The
Spain cricket team toured Finland in August 2019 to play a three-match
Twenty20 International
Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of Twenty20 cricket, in which each team plays a single innings with a maximum of twenty overs. The matches are played between international teams recognized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). ...
(T20I) series.
These matches had T20I status after the
International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the global Sports governing body, governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from Australia, England, and South Africa. In 1965, the body wa ...
announced that all matches played between Associate Members after 1 January 2019 would have full T20I status. These were the first T20I matches to be played in Finland.
In February 2019, Cricket Finland and
Cricket España announced that the series would be hosted at the
Kerava National Cricket Ground
The Kerava National Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Kerava, Finland, home to the Kerava Cricket Club. The ground was opened in June 2014, in the presence of England Test cricketer Mike Brearley and Lord Mervyn King. In February 2019, it w ...
in August 2019, with Spain agreeing to host a return series against Finland in spring 2020.
After the first day of the T20I series, the teams were tied at one win apiece. Finland recorded their first T20I victory in the opening match by a comfortable 82-run margin, before Spain levelled the series with a 6-wicket win in the second match. On the second day, Spain won the final match by successfully chasing down the Finnish total of 158 with two balls to spare, sealing a 4-wicket victory to take the series 2–1.
Squads
Tour match
20-over match: Finland Development XI vs Spain XI
T20I series
1st T20I
2nd T20I
3rd T20I
References
External links
Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
{{DEFAULTSORT:Spain national cricket team in Finland in 2019
Cricket in Spain
Cricket in Finland
Associate international cricket competitions in 2019