Luxembourg Cricket Federation have announced that they plan to host Belgium and Czech Republic national men’s squads in a Tri-series in T20I format in Aug 2020. Depending upon the COVID-19 situation and travel relaxations, Luxembourg will host the tournament from Aug 28th – 30th, 2020 and all the matches will be held at Pierre Werner Cricket Ground in Walferdange.
The Tri-series will be known as “Luxembourg T20I Trophy” and will be played according to ICC T20I rules and will carry T20I team ranking points towards the ICC T20I Team rankings table. As per the current standings, Czech Republic are ranked at 54th place, followed by Luxembourg at 58th place and Belgium at 63rd place. Luxembourg hosted Czech Republic as part of a T20 Tri-series in Jun 2018, where Malta were the third country in the tournament. The host’s were the winner of the tournament back then but things are a lot different now with national players from Czech Republic and Malta having played T20I matches in 2019 and have the experience of playing even in the European sub-regional qualifiers for T20 World Cup Qualification.
Domestic cricket season have already commenced in Czech Republic with regular T20 tournaments and a string of T10 tournaments being held across venues, in collaboration with European Cricket Network. Belgium and Luxembourg’s domestic season have also commenced, with T20 competitions across the premier and lower divisions.
Luxembourg T20I Tri-Series Squads & 2020 Domestic T20 Statistics
Luxembourg
Joost Mees (Captain), Advyth Manepalli, Ankush Nanda, James Barker, Marcus Cope, Mohit Dixit, Pankaj Malav, Reinhardt Heyns, Saransh Kulshretha, Scott Browne, Shameek Vats, Tony Whiteman, Vikram Vijh & William Cope
| Player | Innings | Runs | Strike/Rate | 4s/6s |
| James Barker | 5 | 195 | 91.98 | 15/3 |
| Joost Mees | 4 | 169 | 162.5 | 20/2 |
| Shameek Vats | 4 | 137 | 100 | 17/0 |
| Marcus Cope | 2 | 104 | 131.65 | 12/0 |
| Saransh Kulshretha | 4 | 85 | 119.72 | 10/0 |
| Vikram Vijh | 5 | 75 | 72.82 | 6/0 |
| Mohit Dixit | 4 | 48 | 154.84 | 5/1 |
| Player | Innings | Wickets | Strike/Rate | Economy |
| Pankaj Malav | 4 | 10 | 8.3 | 5.06 |
| Mohit Dixit | 5 | 8 | 11.75 | 6 |
| Shameek Vats | 4 | 6 | 19 | 5.42 |
| Reinhardt Heyns | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| Ankush Nanda | 5 | 4 | 24 | 4.5 |
| Saransh Kulshretha | 4 | 4 | 21 | 5.21 |
| Marcus Cope | 2 | 4 | 13.5 | 4.78 |
Luxembourg players like Scott Browne (200 runs in 6 innings), Vikram Vijh (357 runs and 16 wickets in 10 innings), Reinhardt Heyns, Saransh Kulshretha (16 wickets in 10 innings), James Barker (117 runs in 6 innings) and Tony Whiteman (117 runs and 9 wickets in 8 innings) have played in domestic division 2 tournament in Belgium’s 2020 domestic season and will be crucial to the team’s chances of performing well in their conditions.
Czech Republic
Ed Knowles (Captain), Kushalkumar Mendon, Kyle Gilham, Sabawoon Davizi, Sudesh Wickramasekera, Naveed Ahmed, Sumit Pokhriyal, Siddarth Goud, Hilal Ahmad, Surya Rengarajan, Honey Gori, Shripal Gajjar and Arun Ashokan
| Player | County | Country | Matches | Average |
| Shripal Gajjar | 5 | 150 | 102.74 | 37.5 |
| Sudesh Wickramasekera | 4 | 127 | 128.28 | 42.33 |
| Arun Ashokan | 5 | 114 | 106.54 | 28.5 |
| Siddarth Goud | 4 | 102 | 118.6 | 25.5 |
| Sumit Pokhriyal | 3 | 97 | 97.98 | 48.5 |
| Hilal Ahmad | 6 | 97 | 103.45 | 16.17 |
| Player | Innings | Wickets | Strike/Rate | Economy |
| Naveed Ahmed | 6 | 13 | 10.38 | 4.62 |
| Kushal Mendon | 4 | 7 | 12.86 | 5.53 |
| Sumit Pokhriyal | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5.6 |
| Sudesh Wickramasekera | 4 | 4 | 19.5 | 4.31 |
Belgium
Shaheryar Butt (Captain), Nemish Mehta, Jamil Syed Mussayab, Mamoon Latif, Wahidullah Usmani, Murid Ekrami, Zakhil Saber, Gurnam Singh, Ashiqullah Said, Sazzad Hosen, Muhammad Muneeb, Raja Saqlain, Khalid Ahmadi and Sherul Mehta
| Player | Innings | Runs | Strike/Rate | 4s/6s |
| Zakhil Saber | 6 | 283 | 230.08 | 19/26 |
| Gurnam Singh | 8 | 164 | 103.87 | 23/0 |
| Sazzad Hosen | 6 | 136 | 106.25 | 10/6 |
| Shaheryar Butt | 4 | 114 | 158.33 | 9/7 |
| Ashiqullah Said | 5 | 108 | 154.29 | 10/6 |
| Sherul Mehta | 5 | 76 | 69.72 | 3/4 |
| Player | Innings | Wickets | Strike/Rate | Economy |
| Zakhil Saber | 7 | 11 | 9.82 | 6.61 |
| Khalid Ahmadi | 6 | 11 | 11.64 | 7.55 |
| Nemish Mehta | 7 | 10 | 13.3 | 7.22 |
| Sazzad Hosen | 6 | 5 | 15.6 | 5.92 |
| Gurnam Singh | 8 | 5 | 21.6 | 8.28 |
| Ashiqullah Said | 7 | 5 | 25.2 | 8.14 |
| Murid Ekrami | 2 | 4 | 7.5 | 8.2 |
Luxembourg T20I Tri-Series Schedule (Local Timings)
| Date | Match | Venue | Start Time |
| 28-Aug-20 | Luxembourg vs Czech Republic | Pierre Werner Ground | 4:00 PM |
| 29-Aug-20 | Czech Republic vs Luxembourg | Pierre Werner Ground | 9:30 AM |
| Luxembourg vs Belgium | Pierre Werner Ground | 1:00 PM | |
| Belgium vs Czech Republic | Pierre Werner Ground | 4:00 PM | |
| 30-Aug-20 | Czech Republic vs Belgium | Pierre Werner Ground | 10:00 AM |
| Belgium vs Luxembourg | Pierre Werner Ground | 2:00 PM |
