2019 United States Tri-Nation Series

The 2019 United States Tri-Nation Series was a cricket tournament that 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] All of the matches formed part of the 2019–22 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 tournament,[1] which 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] Namibia won the series, after finishing ahead of the United States on net run rate, with both teams level on points.[6]

2019 United States Tri-Nation Series
Part of 2019–22 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2
Date13–23 September 2019
LocationUnited States
Result Namibia won the series
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)

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.[7] However, the Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill, Florida was chosen as the host venue.[8]

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.[9] This was the first-ever win for the United States in an ODI match.[10]

Squads
 Namibia[11]  Papua New Guinea[12]  United States[13]

Points table
Team
 P W L T NR Pts NRR
 Namibia 431006+0.511
 United States 431006+0.021
 Papua New Guinea 404000–0.217

Fixtures

1st ODI
13 September 2019
09:45
Scorecard
United States 
251/9 (50 overs)
v
 Papua New Guinea
159/6 (23 overs)
Aaron Jones 77 (117)
Nosaina Pokana 3/40 (10 overs)
Jason Kila 3/40 (10 overs)
Charles Amini 53 (34)
Karima Gore 3/25 (5 overs)
United States won by 5 runs (DLS method)
Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill
Umpires: Sameer Bandekar (USA) and Jacqueline Williams (WI)
Player of the match: Aaron Jones (USA)

2nd ODI
17 September 2019
09:45
Scorecard
Namibia 
121 (46 overs)
v
 United States
122/5 (31.2 overs)
Zane Green 36 (75)
Steven Taylor 4/23 (10 overs)
Steven Taylor 43 (58)
Zhivago Groenewald 3/28 (9 overs)
United States won by 5 wickets
Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill
Umpires: Jermaine Lindo (USA) and Jacqueline Williams (WI)
Player of the match: Steven Taylor (USA)

3rd ODI
19 September 2019
09:45
Scorecard
United States 
177 (48.1 overs)
v
 Papua New Guinea
115 (38.1 overs)
Monank Patel 66 (99)
Jason Kila 3/27 (9.1 overs)
Assad Vala 38 (49)
Karima Gore 4/21 (10 overs)
United States won by 62 runs
Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill
Umpires: Vijaya Mallela (USA) and Jacqueline Williams (WI)
Player of the match: Karima Gore (USA)
  • United States won the toss and elected to bat.

4th ODI
20 September 2019
09:45
Scorecard
Namibia 
287/8 (49 overs)
v
 United States
142 (37 overs)
Jean-Pierre Kotze 136 (109)
Jasdeep Singh 4/51 (8 overs)
Aaron Jones 44 (76)
Zhivago Groenewald 5/20 (8 overs)
Namibia won by 139 runs (DLS method)
Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill
Umpires: Jermaine Lindo (USA) and Jacqueline Williams (WI)
Player of the match: Jean-Pierre Kotze (Nam)

5th ODI
22 September 2019
09:45
Scorecard
Papua New Guinea 
219/8 (50 overs)
v
 Namibia
222/6 (48.2 overs)
Charles Amini 44 (61)
Zhivago Groenewald 3/46 (9 overs)
Gerhard Erasmus 88 (100)
Nosaina Pokana 2/30 (8 overs)
Namibia won by 4 wickets
Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill
Umpires: Sameer Bandekar (USA) and Jermaine Lindo (USA)
Player of the match: Gerhard Erasmus (Nam)
  • Papua New Guinea won the toss and elected to bat.

6th ODI
23 September 2019
09:45
Scorecard
Namibia 
260/9 (50 overs)
v
 Papua New Guinea
233 (47.3 overs)
Stephan Baard 73 (97)
Nosaina Pokana 3/32 (7 overs)
Assad Vala 104 (114)
Bernard Scholtz 4/27 (8 overs)
Namibia won by 27 runs
Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill
Umpires: Vijaya Mallela (USA) and Jacqueline Williams (WI)
Player of the match: Assad Vala (PNG)
  • Namibia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Riley Hekure (PNG) made his ODI debut.
  • Assad Vala (PNG) scored his first century in ODIs.[6]

References
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