German women's cricket team in Austria in 2020
Appearance
The Germany women's cricket team toured Austria in August 2020 to play a five-match bilateral Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) series.[1][2] The matches were played at the Seebarn Cricket Ground in the Seebarn subdivision of Harmannsdorf, Lower Austria.[1]
The series was the first women's international cricket to be played since the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Final on 8 March 2020, following widespread disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] Austria had last played a match in a quadrangular series in France in August 2019,[4] and Germany had last played an international match with their visit to Oman in February 2020.[5]
Germany won the series 5–0, breaking a number of records along the way.[6]
Squads
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WT20I series
1st WT20I
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Christina Gough 72 (62)
Rezarta Avdylaj 1/17 (2 overs) |
Andrea-Mae Zepeda 35* (48)
Emma Bargna 3/13 (4 overs) |
- Austria Women won the toss and elected to field.
- Jo-Antoinette Stiglitz (Aut), Asmita Kohli and Sharanya Sadarangani (Ger) all made their WT20I debuts.
2nd WT20I
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Janet Ronalds 105* (74)
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Jo-Antoinette Stiglitz 17 (28)
Emma Bargna 5/9 (4 overs) |
- Germany Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Claire Pfalzner-Gibbon (Ger) made her WT20I debut.
- Janet Ronalds became the first cricketer for Germany to score a century in WT20Is.[9]
- Emma Bargna became the first cricketer for Germany to take a five-wicket haul in WT20Is.[9]
3rd WT20I
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Harjivan Bhullar 9 (25)
Anne Bierwisch 3/5 (3 overs) |
Sharanya Sadarangani 25* (30)
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4th WT20I
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Christina Gough 101* (70)
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Andrea-Mae Zepeda 25 (48)
Anuradha Doddaballapur 5/1 (3 overs) |
- Germany Women won the toss and elected to bat.
- Christina Gough (Ger) scored her first century in WT20Is.
- Anuradha Doddaballapur (Ger) took the nineteenth hat-trick and also her first five-wicket haul in WT20Is. This was the first instance of a player taking four wickets in consecutive deliveries in WT20Is.[11]
5th WT20I
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Karthika Vijayaraghavan 36* (34)
Soujanya Chamundaiah 2/15 (3 overs) |
Busra Uca 17 (38)
Anne Bierwisch 4/7 (4 overs) |
- Germany Women won the toss and elected to bat.
References
- ^ a b "Austria Women vs Germany Women T20I Series 2020: Full schedule, squads, match timings and live streaming details". Sportskeeda. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ "Frauen Nationalmannschaft fährt gut vorbereitet nach Wien" [Women's national team is well prepared for Vienna]. German Cricket Board (in German). Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ "Germany Women's team to tour Austria for 5 Match T20I series from 12-15th August". Female Cricket. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ "Women's international cricket returns with Austria v Germany T20I series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ "Women's T20 International cricket returns for the first time since International Women's Day". International Cricket Council. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ "Record-breaking Germany complete whitewash of Austria". International Cricket Council. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ "The Austrian Women's National team is facing the German Women's National team in a bilateral T20I series from 12th to 15th August in Seebarn, Austria". Austrian Women's Cricket (via Facebook). 8 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "International women's cricket restarts: Germany v Austria T20I series announced". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Ronalds, Bargna smash records as Germany beat Austria by 138 runs". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- ^ "Anne Bierwisch's hat-trick headlines Germany's 10-wicket win, unassailable lead". Women's CricZone. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- ^ "Anuradha Doddaballapur becomes first bowler to take four wickets from four consecutive deliveries in women's T20I". CricketNext (News18). 14 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.