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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox cricket series
| series           = 2019 Spain Triangular T20I Series
| date             = 29–31 March 2019
| place            = {{flag|Spain}}
| image            = 
| result           = {{cr|ESP}} won the series
| player of series = 
| team1            = {{cr|EST|name=Estonia XI}}
| team2            = {{cr|MLT}}
| team3            = {{cr|ESP}}
| captain1         = Tim Heath
| captain2         = Nowell Khosla
| captain3         = Christian Munoz-Mills
| runs1            = Timothy Filer (55)<ref name="Most runs">{{cite web|title=Records / Spain Triangular T20I Series, 2019 / All matches / Most runs|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?class=19;id=12898;type=series|work=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=31 March 2019}}</ref>
| runs2            = Bikram Arora (101)<ref name="Most runs"/>
| runs3            = Awais Ahmed (102)<ref name="Most runs"/>
| wickets1         = Kalle Vislapuu (4)<ref name="Most wickets">{{cite web|title=Records / Spain Triangular T20I Series, 2019 / All matches / Most wickets|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?class=19;id=12898;type=series|work=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=31 March 2019}}</ref>
| wickets2         = Niraj Khanna (4)<ref name="Most wickets"/>
| wickets3         = Faran Afzal (7)<ref name="Most wickets"/>
}}

The '''2019 Spain Triangular T20I Series''' was a [[cricket]] tournament held in Spain from 29 to 31 March 2019.<ref name="SeriesHome">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/_/id/19149/season/2019/spain-tri-series-2018-19 |title=Spain T20I Tri Series 2018-19|work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref> The tournament featured the national teams of [[Spain national cricket team|Spain]] and [[Malta national cricket team|Malta]], as well as an [[Estonia national cricket team|Estonia XI]].<ref name="SeriesHome"/> All matches were played at [[La Manga Club Ground|La Manga Club]], near to the city of [[Cartagena, Spain|Cartagena]] in the [[Region of Murcia]].

The matches played between Spain and Malta had [[Twenty20 International]] (T20I) status, with both teams making their debuts in the format after the [[International Cricket Council]] announced that all matches played between Associate Members from 1 January 2019 would have T20I status.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/672322|title=All T20 matches between ICC members to get international status|work=[[International Cricket Council]]|date=26 April 2018|accessdate=8 March 2019}}</ref> The Estonian XI was not an official national side. Spain won the series after all three games on the final day were abandoned with no play possible due to rain.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theweeklysports.com/spain-tri-series-2019-complete-report/ |title=Spain Tri Series 2019 – Complete Report
|work=Theweeklysports.com |accessdate=1 April 2019}}</ref>

==Squads==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin:auto"
|-
|-
! {{cr|EST|name=Estonia XI}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scores/22436/estxi-vs-malta-1st-match-spain-triangular-t20i-series-2019 |title=Estonia XI vs Malta, 1st Match |work=Cricbuzz|date=29 March 2019|accessdate=29 March 2019}}</ref>
! {{cr|MLT}}<ref>{{cite tweet |user=MaltaCricket |number=1103956067850047488 |date=8 March 2019 |title=The Malta Cricket Association is proud to announce our playing squad for the upcoming T20 Triangular Tournament in La Manga}}</ref>
! {{cr|ESP}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketspain.es/news.php?id=1972|title=Cricket Espana squad announced for the triangular series with Estonia and Malta|work=Cricket España|date=7 March 2019|accessdate=12 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329025320/http://www.cricketspain.es/news.php?id=1972|archive-date=29 March 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|
* Tim Heath ([[captain (cricket)|c]]) 
* Travis Beswick
* Akash Chandrashekaran
* Tim Cross
* Timothy Filer
* Sachin HM
* Stuart Hook
* Ashish Rana
* Malcolm Sedgwick
* Ashraful Shuvo
* Mart Tammoja
* Marko Vaik
* Kalle Vislapuu
* Moshiur Rahman
|
* Nowell Khosla ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* George Aguis
* Sujesh Appu
* Samuel Aquilina
* Bikram Arora
* Luke Bradley
* Jurg Hirschi
* Sumair Khan
* Niraj Khanna
* David Marks
* Haroon Mughal
* Michael Nazir
* Hasheem Shahzad
|
* Christian Munoz-Mills  ([[captain (cricket)|c]])
* Faran Afzal
* Adam Algar
* Awais Ahmed
* Yasir Ali 
* Muhammad Asjed
* Hamza Dar
* Zulqarnain Haider
* Paul Hennessy
* [[Tauqeer Hussain]]
* Kuldeep Lal
* Vinod Kumar
* Atif Mehmood
* Ravi Panchal
* Mukhtiar Singh
* Tom Vine
|}

==Points table==
<onlyinclude>{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:175px;"|
! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr | P | Played}}
! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr | W | Won}}
! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr | L | Lost}}
! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr | T | Tied}}
! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr | NR | No result}}
! style="width:20px;"|{{Abbr | Pts | Points}}
! style="width:65px;"|{{Abbr | [[Net run rate|NRR]] | Net run rate}}
|-style="background:#cfc;"  
| style="text-align:left" |{{cr|ESP}} 
| 6 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 2 || '''10''' || +4.880
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{cr|MLT}} 
| 6 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 2 || '''6''' || –0.689
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{cr|EST|name=Estonia XI}} 
| 6 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 2 || '''2''' || –3.721
|}</onlyinclude>

==Fixtures==

{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 29 March 2019
| time = 09:30
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|MLT}}
| team2 = {{cr|EST|name=Estonia XI}}
| score1 = 125/6 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Niraj Khanna 51 (42)
| wickets1 = Kalle Vislapuu 2/14 (4 overs)
| score2 = 112/9 (20 overs)
| runs2 = Stuart Hook 25 (22)
| wickets2 = Niraj Khanna 3/8 (2 overs)
| result = Malta won by 13 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1175342.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[La Manga Club Ground|La Manga Club]], [[Cartagena, Spain|Cartagena]]
| umpires = Harmit Dhull (Esp) and John Howden (Esp)
| motm = 
| toss = Malta won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 
| notes = 
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 29 March 2019
| time = 12:30
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|EST|name=Estonia XI}}
| team2 = {{cr|ESP}}
| score1 = 86/7 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Tim Heath 15 (20)
| wickets1 = Faran Afzal 2/5 (4 overs)
| score2 = 88/0 (8.5 overs)
| runs2 = Faran Afzal 58[[Not out|*]] (33)
| wickets2 = 
| result = Spain won by 10 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1175343.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[La Manga Club Ground|La Manga Club]], [[Cartagena, Spain|Cartagena]]
| umpires = John Howden (Esp) and Adnan Khan (Esp)
| motm = 
| toss = Spain won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = 
| notes = 
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 29 March 2019
| time = 15:30
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|MLT}}
| team2 = {{cr|ESP}}
| score1 = 98/9 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Bikram Arora 28 (25)
| wickets1 = Tom Vine 4/28 (4 overs)
| score2 = 99/3 (12.1 overs)
| runs2 = Yasir Ali 57 (40)
| wickets2 = Jurg Hirschi 1/15 (2 overs)
| result = Spain won by 7 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1175344.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[La Manga Club Ground|La Manga Club]], [[Cartagena, Spain|Cartagena]]
| umpires = Harmit Dhull (Esp) and Adnan Khan (Esp) 
| motm = 
| toss = Malta won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 
| notes = Faran Afzal, Awais Ahmed, Yasir Ali, Zulqarnain Haider, [[Tauqeer Hussain]], Kuldeep Lal, Atif Mehmood, Christian Munoz-Mills, Ravi Panchal, Mukhtiar Singh, Tom Vine (Esp), George Aguis, Sujesh Appu, Samuel Aquilina, Bikram Arora, Jurg Hirschi, Sumair Khan, Niraj Khanna, Nowell Khosla, David Marks, Haroon Mughal and Hasheem Shahzad (Mlt) all made their T20I debuts. 
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 30 March 2019
| time = 09:30
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|ESP}}
| team2 = {{cr|EST|name=Estonia XI}}
| score1 = 183/4 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Vinod Kumar 40[[not out|*]] (27)
| wickets1 = Travis Beswick 2/39 (4 overs)
| score2 = 84/8 (20 overs)
| runs2 = Stuart Hook 17 (24)
| wickets2 = Christian Munoz-Mills 2/7 (3 overs)
| result = Spain won by 99 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1175345.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[La Manga Club Ground|La Manga Club]], [[Cartagena, Spain|Cartagena]]
| umpires = John Howden (Esp) and Adnan Khan (Esp)
| motm = 
| toss = Spain won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 
| notes = 
}}
----
{{anchor|Spain vs Malta}}
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 30 March 2019
| time = 12:30
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|ESP}}
| team2 = {{cr|MLT}}
| score1 = 206/2 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Awais Ahmed 102[[Not out|*]] (64)
| wickets1 = Sujesh Appu 1/21 (2 overs)
| score2 = 97 (19.5 overs)
| runs2 = Nowell Khosla 27 (23)
| wickets2 = Faran Afzal 3/11 (4 overs)
| result = Spain won by 109 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1175346.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[La Manga Club Ground|La Manga Club]], [[Cartagena, Spain|Cartagena]]
| umpires = Harmit Dhull (Esp) and Adnan Khan (Esp) 
| motm = 
| toss = Spain won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 
| notes = Muhammad Asjed, Paul Hennessy (Esp) and Michael Nazir (Mlt) all made their T20I debuts.
*''Awais Ahmed became the first batsman for Spain to score a century in T20Is.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theweeklysports.com/awais-ahmed-1st-t20i-hundred-for-spain-102-off-64-vs-malta/ |title=Awais Ahmed 1st T20I hundred for Spain-102 off 64 vs Malta- |website=TheWeeklySports.com |accessdate=1 April 2019}}</ref>
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 30 March 2019
| time = 15:30
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|MLT}}
| team2 = {{cr|EST|name=Estonia XI}}
| score1 = 157/4 (20 overs)
| runs1 = Bikram Arora 42[[not out|*]] (31)
| wickets1 = Tim Heath 1/18 (4 overs)
| score2 = 63 (16.4 overs)
| runs2 = Tim Heath 17 (20)
| wickets2 = George Aguis 2/6 (3 overs)
| result = Malta won by 94 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1175347.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[La Manga Club Ground|La Manga Club]], [[Cartagena, Spain|Cartagena]]
| umpires = Harmit Dhull (Esp) and John Howden (Esp)
| motm = 
| toss = Malta won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = 
| notes = 
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 31 March 2019
| time = 10:00
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|ESP}}
| team2 = {{cr|MLT}}
| score1 = 
| runs1 = 
| wickets1 = 
| score2 = 
| runs2 = 
| wickets2 = 
| result = Match abandoned
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1175348.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[La Manga Club Ground|La Manga Club]], [[Cartagena, Spain|Cartagena]]
| umpires = Harmit Dhull (Esp) and Adnan Khan (Esp)
| motm = 
| toss = No toss.
| rain = No play was possible due to rain.
| notes = 
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 31 March 2019
| time = 13:00
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|EST|name=Estonia XI}}
| team2 = {{cr|MLT}}
| score1 = 
| runs1 = 
| wickets1 = 
| score2 = 
| runs2 = 
| wickets2 = 
| result = Match abandoned
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1175349.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[La Manga Club Ground|La Manga Club]], [[Cartagena, Spain|Cartagena]]
| umpires = Harmit Dhull (Esp) and John Howden (Esp)
| motm = 
| toss = No toss.
| rain = No play was possible due to rain.
| notes = 
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 31 March 2019
| time = 16:00
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|ESP}}
| team2 = {{cr|EST|name=Estonia XI}}
| score1 = 
| runs1 = 
| wickets1 = 
| score2 = 
| runs2 = 
| wickets2 = 
| result = Match abandoned
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1175350.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[La Manga Club Ground|La Manga Club]], [[Cartagena, Spain|Cartagena]]
| umpires = John Howden (Esp) and Adnan Khan (Esp)
| motm = 
| toss = No toss.
| rain = No play was possible due to rain.
| notes = 
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/_/id/19149/season/2019/spain-tri-series-2018-19 Series home at ESPN Cricinfo]

{{International cricket in 2018–19}}

[[Category:2019 in Spanish sport]]
[[Category:2019 in Estonian sport]]
[[Category:2019 in Maltese sport]]
[[Category:International cricket competitions in 2018–19]]