bowl
Bjørvika
71/0 (6.3 overs) |
v |
Indo-Bulgarian
70/8 (10 overs) |
Chris Lakov 28* (21) |
Qamar Ejaz 33* (19) |
- Indo-Bulgarian won the toss and elected to Bat
Griffins
63/8 (10 overs) |
v |
Bjørvika
69/3 (7.5 overs) |
Adam Martel 18 (10) |
Khurram Shahzad 27* (12) |
- Bjørvika won the toss and elected to Bowl
Qualifiers and Final[edit]
Group C[edit]
Round robin[edit]
Super Three[edit]
Team | Status | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carlton | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +3.076 | Advance to Qualifier 1 |
Cluj | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2.634 | |
Olten | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3.331 | Advance to Eliminator 3 |
Source: European Cricket Network |
Eliminators[edit]
Qualifiers and Final[edit]
Group D[edit]
Round robin[edit]
Super Three[edit]
Team | Status | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MSC Frankfurt | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +0.957 | Advance to Qualifier 1 |
Ostend Exiles | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +0.645 | |
V.O.C Rotterdam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1.813 | Advance to Eliminator 3 |
Source: European Cricket Network |
Eliminators[edit]
Qualifiers and Final[edit]
Group E[edit]
Round robin[edit]
Super Three[edit]
Team | Status | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pak I Care Badalona | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +1.984 | Advance to Qualifier 1 |
Punjab Lions Nicosia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -0.067 | |
HBS Craeyenhout | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1.960 | Advance to Eliminator 3 |
Source: European Cricket Network |
Eliminators[edit]
Farmers
88/2 (7.5 overs) |
v |
GEK Corfu
85/9 (10 overs) |
Asa Tribe 44* (22) |
Tasos Manousis 27 (12) |
- Farmers won the toss and elected to Bowl
Malo
95 (10 overs) |
v |
Farmers
97/4 (9.3 overs) |
Najam Shahzad 49 (22) |
Zak Tribe 26 (11) |
- Farmers won the toss and elected to Bowl
HBS Craeyenhout
95/3 (10 overs) |
v |
Farmers
96/4 (10 overs) |
Tayo Walbrugh 47* (28) |
Asa Tribe 46 (22) |
- Farmers won the toss and elected to bowl
Qualifiers and Final[edit]
Pak I Care Badalona
88/8 (10 overs) |
v |
Punjab Lions Nicosia
94/9 (10 overs) |
Sikandar Ali 28 (13) |
Qasim Anwar 27* (11) |
- Pak I Care Badalona won the toss and elected to bowl
Pak I Care Badalona
112/5 (10 overs) |
v |
Farmers
71/8 (10 overs) |
Muhammad Babar 75 (35) |
James Smith 12 (9) |
- Farmers won the toss and elected to bowl
Punjab Lions Nicosia
18/5 (3 overs) |
v |
Pak I Care Badalona
93/9 (10 overs) |
Gurpartap Singh 6 (5) |
Muhammad Kamran 35 (15) |
- Pak I Care Badalona won the toss and elected to bat
- Rain reduced Punjab Lions Nicosia’s innings to 3 overs. According to the Duckworth–Lewis method, their target was 33 runs.
Championship Week[edit]
The Champions Week features a slightly modified version of the Group Stage model. The 5 group winners play in a double round-robin format from the Monday to Thursday. The top 2 teams after this progress to the 1st Qualifier, while 3rd and 4th go to the Eliminator. The loser of the Qualifier and the Winner of the Eliminator then face off for the right to play the Qualifier winner in the Championship Final. The teams moving on to the Finals week are:
Due to adverse weather conditions in Malaga, the first 3 days of competition were suspended. The games were shortened to 5 overs a side, with 10 games on Day 1 (Thursday), and 10 games on Day 2 (Friday), with the Saturday now acting as the Final Day of the tournament
Round robin[edit]
Eliminator, Qualifiers and Final[edit]
Bresica
96/4 (9.3 overs) |
v |
Brigade
95/3 (10 overs) |
Ali Raza Islam 41 (21) |
David Murdock 48 (26) |
- Brigade won the toss and elected to bat
Pak I Care Badalona
122/7 (10 overs) |
v |
Tunbridge Wells
95/6 (10 overs) |
Muhammad Babar 30 (10) |
Ian McLean 35* (15) |
- Tunbridge Wells won the toss and elected to bowl
Tunbridge Wells
150/5 (10 overs) |
v |
Brescia
120/6 (10 overs) |
Alex Williams 49 (18) |
Ali Raza Islam 54 (23) |
- Brescia won the toss and elected to bowl
Pak I Care Badalona
84/3 (9 overs) |
v |
Tunbridge Wells
81/7 (10 overs) |
Mohammad Yasin 24 (20) |
Christian Davis 23 (18) |
- Pak I Care Badalona won the toss and elected to bowl
Statistics[edit]
Most Runs[edit]
Most Wickets[edit]
References[edit]
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