2021 Central Europe Cup

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Dates21 – 23 May 2021
AdministratorCzech Cricket Union
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Host Czech Republic
2021 Central Europe Cup
Dates21 – 23 May 2021
AdministratorCzech Cricket Union
Cricket formatTwenty20 International
Host Czech Republic
Champions Austria (1st title)
Participants3
Matches6
Most runsCzech Republic Sabawoon Davizi (162)
Most wicketsLuxembourg Vikram Vijh (6)
Czech Republic Paul Taylor (6)
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The 2021 Central Europe Cup was a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket tournament played in Prague from 21 to 23 May 2021.[1] The participating teams were the hosts Czech Republic, along with Austria and Luxembourg.[2] Malta were also due to take part, but were forced to withdraw on 6 May due to COVID-19 restrictions.[3] The tournament was played in a double round-robin format, with all matches hosted at the Vinoř Cricket Ground in Prague.[4]

This was the seventh edition of the Central Europe Cup[5] and the first to have T20I status. These were the first official T20I matches to be played in the Czech Republic since the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full T20I status to all competitive matches between its members from 1 January 2019.[6][7] The 2020 edition would have had T20I status but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8][9] The Czechs were the defending champions, having defeated Hungary in the final of the 2019 edition.[10] Austria won the tournament on their debut at the Central Europe Cup,[11] winning three of their four matches.[12]

 Austria[13]  Czech Republic[14]  Luxembourg[15]
  • Razmal Shigiwal (c)
  • Rayhaan Ahmed (wk)
  • Mirza Ahsan
  • Zeshan Arif
  • Imran Asif
  • Aman Habibullah
  • Zabiullah Ibrahimkhel
  • Aqib Iqbal
  • Kunal Joshi
  • Lakmal Kasturiarachchige
  • Jaweed Sadran
  • Mark Simpson-Parker
  • Umair Tariq
  • Navin Wijesekera
  • Sahel Zadran
  • Bilal Zalmai
  • Sudesh Wickramasekara (c)
  • Kushalkumar Mendon (vc)
  • Hilal Ahmad (wk)
  • Naveed Ahmed
  • Arun Ashokan
  • Sabawoon Davizi
  • Abul Farhad
  • Sahil Grover (wk)
  • Edward Knowles (wk)
  • Sagar Madhireddy
  • Zahid Mahmood
  • Smit Patel
  • Paul Taylor
  • Satyajit Sengupta
  • Ali Waqar
  • Sameera Waththage
  • Joost Mees (c, wk)
  • James Barker
  • Timothy Barker
  • William Cope
  • Mohit Dixit
  • Atif Kamal
  • Pankaj Malav
  • Ankush Nanda
  • Aanand Pandey
  • Shameek Vats
  • Girish Venkateswaran
  • Vikram Vijh
  • Roshan Vishwanath
  • Tony Whiteman

The Czech squad was announced on 21 April 2021 with some notable omissions including all-rounder Honey Gori, fast bowler Kyle Gilham and opening batter Sumit Pokhriyal, due to a lack of availability.[14] On 18 May 2021, The Czechs announced changes to their squad due to players originally selected becoming unavailable; Abul Farhad and Zahid Mahmood were replaced by Sagar Madhireddy and Smit Patel.[16]

Points table

Team[17] P W L T NR Pts NRR
 Austria 4310012+1.370
 Luxembourg 422008–0.015
 Czech Republic 413004–1.151

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