Swedish cricket team in Denmark in 2021

The Sweden cricket team toured Denmark to play a three-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series at the Svanholm Park in Brøndby.^[1][2] The series formed part of Denmark's preparation for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier, together with a tour of the Netherlands later in August to face Netherlands A.^[3] This series was the first international action with the Sweden national team for their coach, former South African international cricketer Jonty Rhodes.^[4] Denmark won the series 2–1.^[5] Sweden followed the series with another in Finland.^[6]

Sweden cricket team in Denmark in 2021
	Denmark	Sweden
Dates	14 – 15 August 2021
Captains	Frederik Klokker	Abhijit Venkatesh
Twenty20 International series
Results	Denmark won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Taranjit Bharaj (118)	Abhijit Venkatesh (59)
Most wickets	Lucky Ali (5) Delawar Khan (5)	Hassan Mehmood (10)

Squads

Denmark[7]	Sweden[2]
Frederik Klokker (c) Aftab Ahmed Lucky Ali Surya Anand Taranjit Bharaj (wk) Oliver Hald Abdul Hashmi (wk) Omar Hayat Delawar Khan Zameer Khan Nicolaj Laegsgaard Rizwan Mahmood Hamid Shah Musa Shaheen Shangeev Thanikaithasan	Abhijit Venkatesh (c) Wynand Boshoff (vc, wk) Qudratullah Mir Afzail Baz Ayubi Dipanjan Dey Oktai Gholami Rahul Gowthaman Humayun Kabir Liam Karlsson Sami Khalil Rahel Khan Hassan Mahmood Lemar Momand Khalid Zahid Imal Zuwak

T20I series

1st T20I

14 August 2021 10:30 Scorecard

Denmark  111 (19.5 overs)	v	Sweden 103/6 (20 overs)
Hamid Shah 25 (21) Hassan Mahmood 5/14 (3.5 overs)		Abhijit Venkatesh 27 (31) Delawar Khan 3/17 (4 overs)

Denmark won by 8 runs Svanholm Park, Brøndby Umpires: Allan From (Den) and Jesper Jensen (Den) Player of the match: Hassan Mahmood (Swe)

• Sweden won the toss and elected to field.
• Frederik Klokker (Den), Wynand Boshoff, Dipanjan Dey, Oktai Gholami, Humayun Kabir, Liam Karlsson, Rahel Khan, Hassan Mahmood, Lemar Momand, Abhijit Venkatesh, Khalid Zahid and Imal Zuwak (Swe) all made their T20I debuts.
• Hassan Mahmood became the first bowler for Sweden to take a five-wicket haul in T20Is.^[8]

2nd T20I

14 August 2021 14:30 Scorecard

Denmark  135/4 (20 overs)	v	Sweden 137/7 (20 overs)
Hamid Shah 66 (56) Hassan Mahmood 2/14 (3 overs)		Wynand Boshoff 32 (30) Lucky Ali 3/15 (4 overs)

Sweden won by 3 wickets Svanholm Park, Brøndby Umpires: Allan From (Den) and Jesper Jensen (Den) Player of the match: Hamid Shah (Den)

• Sweden won the toss and elected to field.
• Surya Anand (Den), Qudratullah Mir Afzail and Rahul Gowthaman (Swe) all made their T20I debuts.

3rd T20I

15 August 2021 13:00 Scorecard

Sweden  122/9 (20 overs)	v	Denmark 127/4 (19.1 overs)
Rahel Khan 35 (27) Omar Hayat 3/23 (4 overs)		Taranjit Bharaj 63* (46) Hassan Mahmood 3/25 (3.1 overs)

Denmark won by 6 wickets Svanholm Park, Brøndby Umpires: Allan From (Den) and Munib Haq (Den) Player of the match: Taranjit Bharaj (Den)

• Denmark won the toss and elected to field.
• Baz Ayubi (Swe) made his T20I debut.

References

1. "Swedish men's squad to tour Denmark, Finland and Spain in August/September 2021". Czarsports. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
2. "T20 Men National Squad is ready!". Cricket Sweden. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
3. "Landsholdsspillerne i gang for alvor". Dansk Cricket. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
4. "Denmark ramp up qualifier preparation". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
5. "Denmark win T20I series against Sweden". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
6. "High Performance News, July 14 2021". Cricket Sweden. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
7. "Svenskerne kommer – igen!" [The Swedes are coming - again!]. Danish Cricket Association (in Danish). Retrieved 12 August 2020.
8. "Global Game: Action-packed Associate cricket week". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 August 2021.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo