The 2022 Scotland Tri-Nation Series was the 14th round of the

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tournament that took place in Scotland in July 2022. It was a tri-nation series between

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and the

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cricket teams, with the matches played as

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(ODI) fixtures. The ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 formed part of the qualification pathway to the

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. After being originally scheduled to take place in Scotland in 2020, the series was rescheduled to take place in Spain in July 2021. However, in June 2021, the series was postponed by a year, after the Namibian team were unable to travel due to the

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. The rescheduled fixtures were announced in May 2022, with all the matches played at

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and the

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Background

Originally the series was scheduled to take place in July 2020. Four matches were scheduled to be played in

, the home ground of

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, with the other two fixtures being played at The Grange Club in

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. However, due to the

, all cricket facilities in Scotland were closed until 1 July 2020. On 10 June 2020, the

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(ICC) confirmed that the tournament had been postponed due to the pandemic. In December 2020, the ICC announced the rescheduled dates for the series. After being rescheduled to take place in Scotland in July 2021, the tri-series was later moved to Spain, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In June 2021, the

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(CAN) named a twenty-man preliminary squad for the series. On 24 June 2021, the series was postponed to July 2022, due to restrictions imposed in Namibia arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Squads

On the day prior to the start of the series, Scotland named

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and Chris Greaves in their squad, replacing

Dylan Budge Dylan Evers Budge (born 11 September 1995) is a Scottish cricketer. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Scotland against England on 10 June 2018. He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Scotland against Pakistan on 12 ...

and

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Fixtures

1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

4th ODI

5th ODI

6th ODI

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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