2019 United States Tri-Nation Series

2019 United States Tri-Nation Series
Part of 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2
Date13–23 September 2019
LocationUnited States
Teams
 Namibia  Papua New Guinea  United States
Captains
Gerhard Erasmus Assad Vala Saurabh Netravalkar
Most runs
Jean-Pierre Kotze (221) Assad Vala (228) Aaron Jones (131)
Monank Patel (131)
Most wickets
Zhivago Groenewald (11) Nosaina Pokana (11) Karima Gore (9)

The 2019 United States Tri-Nation Series was the second round of the 2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 cricket tournament and took place in the United States in September 2019.[1][2] It was a tri-nation series between Namibia, Papua New Guinea 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.[3][4] It was the first One Day International series to be played in the USA.[5]

Originally, the Church Street Park cricket ground in Morrisville, was named as the host venue by the International Cricket Council.[1] In July 2019, it was announced that either a new venue in Morgan Hill, California or the Leo Magnus Cricket Complex in Woodley Park in Los Angeles would host the tournament.[6] However, the Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill, Florida was chosen as the host venue.[7]

The first fixture of the series saw the United States beat Papua New Guinea by five runs via the DLS method in a rain-affected match.[8] This was the first-ever win for the United States in an ODI match.[9]

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  4. ^ "Associates pathway to 2023 World Cup undergoes major revamp". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Ali Khan and Hayden Walsh Jr. skip USA home ODI debut to stay in CPL". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Five USA players get 12-month contracts; three pull out of Global T20 Canada". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill set to host first ODIs on USA soil". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  8. ^ "USA survive rain to record first ODI win". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 14 September 2019.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "USA collect maiden ODI victory, beating PNG in rain-shortened thriller". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 14 September 2019.