Spanish cricket team in Finland in 2019

Spanish cricket team in Finland in 2019
 
  Finland Spain
Dates 16 – 18 August 2019
Captains Nathan Collins Christian Munoz-Mills
Twenty20 International series
Results Spain won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Nathan Collins (86) Ravi Panchal (126)
Most wickets Md Nurul Huda (5)
Shoaib Qureshi (5)		 Paul Hennessy (6)
Ravi Panchal (6)

The Spain cricket team toured Finland in August 2019 to play a three-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series.[1] These matches had T20I status after the International Cricket Council announced that all matches played between Associate Members after 1 January 2019 would have full T20I status.[2] These were the first T20I matches to be played in Finland.[1] In February 2019, Cricket Finland and Cricket España announced that the series would be hosted at the Kerava National Cricket Ground in August 2019, with Spain agreeing to host a return series against Finland in spring 2020.[3]

After the first day of the T20I series, the teams were tied at one win apiece. Finland recorded their first T20I victory in the opening match by a comfortable 82-run margin, before Spain levelled the series with a 6-wicket win in the second match.[4] On the second day, Spain won the final match by successfully chasing down the Finnish total of 158 with two balls to spare, sealing a 4-wicket victory to take the series 2–1.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Historical T20 Internationals fast approaching..." Cricket Finland. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  2. ^ "All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status". International Cricket Council. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Finland to host Spain in a T20I series; Spain will reciprocate in 2020". Cricket Finland. 3 February 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Cricket España v Cricket Finland - day three". Cricket España. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Cricket España v Cricket Finland - day four". Cricket España. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.