Belgian cricket team in Malta in 2021
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Dates
8 – 10 July 2021
Captains
Bikram Arora
Results
Belgium won the 5-match series 3–2
Most runs
Heinrich Gericke (89)
| Belgian cricket team in Malta in 2021 | |||
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| Malta | Belgium | ||
| Dates | 8 – 10 July 2021 | ||
| Captains | Bikram Arora | Shaheryar Butt[n 1] | |
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | Belgium won the 5-match series 3–2 | ||
| Most runs | Heinrich Gericke (89) | Hadisullah Tarakhel (154) | |
| Most wickets | Waseem Abbas (11) | Burman Niaz (8) | |
| Player of the series | Burman Niaz (Bel) | ||
The Belgium cricket team toured Malta in July 2021 to play five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches at the Marsa Sports Club in Marsa.[1][2] The Maltese team had been due to play a four-match series in Belgium in 2021,[3] but this was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] As preparation for the series, the Belgium team were scheduled to play four T20 exhibition games against the Netherlands A cricket team in June 2021,[5] but these matches were later cancelled.[6] Malta were declared winners of the fourth T20I after five penalty runs were retrospectively added to their total.[7][8] Belgium won the series 3–2.[9]
T20I series
1st T20I
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Muhammad Muneeb 30 (44) Waseem Abbas 3/22 (4 overs) |
Niraj Khanna 35* (24) Ashiqullah Said 2/27 (4 overs) |
- Belgium won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ashok Bishnoi, Bilal Muhammad (Mlt) and Hadisullah Tarakhel (Bel) all made their T20I debuts.
- Waseem Abbas became the first bowler for Malta to take a hat-trick in T20Is.[12]
2nd T20I
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Varun Thamotharam 15 (14) Burhan Niaz 4/8 (4 overs) |
Hadisullah Tarakhel 45* (21) |
- Malta won the toss and elected to bat.
- Said Hakim, Burhan Niaz and Sheraz Sheikh (Bel) all made their T20I debuts.
3rd T20I
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Samuel Stanislaus 35 (42) Sheraz Sheikh 3/22 (3 overs) |
Saber Zakhil 32 (19) Bilal Muhammad 2/21 (4 overs) |
- Belgium won the toss and elected to field.
- Sheraz Sheikh became the first bowler for Belgium to take a hat-trick in T20Is.[12]
4th T20I
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Sherul Mehta 40 (56) Waseem Abbas 4/23 (4 overs) |
Samuel Stanislaus 34 (35) Ashiqullah Said 3/21 (4 overs) |
- Belgium won the toss and elected to bat.
- Malta were awarded five penalty runs after being bowled out in the second innings due to a breach of the code of conduct by Belgium captain Shaheryar Butt.[13][14][15]